महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-156

यदाश्रौषं द्रोणपुत्रेण गर्भे वैराट्या वै पात्यमाने महास्त्रे ।
द्वैपायनः केशवो द्रोणपुत्रं परस्परेणाभिशापैः शशाप ॥१५६॥

156. yadāśrauṣaṁ droṇaputreṇa garbhe; vairāṭyā vai pātyamāne mahāstre ,
dvaipāyanaḥ keśavo droṇaputraṁ; paraspareṇābhiśāpaiḥ śaśāpa.

156. yadā aśrauṣam droṇaputreṇa garbhe
vairāṭyāḥ vai pātyamāne mahāstre
| dvaipāyanaḥ keśavaḥ droṇaputram
paraspareṇa abhiśāpaiḥ śaśāpa

156. When I heard that by Droṇa's son, a great weapon was being cast upon the embryo of Virāṭa's daughter, then Vyāsa and Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) cursed Droṇa's son with mutual curses.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when

• अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

• द्रोणपुत्रेण (droṇaputreṇa) - by Droṇa's son

• गर्भे (garbhe) - in the embryo, at the embryo

• वैराट्याः (vairāṭyāḥ) - of Virāṭa's daughter (Uttarā)

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

• पात्यमाने (pātyamāne) - being caused to fall, being cast

• महास्त्रे (mahāstre) - at the great weapon

• द्वैपायनः (dvaipāyanaḥ) - Vyāsa (son of Dvīpa)

• केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

• द्रोणपुत्रम् (droṇaputram) - Droṇa's son

• परस्परेण (paraspareṇa) - mutually, by means of mutual action

• अभिशापैः (abhiśāpaiḥ) - with curses

• शशाप (śaśāpa) - he cursed

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past perfect (luṅ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

द्रोणपुत्रेण (droṇaputreṇa) - by Droṇa's son

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of droṇaputra

droṇaputra - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā)

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (droṇa+putra)

• droṇa – Droṇa (a teacher of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas)
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

गर्भे (garbhe) - in the embryo, at the embryo

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, interior

वैराट्याः (vairāṭyāḥ) - of Virāṭa's daughter (Uttarā)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vairāṭī

vairāṭī - daughter of Virāṭa

feminine patronymic from Virāṭa

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

(indeclinable)

पात्यमाने (pātyamāne) - being caused to fall, being cast

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pātyamāna

pātyamāna - being thrown, being caused to fall, being cast

present passive participle

from causative of root pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

महास्त्रे (mahāstre) - at the great weapon

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāstra

mahāstra - great weapon

karmadhāraya compound: mahā (great) + astra (weapon)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+astra)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)

द्वैपायनः (dvaipāyanaḥ) - Vyāsa (son of Dvīpa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvaipāyana

dvaipāyana - Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa, born on an island)

derived from dvīpa (island)

केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - Keśava (an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa), having beautiful hair

द्रोणपुत्रम् (droṇaputram) - Droṇa's son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇaputra

droṇaputra - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā)

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (droṇa+putra)

• droṇa – Droṇa (a teacher of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas)
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

परस्परेण (paraspareṇa) - mutually, by means of mutual action

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paraspara

paraspara - mutual, reciprocal

अभिशापैः (abhiśāpaiḥ) - with curses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of abhiśāpa

abhiśāpa - curse, imprecation

action noun

from root śap (to curse) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: śap (class 1)

शशाप (śaśāpa) - he cursed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of śap

Root: śap (class 1)