महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-14

स्वधर्मं नेच्छसे ज्ञातुं मिथ्या वचनमेव ते ।
भयार्दितानामस्माकं वाचा मर्माणि कृन्तसि ॥१४॥

14. svadharmaṁ necchase jñātuṁ mithyā vacanameva te ,
bhayārditānāmasmākaṁ vācā marmāṇi kṛntasi.

14. svadharmam na icchase jñātum mithyā vacanam eva
te bhayārditānām asmākam vācā marmāṇi kṛntasi

14. svadharmam jñātum na icchase te vacanam eva
mithyā vācā bhayārditānām asmākam marmāṇi kṛntasi

14. You do not wish to understand your own natural law (dharma); your words are indeed false. With your speech, you cut the vital spots of us who are tormented by fear.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - your own natural law (dharma) (one's own natural law, one's duty, one's own constitution)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इच्छसे (icchase) - you wish (you wish, you desire)

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to understand (to know, to understand)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (false, untrue, wrongly)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, saying)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

• भयार्दितानाम् (bhayārditānām) - of us who are tormented by fear (of those afflicted by fear, tormented by fear)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us (of us, our)

• वाचा (vācā) - with your speech (by speech, by word)

• मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital spots (vital parts, sensitive spots, vulnerable points)

• कृन्तसि (kṛntasi) - you cut (you cut, you pierce, you injure)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - your own natural law (dharma) (one's own natural law, one's duty, one's own constitution)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own natural law, one's duty, one's own constitution

Compound of sva (own) and dharma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa/karmadhāraya (sva+dharma)

• sva – own, self
  adjective/pronoun (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, religion
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ 'to hold, support'
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'jñātum'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

Note: Negates 'icchase'.

इच्छसे (icchase) - you wish (you wish, you desire)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present tense

From root iṣ, Present second person singular, middle voice

Root: iṣ (class 6)

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to understand (to know, to understand)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of verb root jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Expresses purpose or object of 'icchase'.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (false, untrue, wrongly)

(indeclinable)

adverb or adjective

वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

From root vac 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

Note: Emphasizes 'mithyā'.

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive adjective for 'vacanam'.

भयार्दितानाम् (bhayārditānām) - of us who are tormented by fear (of those afflicted by fear, tormented by fear)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhayārdita

bhayārdita - afflicted by fear, tormented by fear

Compound of bhaya (fear) and ardita (afflicted)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+ardita)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  From root bhī 'to fear'
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• ardita – afflicted, pained, distressed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ard 'to pain, distress'
  Root: ard (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'asmākam'.

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us (of us, our)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

वाचा (vācā) - with your speech (by speech, by word)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

From root vac 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Means by which action is performed.

मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital spots (vital parts, sensitive spots, vulnerable points)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of marman

marman - vital part, sensitive spot, vulnerable point

From root mṛ 'to die'

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Object of 'kṛntasi'.

कृन्तसि (kṛntasi) - you cut (you cut, you pierce, you injure)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛnt

present tense

From root kṛt, Present second person singular, active voice

Root: kṛt (class 6)