महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-18, verse-57

अर्जुनं भीमसेनं वा समरे प्राप्य सारथे ।
क्षेममद्य भवेद्यन्तरिति मे नैष्ठिकी मतिः ॥५७॥

57. arjunaṁ bhīmasenaṁ vā samare prāpya sārathe ,
kṣemamadya bhavedyantariti me naiṣṭhikī matiḥ.

57. arjunam bhīmasenam vā samare prāpya sārathe
kṣemam adya bhavet yantar iti me naiṣṭhikī matiḥ

57. sārathe samare arjunam vā bhīmasenam vā prāpya
adya yantar kṣemam bhavet iti me naiṣṭhikī matiḥ

57. O charioteer, should one encounter Arjuna or Bhimasena in battle, the driver will be safe today—such is my firm conviction.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena

• वा (vā) - or

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having met

• सारथे (sārathe) - O charioteer!

• क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - safety, welfare, well-being

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, may be, should be

• यन्तर् (yantar) - driver, charioteer

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• मे (me) - my, to me

• नैष्ठिकी (naiṣṭhikī) - firm, definite, conclusive

• मतिः (matiḥ) - conviction, opinion, thought, mind

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna; white, clear

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (a name of Bhima); having a dreadful army

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having met

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

formed from pra-āp + -ya suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

सारथे (sārathe) - O charioteer!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sārathi

sārathi - charioteer, driver

क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - safety, welfare, well-being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣema

kṣema - safety, security, welfare, well-being

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, may be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

यन्तर् (yantar) - driver, charioteer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yantṛ

yantṛ - driver, charioteer, controller

agent noun

derived from root yam (to control) with -tṛ suffix

Root: yam (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

नैष्ठिकी (naiṣṭhikī) - firm, definite, conclusive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naiṣṭhika

naiṣṭhika - firm, definite, conclusive, final

derived from niṣṭhā (firmness, conclusion)

मतिः (matiḥ) - conviction, opinion, thought, mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion, conviction

Root: man (class 4)