idam = these; vacaḥ = words; bandhu-hita-arthinā = as your friend and well-wisher; mayā yathā ucyamānam = that I have spoken for your factual good; yadi = if; na = not; abhipatsyase = you do accept; sa-bāndhavaḥ = and your relatives; tyakṣyasi = you will lose; jīvitam = your lives; raṇe = in battle; hataḥ = upon being slain; adya = today; rāmeṇa = Rāma; śaraiḥ = with His arrows; ajihmagaiḥ = which fly straight [to their targets].