महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-2, verse-9

जयो वापि वधो वापि युध्यमानस्य संयुगे ।
भवेत्किमत्र चित्रं वै युध्यध्वं सर्वतोमुखाः ॥९॥

9. jayo vāpi vadho vāpi yudhyamānasya saṁyuge ,
bhavetkimatra citraṁ vai yudhyadhvaṁ sarvatomukhāḥ.

9. jayaḥ vā api vadhaḥ vā api yudhyamānasya saṃyuge
bhavet kim atra citram vai yudhyadhvam sarvatomukhāḥ

9. saṃyuge yudhyamānasya jayaḥ vā api vadhaḥ vā api
bhavet kim atra citram vai sarvatomukhāḥ yudhyadhvam

9. For one fighting in battle, either victory or death may occur; what wonder is there in that? Indeed, fight fiercely, facing all directions!

Words meanings summery:

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• वधः (vadhaḥ) - death, slaying, killing

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• युध्यमानस्य (yudhyamānasya) - of one fighting, for one who is fighting

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

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

• किम् (kim) - rhetorical: what (wonder) (what, why)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonder, surprising thing, strange

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• युध्यध्वम् (yudhyadhvam) - fight!

• सर्वतोमुखाः (sarvatomukhāḥ) - fiercely, with full intensity, attacking from all sides (facing all directions, all-sided, fierce)

Words meanings and morphology

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

वधः (vadhaḥ) - death, slaying, killing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - slaying, killing, death, striking

Root: vadh (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

युध्यमानस्य (yudhyamānasya) - of one fighting, for one who is fighting

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yudhyamāna

yudhyamāna - fighting, engaged in battle

Present Participle (Middle Voice)

Present participle of root yudh (to fight) in the middle voice

Root: yudh (class 4)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, conflict, war

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative

Root: bhū (class 1)

किम् (kim) - rhetorical: what (wonder) (what, why)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

चित्रम् (citram) - wonder, surprising thing, strange

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - wonderful, astonishing, strange, variegated, painting

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

युध्यध्वम् (yudhyadhvam) - fight!

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yudh

Imperative

Root: yudh (class 4)

सर्वतोमुखाः (sarvatomukhāḥ) - fiercely, with full intensity, attacking from all sides (facing all directions, all-sided, fierce)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvatomukha

sarvatomukha - facing all directions, omnipresent, all-sided, fierce

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarvatas+mukha)

• sarvatas – from all sides, everywhere
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, opening, front
  noun (neuter)