महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-14, verse-16

ऋषी ऊचतुः ।
नानाशस्त्रविदः पूर्वे येऽप्यतीता महारथाः ।
नैतदस्त्रं मनुष्येषु तैः प्रयुक्तं कथंचन ॥१६॥

16. ṛṣī ūcatuḥ ,
nānāśastravidaḥ pūrve ye'pyatītā mahārathāḥ ,
naitadastraṁ manuṣyeṣu taiḥ prayuktaṁ kathaṁcana.

16. ṛṣī ūcatuḥ nānāśastravidaḥ pūrve ye api atītāḥ mahārathāḥ
na etat astram manuṣyeṣu taiḥ prayuktam kathaṃcana

16. ṛṣī ūcatuḥ pūrve nānāśastravidaḥ ye api atītāḥ mahārathāḥ
taiḥ manuṣyeṣu etat astram kathaṃcana na prayuktam

16. The two sages said: "This weapon was never used among humans by any of the great charioteers (mahārathāḥ) of the past, even those who were expert in various weapons."

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषी (ṛṣī) - the two sages

• ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said, the two spoke

• नानाशस्त्रविदः (nānāśastravidaḥ) - expert in various weapons (plural)

• पूर्वे (pūrve) - former, ancient, earlier (plural)

• ये (ye) - who, those who (plural)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अतीताः (atītāḥ) - passed away, departed, bygone, deceased (plural)

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors (plural)

• न (na) - not

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter singular)

• अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

• मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among humans, among men

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them (plural)

• प्रयुक्तम् (prayuktam) - used, employed, discharged (neuter singular)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, ever

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषी (ṛṣī) - the two sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said, the two spoke

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect active

Perfect 3rd person dual from root vac. Irregular formation for perfect.

Root: vac (class 2)

नानाशस्त्रविदः (nānāśastravidaḥ) - expert in various weapons (plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānāśastravid

nānāśastravid - knowing various weapons, expert in various weapons

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānāśastra+vid)

• nānāśastra – various weapons
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of nānā (various) and śastra (weapon)
• vid – knowing, knower of
  adjective
  Agent noun/adjective from root
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

पूर्वे (pūrve) - former, ancient, earlier (plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, earlier, previous, ancient

ये (ye) - who, those who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Relative pronoun.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अतीताः (atītāḥ) - passed away, departed, bygone, deceased (plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of atīta

atīta - passed, gone, departed, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix ati-.

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors (plural)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great warrior, a great charioteer (one who can fight 10,000 warriors)

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot; warrior in a chariot
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - weapon, missile

Root: as (class 4)

मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among humans, among men

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human, man, person

तैः (taiḥ) - by them (plural)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

प्रयुक्तम् (prayuktam) - used, employed, discharged (neuter singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prayukta

prayukta - used, employed, applied, discharged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to yoke, join, use) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, ever

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable compound formed by an interrogative adverb and an indefinite particle.

Note: Used with 'na' for emphatic negation: 'never in any way'.