महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-7

तत्र मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना वाहयात्र महारथम् ।
नाहत्वा समरे कर्णं निवर्तिष्ये कथंचन ॥७॥

7. tatra me buddhirutpannā vāhayātra mahāratham ,
nāhatvā samare karṇaṁ nivartiṣye kathaṁcana.

7. tatra me buddhiḥ utpannā vāhaya atra mahāratham
na ahatvā samare karṇam nivartiṣye kathaṃcana

7. tatra me buddhiḥ utpannā [idam] atra mahāratham vāhaya [iti].
karṇam samare ahatvā kathaṃcana na nivartiṣye.

7. A thought then arose in me: "Drive the great chariot here! I will not return from battle by any means without having killed Karna."

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that situation

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - an idea or resolve (intellect, understanding, thought, intention)

• उत्पन्ना (utpannā) - arisen, occurred (referring to the thought) (arisen, produced, occurred, born)

• वाहय (vāhaya) - drive (the chariot) (drive, cause to carry, cause to flow)

• अत्र (atra) - here (to this spot) (here, in this place, on this occasion)

• महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great chariot (of Arjuna) (a great chariot, a great warrior)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war, on the battlefield)

• कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna (proper name)

• निवर्तिष्ये (nivartiṣye) - I will return (from battle) (I will return, I will turn back)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means (whatsoever) (by any means, somehow, in any way)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that situation

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Can also be dative singular

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - an idea or resolve (intellect, understanding, thought, intention)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, thought, mind, intention

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

उत्पन्ना (utpannā) - arisen, occurred (referring to the thought) (arisen, produced, occurred, born)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utpanna

utpanna - produced, arisen, born, caused, occurred

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'pad' with prefix 'ut'

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with buddhiḥ

वाहय (vāhaya) - drive (the chariot) (drive, cause to carry, cause to flow)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vāh

Causative Imperative, 2nd person singular

Causative stem vāhaya-

Root: vah (class 1)

अत्र (atra) - here (to this spot) (here, in this place, on this occasion)

(indeclinable)

महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great chariot (of Arjuna) (a great chariot, a great warrior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great chariot, a great warrior, a commander of many chariots

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, car, vehicle
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with negation

Negation 'a' + root 'han' + suffix 'tvā'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hatvā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• hatvā – having killed, having struck
  indeclinable
  Absolutive (Gerund)
  From root 'han'
  Root: han (class 2)

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war, on the battlefield)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear; Karna (a celebrated warrior in the Mahābhārata)

निवर्तिष्ये (nivartiṣye) - I will return (from battle) (I will return, I will turn back)

(verb)

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

Future, 1st person singular, middle voice

From root 'vṛt' with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means (whatsoever) (by any means, somehow, in any way)

(indeclinable)