महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-156, verse-25

यदि ह्येनं नाहनिष्यत्कर्णः शक्त्या महामृधे ।
मया वध्योऽभविष्यत्स भैमसेनिर्घटोत्कचः ॥२५॥

25. yadi hyenaṁ nāhaniṣyatkarṇaḥ śaktyā mahāmṛdhe ,
mayā vadhyo'bhaviṣyatsa bhaimasenirghaṭotkacaḥ.

25. yadi hi enam na ahaniṣyat karṇaḥ śaktyā mahāmṛdhe |
mayā vadhyaḥ abhaviṣyat saḥ bhaimaseniḥ ghaṭotkacaḥ

25. yadi hi karṇaḥ mahāmṛdhe śaktyā enam na ahaniṣyat
saḥ bhaimaseniḥ ghaṭotkacaḥ mayā vadhyaḥ abhaviṣyat

25. Indeed, if Karṇa had not slain him in the great battle (mahāmṛdhe) with his missile (śakti), then that Ghaṭotkaca, son of Bhīmasena, would have been slain by me.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• एनम् (enam) - him (referring to Ghaṭotkaca) (him, this one)

• न (na) - not

• अहनिष्यत् (ahaniṣyat) - would have struck/killed/slain

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

• शक्त्या (śaktyā) - by the missile (śakti) (by power, by strength; by the missile/weapon)

• महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle (mahāmṛdhe) (in the great battle)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Duryodhana) (by me)

• वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - to be killed, fit to be killed, deserving death

• अभविष्यत् (abhaviṣyat) - would have been

• सः (saḥ) - that one (Ghaṭotkaca) (that (one), he)

• भैमसेनिः (bhaimaseniḥ) - son of Bhīmasena (Ghaṭotkaca) (son of Bhimasena)

• घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - Ghaṭotkaca (proper name)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (referring to Ghaṭotkaca) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it (anaphoric pronoun)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अहनिष्यत् (ahaniṣyat) - would have struck/killed/slain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, conditional aorist (luṅ) of han

Aorist, Conditional

3rd person singular aorist (luṅ) with 'a' augment, used conditionally. Often interpreted as 'would have killed' in conditional clauses.

Root: han (class 2)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear; Karṇa (name of a prominent character in the Mahābhārata)

शक्त्या (śaktyā) - by the missile (śakti) (by power, by strength; by the missile/weapon)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, energy, capability; a spear, a dart, a missile

Derived from root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle (mahāmṛdhe) (in the great battle)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāmṛdha

mahāmṛdha - great battle, great combat

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+mṛdha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mṛdha – battle, combat, fight
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root mṛdh (to fight)
  Root: mṛdh (class 9)

मया (mayā) - by me (Duryodhana) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

1st person singular pronoun

वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - to be killed, fit to be killed, deserving death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadhya

vadhya - to be killed, deserving death, fit to be slain

Gerundive (karmaṇi prayoga)

Derived from root vadh (to kill), equivalent to han, with suffix -ya

Root: vadh

Note: Predicate adjective agreeing with Ghaṭotkaca.

अभविष्यत् (abhaviṣyat) - would have been

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, conditional aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist, Conditional

3rd person singular aorist (luṅ) with 'a' augment, used conditionally. Equivalent to 'would have been'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that one (Ghaṭotkaca) (that (one), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भैमसेनिः (bhaimaseniḥ) - son of Bhīmasena (Ghaṭotkaca) (son of Bhimasena)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhaimaseni

bhaimaseni - son of Bhīmasena (Ghaṭotkaca)

A patronymic derived from Bhīmasena

घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - Ghaṭotkaca (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghaṭotkaca

ghaṭotkaca - Ghaṭotkaca (name of the son of Bhīma and Hiḍimbā)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghaṭa+utkaca)

• ghaṭa – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• utkaca – hair growing upwards, dishevelled hair; head
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut