महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-5, verse-76

न हन्यामर्जुनं यावत्तावत्पादौ न धावये ।
इति यस्य महाघोरं व्रतमासीन्महात्मनः ॥७६॥

76. na hanyāmarjunaṁ yāvattāvatpādau na dhāvaye ,
iti yasya mahāghoraṁ vratamāsīnmahātmanaḥ.

76. na hanyām arjunam yāvat tāvat pādau na dhāvaye
iti yasya mahāghoram vratam āsīt mahātmanaḥ

76. yāvat arjunam na hanyām tāvat pādau na dhāvaye
iti yasya mahātmanaḥ mahāghoram vratam āsīt

76. "As long as I have not killed Arjuna, I shall not wash my feet." Such was the extremely dreadful vow of that great-souled one (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I will kill (potential/future sense) (I may kill, I should kill)

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then

• पादौ (pādau) - two feet

• न (na) - not, no

• धावये (dhāvaye) - I will wash, I may wash

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quotation (thus, so)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - very terrible, extremely dreadful

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one, of the noble one

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I will kill (potential/future sense) (I may kill, I should kill)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative/potential (vidhi-liṅ) of han

Optative/Potential mood, 1st person singular.

Root: han (class 2)

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pandava prince), white, silvery

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then

(indeclinable)

पादौ (pādau) - two feet

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

धावये (dhāvaye) - I will wash, I may wash

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative/potential (vidhi-liṅ) of dhāv

Causative form of root dhū (to shake, clean), here used in 1st person singular optative/potential mood, implying a strong intention (like future).

Root: dhū (class 5)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quotation (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - very terrible, extremely dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very terrible, extremely dreadful, mighty fearful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fearful
  adjective

Note: Agrees with vratam.

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, sacred observance, religious practice

Root: vṛ

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one, of the noble one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person (ātman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, noble
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)