महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-86, verse-26

कुरु त्वमात्मनो गुप्तिं कस्ते गोप्ता गते मयि ।
यः प्रतीयाद्रणे द्रोणं यावद्गच्छामि पाण्डवम् ॥२६॥

26. kuru tvamātmano guptiṁ kaste goptā gate mayi ,
yaḥ pratīyādraṇe droṇaṁ yāvadgacchāmi pāṇḍavam.

26. kuru tvam ātmanaḥ guptim kaḥ te goptā gate mayi
yaḥ pratīyāt raṇe droṇam yāvat gacchāmi pāṇḍavam

26. tvam ātmanaḥ guptim kuru kaḥ te goptā mayi gate
yaḥ pratīyāt raṇe droṇam yāvat gacchāmi pāṇḍavam

26. You (Duryodhana) must protect yourself, for who will be your protector once I am gone? Who would dare face (me) Droṇa in battle while I go to engage the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)?

Words meanings summery:

• कुरु (kuru) - ensure, arrange for (do, make, perform)

• त्वम् (tvam) - Duryodhana (you)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, your own

• गुप्तिम् (guptim) - protection, concealment

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• ते (te) - your, to you

• गोप्ता (goptā) - protector, guardian

• गते (gate) - having gone, gone

• मयि (mayi) - when I (Droṇa) am gone (in me, upon me, when I am)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• प्रतीयात् (pratīyāt) - would face, should go against, would confront

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Referring to the speaker, Droṇa himself, emphasizing his formidable nature. (Droṇa)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, until

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I (Droṇa) go to engage (I go, I am going)

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - to Arjuna, the most prominent of the Pāṇḍavas (to the Pāṇḍava)

Words meanings and morphology

कुरु (kuru) - ensure, arrange for (do, make, perform)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्वम् (tvam) - Duryodhana (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, your own

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)

गुप्तिम् (guptim) - protection, concealment

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gupti

gupti - protection, guarding, concealment, hiding

From root gup

Root: gup (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

गोप्ता (goptā) - protector, guardian

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of goptṛ

goptṛ - protector, guardian, preserver

agent noun

Agent noun formed with suffix -tṛ from root gup

Root: gup (class 1)

गते (gate) - having gone, gone

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived at, past

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with 'mayi'

मयि (mayi) - when I (Droṇa) am gone (in me, upon me, when I am)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with 'gate'

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

प्रतीयात् (pratīyāt) - would face, should go against, would confront

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of prati-i

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war

Root: raṇ (class 1)

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Referring to the speaker, Droṇa himself, emphasizing his formidable nature. (Droṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of the preceptor), bucket, measure

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, until

(indeclinable)

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I (Droṇa) go to engage (I go, I am going)

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - to Arjuna, the most prominent of the Pāṇḍavas (to the Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Patronymic derivative from Pāṇḍu