महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-9, verse-9

ततस्ते रुधिरं हस्तैर्मुखान्निर्मृज्य तस्य ह ।
रणे राज्ञः शयानस्य कृपणं पर्यदेवयन् ॥९॥

9. tataste rudhiraṁ hastairmukhānnirmṛjya tasya ha ,
raṇe rājñaḥ śayānasya kṛpaṇaṁ paryadevayan.

9. tataḥ te rudhiraṃ hastaiḥ mukhāt nirmṛjya tasya
ha raṇe rājñaḥ śayānasya kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayan

9. tataḥ te hastaiḥ tasya mukhāt rudhiraṃ nirmṛjya
raṇe śayānasya rājñaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ ha paryadevayan

9. Then, wiping his blood from his face with their hands, they lamented piteously for the king who was lying there on the battlefield.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

• ते (te) - those, they

• रुधिरं (rudhiraṁ) - blood

• हस्तैः (hastaiḥ) - with hands

• मुखात् (mukhāt) - from the face

• निर्मृज्य (nirmṛjya) - having wiped off, having cleansed

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

• रणे (raṇe) - on the battlefield

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

• शयानस्य (śayānasya) - of the lying one

• कृपणं (kṛpaṇaṁ) - piteously, miserably

• पर्यदेवयन् (paryadevayan) - they lamented, they bewailed

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रुधिरं (rudhiraṁ) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

हस्तैः (hastaiḥ) - with hands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hasta

hasta - hand, trunk of an elephant, a measure of length

मुखात् (mukhāt) - from the face

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, opening

निर्मृज्य (nirmṛjya) - having wiped off, having cleansed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix nis before the root mṛj, and the suffix -ya for absolutive.

Prefix: nis

Root: mṛj (class 2)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

रणे (raṇe) - on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict, battlefield

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

शयानस्य (śayānasya) - of the lying one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śayana

śayana - lying, sleeping

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root śī (to lie down) with śānac suffix, acting as an adjective.

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'rājñaḥ'.

कृपणं (kṛpaṇaṁ) - piteously, miserably

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - miserable, pitiable, wretched; piteously (as adverb)

Note: Used adverbially, taking the accusative singular neuter form.

पर्यदेवयन् (paryadevayan) - they lamented, they bewailed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paryadev

Causative of root div with prefixes pari and ā.

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: div (class 10)