महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-166, verse-53

यथा यथाहमिच्छेयं तथा भूत्वा शरा मम ।
निपतेयुः सपत्नेषु विक्रमत्स्वपि भारत ॥५३॥

53. yathā yathāhamiccheyaṁ tathā bhūtvā śarā mama ,
nipateyuḥ sapatneṣu vikramatsvapi bhārata.

53. yathā yathā aham iccheyam tathā bhūtvā śarāḥ
mama nipateyuḥ sapatneṣu vikramatsu api bhārata

53. bhārata yathā yathā aham iccheyam tathā bhūtvā
mama śarāḥ vikramatsu api sapatneṣu nipateyuḥ

53. O Bhārata, as I desire, so let my arrows become and fall upon my adversaries, even while they are showing valor.

Words meanings summery:

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

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

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इच्छेयम् (iccheyam) - I would desire, I should wish

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, being

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• निपतेयुः (nipateyuḥ) - they should fall, let them fall

• सपत्नेषु (sapatneṣu) - upon the enemies, among the adversaries

• विक्रमत्सु (vikramatsu) - on those showing valor, on those performing bravely

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

इच्छेयम् (iccheyam) - I would desire, I should wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, being

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root bhū (to be) with suffix -tvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

निपतेयुः (nipateyuḥ) - they should fall, let them fall

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of pat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

सपत्नेषु (sapatneṣu) - upon the enemies, among the adversaries

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sapatna

sapatna - enemy, adversary, rival

विक्रमत्सु (vikramatsu) - on those showing valor, on those performing bravely

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of vikramat

vikramat - showing valor, performing bravely

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kram (to step) with prefix vi- in present participle form.

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; India; an Indian