महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-36

स्वप्स्ये वा निहतस्ताभ्यामसत्यो हि रणे जयः ।
कृतार्थो वा भविष्यामि हत्वा तावथ वा हतः ॥३६॥

36. svapsye vā nihatastābhyāmasatyo hi raṇe jayaḥ ,
kṛtārtho vā bhaviṣyāmi hatvā tāvatha vā hataḥ.

36. svapsye vā nihataḥ tābhyām asatyaḥ hi raṇe jayaḥ
kṛtārthaḥ vā bhaviṣyāmi hatvā tau atha vā hataḥ

36. vā tābhyām nihataḥ svapsye hi raṇe asatyaḥ jayaḥ
vā tau hatvā atha vā hataḥ kṛtārthaḥ bhaviṣyāmi

36. Alternatively, I will die, slain by them; for indeed, victory (achieved by retreating) is meaningless in battle. Or, having slain those two, or having been slain myself, I will achieve my purpose.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्स्ये (svapsye) - I will sleep, I will die

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, slain

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two

• असत्यः (asatyaḥ) - false, untrue, meaningless

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory

• कृतार्थः (kṛtārthaḥ) - having achieved one's purpose, fulfilled

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be, I will become

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having slain

• तौ (tau) - those two

• अथ (atha) - then, or else

• वा (vā) - or

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्स्ये (svapsye) - I will sleep, I will die

(verb)

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

root of the 2nd conjugation (adadi) class

Root: svap (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

formed with ni- prefix and root han

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

असत्यः (asatyaḥ) - false, untrue, meaningless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asatya

asatya - false, untrue, not real

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• satya – true, real
  adjective (masculine)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

कृतार्थः (kṛtārthaḥ) - having achieved one's purpose, fulfilled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtārtha

kṛtārtha - having accomplished one's object, successful, fulfilled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+artha)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be, I will become

(verb)

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

root of the 1st conjugation (bhvādi) class

Root: bhū (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having slain

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

absolutive form of root han

Root: han (class 2)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अथ (atha) - then, or else

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck down

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root han

Root: han (class 2)