महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-50, verse-19

यथाद्य समरे कर्णं हनिष्यामि हतोऽथ वा ।
महीतले पतिष्यामि सत्येनायुधमालभे ॥१९॥

19. yathādya samare karṇaṁ haniṣyāmi hato'tha vā ,
mahītale patiṣyāmi satyenāyudhamālabhe.

19. yathā adya samare karṇam haniṣyāmi hataḥ atha
vā mahītale patiṣyāmi satyena āyudham ālabhe

19. yathā adya samare karṇam haniṣyāmi atha vā
hataḥ mahītale patiṣyāmi satyena āyudham ālabhe

19. Today in battle, I shall either slay Karṇa, or I shall fall dead upon the earth. I take up my weapon by this oath of truth.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

• कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa (proper noun)

• हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I will kill, I will slay

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, moreover

• वा (vā) - or, either

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground, on the surface of the earth

• पतिष्यामि (patiṣyāmi) - I will fall, I will drop

• सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, with truth

• आयुधम् (āyudham) - weapon, implement of war

• आलभे (ālabhe) - I take up, I grasp, I seize

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear, Karṇa (a character in the Mahābhārata)

हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I will kill, I will slay

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of han

Future tense, 1st person singular

Root: han (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'han' (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, moreover

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground, on the surface of the earth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound of 'mahī' (earth) and 'tala' (surface)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, ground, bottom, palm
  noun (neuter)

पतिष्यामि (patiṣyāmi) - I will fall, I will drop

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pat

Future tense, 1st person singular

Root: pat (class 1)

सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, with truth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

आयुधम् (āyudham) - weapon, implement of war

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyudha

āyudha - weapon, arm, implement of war

आलभे (ālabhe) - I take up, I grasp, I seize

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Present tense, 1st person singular, Middle voice (Ātmanepada)

Prefix: ā

Root: labh (class 1)