महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-170, verse-28

संग्रामस्तु न कर्तव्यः सर्वसैन्यान्ब्रवीमि वः ।
अहं हि सह सोदर्यैः प्रवेक्ष्ये हव्यवाहनम् ॥२८॥

28. saṁgrāmastu na kartavyaḥ sarvasainyānbravīmi vaḥ ,
ahaṁ hi saha sodaryaiḥ pravekṣye havyavāhanam.

28. saṅgrāmaḥ tu na kartavyaḥ sarvasainyān bravīmi
vaḥ aham hi saha sodaryaiḥ pravekṣye havyavāhanam

28. vaḥ sarvasainyān bravīmi saṅgrāmaḥ tu na kartavyaḥ
hi aham sodaryaiḥ saha havyavāhanam pravekṣye

28. I tell all of you soldiers: battle should not be waged! For I, along with my brothers, will indeed enter the sacrificial fire.

Words meanings summery:

• सङ्ग्रामः (saṅgrāmaḥ) - battle, war, combat

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• न (na) - not, no

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be done, ought to be done, proper to be done

• सर्वसैन्यान् (sarvasainyān) - all soldiers

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I say, I speak, I tell

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), your

• अहम् (aham) - I

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• सोदर्यैः (sodaryaiḥ) - with brothers (born from the same womb)

• प्रवेक्ष्ये (pravekṣye) - I will enter

• हव्यवाहनम् (havyavāhanam) - sacrificial fire (for self-immolation) (fire (lit. carrier of oblations))

Words meanings and morphology

सङ्ग्रामः (saṅgrāmaḥ) - battle, war, combat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅgrāma

saṅgrāma - battle, war, combat

Prefix: sam

Root: gram (class 1)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be done, ought to be done, proper to be done

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, ought to be done, duty

Gerundive

Future Passive Participle/Gerundive from root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वसैन्यान् (sarvasainyān) - all soldiers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarvasainya

sarvasainya - all soldiers, entire army

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+sainya)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• sainya – military, soldier, army
  noun (masculine)
  Root: senā

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I say, I speak, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Present Indicative

1st person, singular, active voice, present tense

Root: brū (class 2)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), your

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be Genitive or Accusative plural, but Dative 'to you' fits context well.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

सोदर्यैः (sodaryaiḥ) - with brothers (born from the same womb)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sodarya

sodarya - brother (born from the same womb)

प्रवेक्ष्ये (pravekṣye) - I will enter

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of praviś

Future Indicative

1st person, singular, active voice, future tense (s-future)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

हव्यवाहनम् (havyavāhanam) - sacrificial fire (for self-immolation) (fire (lit. carrier of oblations))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - fire (lit. carrier of oblations), Agni

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, sacrificial offering
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root 'hu' (to offer) + 'ya' suffix
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, vehicle, bearer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'vah' (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)