महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-12, verse-4

श्रुतं ते पुरुषव्याघ्र द्रोणस्याद्य चिकीर्षितम् ।
यथा तन्न भवेत्सत्यं तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥४॥

4. śrutaṁ te puruṣavyāghra droṇasyādya cikīrṣitam ,
yathā tanna bhavetsatyaṁ tathā nītirvidhīyatām.

4. śrutam te puruṣavyāghra droṇasya adya cikīrṣitam
yathā tat na bhavet satyam tathā nītiḥ vidhīyatām

4. puruṣavyāghra,
adya droṇasya cikīrṣitam te śrutam.
yathā tat satyam na bhavet,
tathā nītiḥ vidhīyatām.

4. O tiger among men, you have heard today Droṇa's intention. Therefore, let a strategy be implemented so that it does not come true.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

• ते (te) - by you (by you (dative/genitive of 'tvam'))

• पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men (epithet for Arjuna) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

• द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - intention, what is desired to be done (desired to be done, intended, purposed)

• यथा (yathā) - so that (so that, in order that, as)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to Droṇa's intention) (that)

• न (na) - not

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may become (may be, should be, would be)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - true (truth, true, real)

• तथा (tathā) - therefore, accordingly (in that manner, accordingly, so)

• नीतिः (nītiḥ) - strategy (policy, conduct, strategy, prudence)

• विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be implemented (let it be made, let it be implemented)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed, knowledge

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śru' (to hear)

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective, 'it is heard'.

ते (te) - by you (by you (dative/genitive of 'tvam'))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Used in agentive sense with passive construction (śrutam).

पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men (epithet for Arjuna) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a preceptor)

Note: Possessive, 'Droṇa's'.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - intention, what is desired to be done (desired to be done, intended, purposed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cikīrṣita

cikīrṣita - desired to be done, intention, purposed

Past Passive Participle (desiderative)

Derived from desiderative stem of root 'kṛ' (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'śrutam' with 'te'.

यथा (yathā) - so that (so that, in order that, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to Droṇa's intention) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may become (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or purpose.

सत्यम् (satyam) - true (truth, true, real)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truth

Note: Predicative adjective for 'tat'.

तथा (tathā) - therefore, accordingly (in that manner, accordingly, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

नीतिः (nītiḥ) - strategy (policy, conduct, strategy, prudence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīti

nīti - guidance, conduct, policy, strategy, prudence

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vidhīyatām'.

विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be implemented (let it be made, let it be implemented)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vidhā

Imperative 3rd person singular, passive voice

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Expresses command/exhortation.