महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-117, verse-59

प्रवरं वृष्णिवीराणां यन्न हन्याद्धि सात्यकिम् ।
महाद्विपमिवारण्ये मृगेन्द्र इव कर्षति ॥५९॥

59. pravaraṁ vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṁ yanna hanyāddhi sātyakim ,
mahādvipamivāraṇye mṛgendra iva karṣati.

59. pravaram vṛṣṇivīrāṇām yat na hanyāt hi sātyakim
mahādvipam iva araṇye mṛgendraḥ iva karṣati

59. yat hi sātyakim vṛṣṇivīrāṇām pravaram na hanyāt
mṛgendraḥ iva araṇye mahādvipam iva karṣati

59. He harasses Satyaki, the foremost among the Vrishni heroes, just as a lion in the forest drags a great elephant, because indeed, he would not kill him.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवरम् (pravaram) - excellent, chief, foremost

• वृष्णिवीराणाम् (vṛṣṇivīrāṇām) - of the Vrishni heroes, among the Vrishni heroes

• यत् (yat) - because (that, which, because, since)

• न (na) - not, no

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should kill, would kill, may kill

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

• सात्यकिम् (sātyakim) - Satyaki

• महाद्विपम् (mahādvipam) - great elephant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

• मृगेन्द्रः (mṛgendraḥ) - king of beasts, lion

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• कर्षति (karṣati) - harasses (drags, pulls, harasses, afflicts)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवरम् (pravaram) - excellent, chief, foremost

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pravara

pravara - excellent, chief, best, foremost

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sātyakim'.

वृष्णिवीराणाम् (vṛṣṇivīrāṇām) - of the Vrishni heroes, among the Vrishni heroes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇivīra

vṛṣṇivīra - a hero of the Vrishnis

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛṣṇi+vīra)

• vṛṣṇi – name of an ancient clan, a member of the Vrishni clan
  proper noun (masculine)
• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - because (that, which, because, since)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a conjunction 'because'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should kill, would kill, may kill

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

(indeclinable)

सात्यकिम् (sātyakim) - Satyaki

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sātyaki

sātyaki - Satyaki (name of a Yadava hero)

महाद्विपम् (mahādvipam) - great elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādvipa

mahādvipa - great elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+dvipa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• dvipa – elephant (lit. 'drinker with two (ways)')
  noun (masculine)
  From dvi (two) + pā (to drink). Refers to an elephant drinking with both its trunk and mouth.
  Root: pā (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, jungle

मृगेन्द्रः (mṛgendraḥ) - king of beasts, lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgendra

mṛgendra - king of beasts, lion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+indra)

• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, king (also proper noun, Indra)
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

कर्षति (karṣati) - harasses (drags, pulls, harasses, afflicts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛṣ

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)