महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-171, verse-5

अश्रौषमहमूरुस्थो गर्भशय्यागतस्तदा ।
आरावं मातृवर्गस्य भृगूणां क्षत्रियैर्वधे ॥५॥

5. aśrauṣamahamūrustho garbhaśayyāgatastadā ,
ārāvaṁ mātṛvargasya bhṛgūṇāṁ kṣatriyairvadhe.

5. aśrauṣam aham ūrusthaḥ garbhaśayyāgataḥ tadā
ārāvam mātṛvargasya bhṛgūṇām kṣatriyaiḥ vadhe

5. Indeed, while I was still in the womb (garbhaśayyāgata), situated on my mother's lap (ūrustha), I then heard the cries of my maternal relatives (mātṛvarga) due to the slaughter (vadha) of the Bhṛgus by the Kṣatriyas.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ऊरुस्थः (ūrusthaḥ) - situated on the lap (of the mother) (situated on the thigh/lap)

• गर्भशय्यागतः (garbhaśayyāgataḥ) - lying in the bed of the embryo / womb (gone into the womb-bed, lying in the womb)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• आरावम् (ārāvam) - the cries (cry, shout, noise, roar)

• मातृवर्गस्य (mātṛvargasya) - of my maternal relatives (of the maternal family, of the group of mothers)

• भृगूणाम् (bhṛgūṇām) - of the Bhṛgus (of the Bhṛgus (a lineage of sages))

• क्षत्रियैः (kṣatriyaiḥ) - by the Kṣatriyas (by Kṣatriyas, by warriors)

• वधे (vadhe) - during the slaughter (vadha) (in the killing, in the slaughter, at the time of destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

(verb)

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

aorist tense, 1st person singular

from root √śru (5th class), a-augment, sigmatic aorist

Root: śru (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

ऊरुस्थः (ūrusthaḥ) - situated on the lap (of the mother) (situated on the thigh/lap)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrustha

ūrustha - situated on the thigh/lap

compound of ūru + stha (from √sthā 'to stand')

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (ūru+stha)

• ūru – thigh, lap
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  from √sthā (1st class) + a suffix
  Root: sthā (class 1)

गर्भशय्यागतः (garbhaśayyāgataḥ) - lying in the bed of the embryo / womb (gone into the womb-bed, lying in the womb)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbhaśayyāgata

garbhaśayyāgata - gone into the womb-bed, being in the womb, embryonic

compound of garbhaśayyā + gata (from √gam 'to go')

Compound type : tatpurusha (garbhaśayyā+gata)

• garbhaśayyā – womb-bed, bed of the embryo
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √gam (1st class) + kta suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

formed from tad + dā suffix

आरावम् (ārāvam) - the cries (cry, shout, noise, roar)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārāva

ārāva - cry, shout, noise, roar, wail

from ā-√ru (2nd class) + ghañ suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: ru (class 2)

मातृवर्गस्य (mātṛvargasya) - of my maternal relatives (of the maternal family, of the group of mothers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mātṛvarga

mātṛvarga - group of mothers, maternal family/relatives

Compound type : tatpurusha (mātṛ+varga)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• varga – group, class, collection
  noun (masculine)
  from √vṛj (6th class) + ghañ suffix
  Root: vṛj (class 6)

भृगूणाम् (bhṛgūṇām) - of the Bhṛgus (of the Bhṛgus (a lineage of sages))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (name of a primordial sage and his lineage)

क्षत्रियैः (kṣatriyaiḥ) - by the Kṣatriyas (by Kṣatriyas, by warriors)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - member of the warrior or ruling class

वधे (vadhe) - during the slaughter (vadha) (in the killing, in the slaughter, at the time of destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction, striking

from √vadh (1st class) + a suffix

Root: vadh (class 1)