महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-153, verse-38

तेन ह्यस्य प्रतिज्ञातं भीमसेनमहं युधि ।
हन्तेति स्वयमागम्य स्मरता वैरमुत्तमम् ॥३८॥

38. tena hyasya pratijñātaṁ bhīmasenamahaṁ yudhi ,
hanteti svayamāgamya smaratā vairamuttamam.

38. tena hi asya pratijñātam bhīmasenam aham yudhi
hantā iti svayam āgamya smaratā vairam uttamam

38. hi tena asya uttamam vairam smaratā 'aham yudhi
bhīmasenam hantā' iti svayam āgamya pratijñātam

38. For, remembering his great enmity, it had been vowed by him (Malayudha), 'I will kill Bhīmasena in battle,' and he had come himself to do so.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by Malayudha (by him, by that)

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• अस्य (asya) - his (Malayudha's) (his, of him, to him)

• प्रतिज्ञातम् (pratijñātam) - It was vowed (by Malayudha) (vowed, promised, declared)

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena

• अहम् (aham) - I (Malayudha) (I)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

• हन्ता (hantā) - I will kill (one who will kill, a killer)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (marks a quotation or thought)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, himself

• आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, after coming

• स्मरता (smaratā) - by him (Malayudha) who was remembering (by one remembering, while remembering)

• वैरम् (vairam) - enmity, hostility, hatred

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - great, excellent, supreme, best

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by Malayudha (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his (Malayudha's) (his, of him, to him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

प्रतिज्ञातम् (pratijñātam) - It was vowed (by Malayudha) (vowed, promised, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratijñāta

pratijñāta - vowed, promised, acknowledged, recognized

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root jñā (to know) with the prefix prati- and the suffix -ta.

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used impersonally, 'it was vowed'.

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of one of the Pāṇḍava brothers)

अहम् (aham) - I (Malayudha) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

हन्ता (hantā) - I will kill (one who will kill, a killer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hantṛ

hantṛ - killer, slayer, destroyer

Future Active Participle / Agent Noun

Nominative singular of the agent noun/future active participle hantṛ, signifying one who kills or will kill. Often used with 'asmi' (implied) for future intention.

Root: han (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (marks a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, himself

(indeclinable)

आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, after coming

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from the root gam (to go) with the prefix ā- and the suffix -ya (for absolutives with prefixes).

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

स्मरता (smaratā) - by him (Malayudha) who was remembering (by one remembering, while remembering)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of smarat

smarat - remembering, recollecting

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root smṛ (to remember) with the suffix -at.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tena'.

वैरम् (vairam) - enmity, hostility, hatred

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, hatred, feud

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - great, excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, excellent, best, supreme, principal

Note: Agrees with 'vairam'.