महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-86, verse-5

न मे धनंजयस्यार्थे प्राणा रक्ष्याः कथंचन ।
त्वत्प्रयुक्तः पुनरहं किं न कुर्यां महाहवे ॥५॥

5. na me dhanaṁjayasyārthe prāṇā rakṣyāḥ kathaṁcana ,
tvatprayuktaḥ punarahaṁ kiṁ na kuryāṁ mahāhave.

5. na me dhanañjayasya arthe prāṇāḥ rakṣyāḥ kathaṃcana
tvatprayuktaḥ punaḥ aham kim na kuryām mahāhave

5. kathaṃcana me prāṇāḥ dhanañjayasya arthe na rakṣyāḥ
punaḥ tvatprayuktaḥ aham mahāhave kim na kuryām

5. My very life (prāṇāḥ) should certainly not be preserved for the sake of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna). But what would I not do, impelled by you, in a great battle?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - my, to me, by me

• धनञ्जयस्य (dhanañjayasya) - of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) (of Dhanañjaya)

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, for the meaning of

• प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - my life (singular sense of plural prāṇāḥ) (lives, vital breaths, life force)

• रक्ष्याः (rakṣyāḥ) - to be protected, should be protected

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, certainly, at all

• त्वत्प्रयुक्तः (tvatprayuktaḥ) - impelled by you, commanded by you

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, but, moreover, on the other hand

• अहम् (aham) - I

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

• न (na) - not, no

• कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I would do, I should do, I might do

• महाहवे (mahāhave) - in a great battle, in a mighty conflict

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, by me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive, 'my'.

धनञ्जयस्य (dhanañjayasya) - of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) (of Dhanañjaya)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - conqueror of wealth (an epithet of Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquest, triumph
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ji (class 1)

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, for the meaning of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, sake

प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - my life (singular sense of plural prāṇāḥ) (lives, vital breaths, life force)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, vital force

Note: Often used in plural to refer to 'life' in general.

रक्ष्याः (rakṣyāḥ) - to be protected, should be protected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rakṣya

rakṣya - to be guarded, to be protected, protectable

Gerundive

Future passive participle from root rakṣ (to protect)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇāḥ'.

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, certainly, at all

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' for strong negation: 'certainly not', 'by no means'.

त्वत्प्रयुक्तः (tvatprayuktaḥ) - impelled by you, commanded by you

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvatprayukta

tvatprayukta - urged by you, employed by you, commanded by you

Past Passive Participle

Compound of ablative 'tvat' (from you) and PPP 'prayukta'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvat+prayukta)

• tvat – by you, from you (ablative of yuṣmad)
  pronoun
• prayukta – impelled, engaged, employed, set in motion
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yuj (to join) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'aham' (implied).

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, but, moreover, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?, why?, how?

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'kim' to form a rhetorical question ('What would I not do?').

कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I would do, I should do, I might do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

महाहवे (mahāhave) - in a great battle, in a mighty conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāhava

mahāhava - great battle, mighty conflict

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+āhava)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• āhava – battle, war, conflict, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hu (class 3)