महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-15, verse-21

मां वा शल्यो रणे हन्ता तं वाहं भद्रमस्तु वः ।
इति सत्यामिमां वाणीं लोकवीरा निबोधत ॥२१॥

21. māṁ vā śalyo raṇe hantā taṁ vāhaṁ bhadramastu vaḥ ,
iti satyāmimāṁ vāṇīṁ lokavīrā nibodhata.

21. mām vā śalyaḥ raṇe hantā tam vā aham bhadram astu
vaḥ iti satyām imām vāṇīm lokavīrāḥ nibodhata

21. śalyaḥ vā mām raṇe hantā,
vā aham tam (hantā).
vaḥ bhadram astu! he lokavīrāḥ,
iti imām satyām vāṇīm nibodhata.

21. Either Śalya will kill me in battle, or I will kill him. May auspiciousness (bhadra) be upon you all! O heroes of the world, comprehend this true declaration.

Words meanings summery:

• माम् (mām) - me

• वा (vā) - or, either

• शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle

• हन्ता (hantā) - killer, one who kills, will kill

• तम् (tam) - Śalya (him)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - good, welfare, auspiciousness

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), for you (plural)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• सत्याम् (satyām) - true, truthful

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• वाणीम् (vāṇīm) - speech, statement, declaration

• लोकवीराः (lokavīrāḥ) - O heroes of the world

• निबोधत (nibodhata) - understand, perceive, know

Words meanings and morphology

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Śalya (name of a king)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

हन्ता (hantā) - killer, one who kills, will kill

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hantṛ

hantṛ - killer, slayer, one who strikes

Agent noun (often functions as future participle)

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with agent suffix '-tṛ'.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used here as a future participle to indicate 'will kill'.

तम् (tam) - Śalya (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

भद्रम् (bhadram) - good, welfare, auspiciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, good, fortunate; welfare, good fortune

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), for you (plural)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Can also be genitive.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

सत्याम् (satyām) - true, truthful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existent; truth, reality

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

वाणीम् (vāṇīm) - speech, statement, declaration

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāṇī

vāṇī - speech, voice, word, language

लोकवीराः (lokavīrāḥ) - O heroes of the world

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of lokavīra

lokavīra - hero of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+vīra)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• vīra – hero, warrior, brave
  noun (masculine)

निबोधत (nibodhata) - understand, perceive, know

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of nibudh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)