महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-53, verse-16

अथ रक्षा न मे संख्ये क्रियते कुरुनन्दन ।
अनुजानीहि मां राजन्गमिष्यामि गृहान्प्रति ॥१६॥

16. atha rakṣā na me saṁkhye kriyate kurunandana ,
anujānīhi māṁ rājangamiṣyāmi gṛhānprati.

16. atha rakṣā na me saṃkhye kriyate kurunandana
anujānīhi mām rājan gamiṣyāmi gṛhān prati

16. kurunandana rājan atha saṃkhye me rakṣā na
kriyate mām anujānīhi (aham) gṛhān prati gamiṣyāmi

16. Now, if no protection is offered to me in battle, O Scion of Kuru, then, O King, permit me; I shall return home.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, if (now, then, if, so)

• रक्षा (rakṣā) - protection (protection, guarding)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मे (me) - for me (my, to me, for me)

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is offered, is afforded (is done, is performed)

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Scion of Kuru (Duryodhana) (O scion of Kuru, O delight of Kurus)

• अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit me (permit, allow, assent)

• माम् (mām) - me (Jayadratha) (me)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (Duryodhana) (O king)

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall return (I will go)

• गृहान् (gṛhān) - (to my) home (to homes, homes)

• प्रति (prati) - towards (my home) (towards, to, against)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, if (now, then, if, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Can introduce a condition or an alternative

रक्षा (rakṣā) - protection (protection, guarding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rakṣā

rakṣā - protection, guard, preservation, defense

From root rakṣ- 'to protect'

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'kriyate'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of first person pronoun

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkhya

saṁkhya - battle, war, combat

From root khyā- with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is offered, is afforded (is done, is performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Passive present indicative form of root kṛ-

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Scion of Kuru (Duryodhana) (O scion of Kuru, O delight of Kurus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, scion of Kuru

Compound of Kuru and nandana (son, delight)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – name of an ancient king, his lineage, or territory
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand- 'to rejoice'
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Referring to Duryodhana

अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit me (permit, allow, assent)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of anu-jñā

From root jñā- with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

माम् (mām) - me (Jayadratha) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

राजन् (rājan) - O King (Duryodhana) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Referring to Duryodhana

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall return (I will go)

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

गृहान् (gṛhān) - (to my) home (to homes, homes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

प्रति (prati) - towards (my home) (towards, to, against)

(indeclinable)