महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-114, verse-78

योद्धव्यमाविशान्यत्र न योद्धव्यं तु मादृशैः ।
मादृशैर्युध्यमानानामेतच्चान्यच्च विद्यते ॥७८॥

78. yoddhavyamāviśānyatra na yoddhavyaṁ tu mādṛśaiḥ ,
mādṛśairyudhyamānānāmetaccānyacca vidyate.

78. yoddhavyam āviśa anyatra na yoddhavyam tu mādṛśaiḥ
mādṛśaiḥ yudhyamānānām etat ca anyat ca vidyate

78. anyatra yoddhavyam āviśa tu mādṛśaiḥ na yoddhavyam
mādṛśaiḥ yudhyamānānām etat ca anyat ca vidyate

78. Go and fight elsewhere, for one should not fight with those like me. For those who fight with people like me, both this (humiliation) and other (similar) outcomes are destined to occur.

Words meanings summery:

• योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - where fighting should be done (to be fought, what should be fought, fighting)

• आविश (āviśa) - enter, go (enter, go into, take possession of)

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere (elsewhere, in another place, otherwise)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - one should fight (to be fought, what should be fought, fighting)

• तु (tu) - but, for (but, indeed, on the other hand, however)

• मादृशैः (mādṛśaiḥ) - by people like me (referring to Karṇa, implying his superiority) (by those like me, by my equals)

• मादृशैः (mādṛśaiḥ) - with people like me (by those like me, with my equals)

• युध्यमानानाम् (yudhyamānānām) - for those who are fighting (of those fighting, of the ones who are fighting)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the present humiliation or bad outcome) (this, this one)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other (things), other (outcomes) (other, another, different)

• च (ca) - also (and, also, moreover)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - are destined to occur, are found (exists, is found, is present)

Words meanings and morphology

योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - where fighting should be done (to be fought, what should be fought, fighting)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yoddhavya

yoddhavya - to be fought, fit for fighting, what should be fought

Gerundive

Derived from root yudh with the tavya suffix.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Can function as predicate or substantive.

आविश (āviśa) - enter, go (enter, go into, take possession of)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of āviś

Imperative

2nd person singular active imperative form of root viś with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere (elsewhere, in another place, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - one should fight (to be fought, what should be fought, fighting)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yoddhavya

yoddhavya - to be fought, fit for fighting, what should be fought

Gerundive

Derived from root yudh with the tavya suffix.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Functions as an impersonal predicate here.

तु (tu) - but, for (but, indeed, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

मादृशैः (mādṛśaiḥ) - by people like me (referring to Karṇa, implying his superiority) (by those like me, by my equals)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mādṛś

mādṛś - like me, similar to me

Derived from pronominal base mad and suffix -dṛś.

मादृशैः (mādṛśaiḥ) - with people like me (by those like me, with my equals)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mādṛś

mādṛś - like me, similar to me

Derived from pronominal base mad and suffix -dṛś.

युध्यमानानाम् (yudhyamānānām) - for those who are fighting (of those fighting, of the ones who are fighting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yudhyamāna

yudhyamāna - fighting, battling

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root yudh with śānac suffix.

Root: yudh (class 4)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the present humiliation or bad outcome) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that

Note: Can also be accusative.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other (things), other (outcomes) (other, another, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Can also be accusative.

च (ca) - also (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - are destined to occur, are found (exists, is found, is present)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present

3rd person singular middle present form of root vid.

Root: vid (class 4)