Canonical Ref: MBh 8.57.37
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
स्वप्स्ये वा निहतस्ताभ्यामसत्यो हि रणे जयः । कृतार्थो वा भविष्यामि हत्वा तावथ वा हतः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Or I would be done to death by them. There are chances in warfare and victory is always uncertain, however, whether I kill them or they kill me, I will stand true to my purpose.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
स्वप्स्ये
Lemma: स्वप्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: स्वप्स्ये
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
निहतस्
Lemma: निहन्
POS: 2. Ā.
ताभ्याम्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
असत्यो
Lemma: असत्य
POS: adj
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
रणे
Lemma: रण
POS: m
जयः
Lemma: जय
POS: m
कृतार्थो
Lemma: कृतार्थ
POS: adj
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
भविष्यामि
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भविष्यामि
हत्वा
Lemma: हन्
POS: 6. P.
ताव्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
अथवा
Lemma: अथवा
POS: ind
हतः
Lemma: हन्
POS: 6. P.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 8.57.37. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.