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

अर्जुन उवाच ।
यथा मे न वधः कार्य आचार्यस्य कथंचन ।
तथा तव परित्यागो न मे राजंश्चिकीर्षितः ॥७॥

7. arjuna uvāca ,
yathā me na vadhaḥ kārya ācāryasya kathaṁcana ,
tathā tava parityāgo na me rājaṁścikīrṣitaḥ.

7. arjuna uvāca yathā me na vadhaḥ kāryaḥ ācāryasya
kathaṃcana tathā tava parityāgaḥ na me rājan cikīrṣitaḥ

7. arjuna uvāca rājan yathā me ācāryasya vadhaḥ kathaṃcana
na kāryaḥ tathā tava parityāgaḥ me na cikīrṣitaḥ

7. Arjuna said: "Just as the killing of my teacher (guru) should by no means be carried out by me, similarly, O King, your abandonment is also not intended by me."

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (a celebrated hero of the Mahabharata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• मे (me) - by me (agent of the passive action) (by me, for me, to me, my)

• न (na) - not, no

• वधः (vadhaḥ) - killing (of the teacher) (killing, slaughter, destruction)

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done, proper (used in a passive sense) (to be done, proper, duty)

• आचार्यस्य (ācāryasya) - of my teacher (Drona) (of the teacher, of the preceptor)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, ever

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• परित्यागः (parityāgaḥ) - your abandonment (by me) (abandonment, forsaking, renunciation)

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - by me (agent of the passive action) (by me, for me, to me, my)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Yudhishthira) (O King)

• चिकीर्षितः (cikīrṣitaḥ) - desired to be done, intended, wished

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (a celebrated hero of the Mahabharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna, a celebrated hero of the Mahabharata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (agent of the passive action) (by me, for me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: The form 'me' can be dative, genitive, or instrumental. Here it functions as the agent in a passive construction.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वधः (vadhaḥ) - killing (of the teacher) (killing, slaughter, destruction)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction

from root 'han' (to strike, kill), with 'va' prefix

Root: han (class 2)

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done, proper (used in a passive sense) (to be done, proper, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, proper, duty, business

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from root 'kṛ' (to do, make), suffix '-ya' forming a gerundive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'vadhaḥ'.

आचार्यस्य (ācāryasya) - of my teacher (Drona) (of the teacher, of the preceptor)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ācārya

ācārya - teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide (guru)

from 'ā-car' (to practice, observe)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, ever

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

परित्यागः (parityāgaḥ) - your abandonment (by me) (abandonment, forsaking, renunciation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parityāga

parityāga - abandonment, forsaking, renunciation, sacrifice

from 'pari-tyaj' (to abandon)

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (agent of the passive action) (by me, for me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: The form 'me' can be dative, genitive, or instrumental. Here it functions as the agent in a passive construction.

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Yudhishthira) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

चिकीर्षितः (cikīrṣitaḥ) - desired to be done, intended, wished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cikīrṣita

cikīrṣita - desired to be done, intended, wished for

Past Passive Participle (from desiderative stem)

from desiderative stem of 'kṛ' (to do) + past passive participle suffix '-ta'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'parityāgaḥ'.