महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-11, verse-25

ग्रहणं चेज्जयं तस्य मन्यसे पुरुषर्षभ ।
एतेन चाभ्युपायेन ध्रुवं ग्रहणमेष्यति ॥२५॥

25. grahaṇaṁ cejjayaṁ tasya manyase puruṣarṣabha ,
etena cābhyupāyena dhruvaṁ grahaṇameṣyati.

25. grahaṇam cet jayam tasya manyase puruṣarṣabha
etena ca abhyupāyena dhruvam grahaṇam eṣyati

25. puruṣarṣabha,
cet tasya grahaṇam jayam manyase,
ca etena abhyupāyena (saḥ) dhruvam grahaṇam eṣyati.

25. O best among persons (puruṣa), if you consider his capture to be victory, then by this very means he will certainly achieve capture.

Words meanings summery:

• ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizing, grasp, acceptance

• चेत् (cet) - if

• जयम् (jayam) - victory, conquest

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider, you think, you believe

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men, O foremost of persons

• एतेन (etena) - by this

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभ्युपायेन (abhyupāyena) - by means, by method, by resort

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, firm, constant

• ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizing, grasp, acceptance

• एष्यति (eṣyati) - he will achieve (capture is the object) (he will go, he will come, he will attain, he will obtain)

Words meanings and morphology

ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizing, grasp, acceptance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grahaṇa

grahaṇa - capture, seizing, grasp, acceptance

verbal noun

from root 'grah'

Root: grah (class 9)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

जयम् (jayam) - victory, conquest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, conquest, triumph

verbal noun

from root 'ji'

Root: ji (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider, you think, you believe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

present middle 2nd person singular

Root: man (class 4)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men, O foremost of persons

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - best among men, foremost of persons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet, used in vocative case.

एतेन (etena) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभ्युपायेन (abhyupāyena) - by means, by method, by resort

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of abhyupāya

abhyupāya - means, method, resource, approach

from root 'i' with upasargas 'abhi' and 'upa'

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: i (class 2)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, firm, constant

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhruva

dhruva - firm, constant, certain, fixed

from root 'dhru'

Root: dhru (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here.

ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizing, grasp, acceptance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grahaṇa

grahaṇa - capture, seizing, grasp, acceptance

verbal noun

from root 'grah'

Root: grah (class 9)

एष्यति (eṣyati) - he will achieve (capture is the object) (he will go, he will come, he will attain, he will obtain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of eṣyati

future active 3rd person singular

Root: i (class 2)