महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-69

तदनुस्मृत्य ते वीरा दर्शनं पौर्वकालिकम् ।
इदं तदित्यमन्यन्त दैवेनोपनिपीडिताः ॥६९॥

69. tadanusmṛtya te vīrā darśanaṁ paurvakālikam ,
idaṁ tadityamanyanta daivenopanipīḍitāḥ.

69. tat anusmṛtya te vīrāḥ darśanam paurvakālikam
idam tat iti amanyanta daivena upanipīḍitāḥ

69. daivena upanipīḍitāḥ te vīrāḥ paurvakālikam
darśanam tat anusmṛtya idam tat iti amanyanta

69. Remembering that prior vision, those warriors, oppressed by fate, believed, "This is that (predicted event)."

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - refers to the previously mentioned or implied event/vision (that, therefore, then)

• अनुस्मृत्य (anusmṛtya) - having recollected the prior vision (having remembered, recollecting)

• ते (te) - refers to the warriors (vīrāḥ) (those)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - refers to the soldiers/warriors present (heroes, warriors)

• दर्शनम् (darśanam) - a vision or premonition of a future event (vision, sight, philosophy)

• पौर्वकालिकम् (paurvakālikam) - pertaining to an earlier time, a past vision (ancient, former, from a previous time)

• इदम् (idam) - refers to the current dire situation (this)

• तत् (tat) - refers to the predicted event or vision (that)

• इति (iti) - introduces the thought "This is that" (thus, so, in this way (introduces a quotation or thought))

• अमन्यन्त (amanyanta) - the warriors believed this was the fated event (they thought, they considered, they believed)

• दैवेन (daivena) - indicating the cause of their oppression (by divine power, by destiny, by fate)

• उपनिपीडिताः (upanipīḍitāḥ) - the warriors were suffering under the burden of fate (oppressed, afflicted, crushed, tormented)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - refers to the previously mentioned or implied event/vision (that, therefore, then)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the vision.

अनुस्मृत्य (anusmṛtya) - having recollected the prior vision (having remembered, recollecting)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root smṛ with prefix anu, followed by suffix -tvā (which becomes -tya after certain prefixes).

Prefix: anu

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Gerund/Absolutive.

ते (te) - refers to the warriors (vīrāḥ) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'vīrāḥ'.

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - refers to the soldiers/warriors present (heroes, warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

दर्शनम् (darśanam) - a vision or premonition of a future event (vision, sight, philosophy)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, vision, doctrine, philosophy

action noun

Derived from root dṛś + ana.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पौर्वकालिकम् (paurvakālikam) - pertaining to an earlier time, a past vision (ancient, former, from a previous time)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paurvakālika

paurvakālika - ancient, former, old, belonging to a previous time

Derived from 'pūrvakāla' (former time) with suffix '-ika'.

Note: Agrees with 'darśanam'.

इदम् (idam) - refers to the current dire situation (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

तत् (tat) - refers to the predicted event or vision (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इति (iti) - introduces the thought "This is that" (thus, so, in this way (introduces a quotation or thought))

(indeclinable)

अमन्यन्त (amanyanta) - the warriors believed this was the fated event (they thought, they considered, they believed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Imperfect, 3rd person plural, middle voice from root man (4th class).

दैवेन (daivena) - indicating the cause of their oppression (by divine power, by destiny, by fate)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, celestial, relating to destiny or fate

Derived from 'deva' (god) + 'aṇ' suffix.

Note: Used substantively here, 'by fate'.

उपनिपीडिताः (upanipīḍitāḥ) - the warriors were suffering under the burden of fate (oppressed, afflicted, crushed, tormented)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upanipīḍita

upanipīḍita - oppressed, tormented, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pīḍ (to torment) with prefixes upa and ni.

Prefixes: upa+ni

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'vīrāḥ'.