महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-35

कृष्णौ च पुरुषव्याघ्रौ तच्च सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ।
नाहत्वा युधि तौ वीरावपयास्ये कथंचन ॥३५॥

35. kṛṣṇau ca puruṣavyāghrau tacca satyaṁ bravīmi te ,
nāhatvā yudhi tau vīrāvapayāsye kathaṁcana.

35. kṛṣṇau ca puruṣavyāghrau tat ca satyam bravīmi
te na ahatvā yudhi tau vīrau apayāsye kathaṃcana

35. te tat satyam bravīmi ca puruṣavyāghrau kṛṣṇau
tau vīrau yudhi ahatvā kathaṃcana na apayāsye

35. I tell you this truth: I will certainly not retreat from battle by any means without having killed those two heroes, the two Krishnas, who are like tigers among men.

Words meanings summery:

• कृष्णौ (kṛṣṇau) - the two divine figures, Krishna and Arjuna (who is also called Krishna) (the two Krishnas)

• च (ca) - and

• पुरुषव्याघ्रौ (puruṣavyāghrau) - tigers among men, best of men

• तत् (tat) - that

• च (ca) - and

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I tell

• ते (te) - to you

• न (na) - not

• अहत्वा (ahatvā) - without having killed, not having slain

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

• तौ (tau) - those two

• वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

• अपयास्ये (apayāsye) - I will retreat, I will turn back

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

Words meanings and morphology

कृष्णौ (kṛṣṇau) - the two divine figures, Krishna and Arjuna (who is also called Krishna) (the two Krishnas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna; dark, black

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुरुषव्याघ्रौ (puruṣavyāghrau) - tigers among men, best of men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men, pre-eminent man

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

root of the 2nd conjugation (adadi) class

Root: brū (class 2)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अहत्वा (ahatvā) - without having killed, not having slain

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from 'a-' (negation) and absolutive of root 'han'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (implied) (a+hatvā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• hatvā – having killed, having slain
  indeclinable
  absolutive (gerund)
  absolutive form of root han
  Root: han (class 2)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, mighty

अपयास्ये (apayāsye) - I will retreat, I will turn back

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of apayā

Prefix: apa

Root: yā (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)