महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-102, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
किंशीलाः किंसमुत्थानाः कथंरूपाश्च भारत ।
किंसंनाहाः कथंशस्त्रा जनाः स्युः संयुगे नृप ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kiṁśīlāḥ kiṁsamutthānāḥ kathaṁrūpāśca bhārata ,
kiṁsaṁnāhāḥ kathaṁśastrā janāḥ syuḥ saṁyuge nṛpa.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kiṃśīlāḥ kiṃsamutthānāḥ kathaṃrūpāḥ ca
bhārata kiṃsannāhāḥ kathaṃśastrāḥ janāḥ syuḥ saṃyuge nṛpa

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca bhārata nṛpa janāḥ saṃyuge kiṃśīlāḥ
kiṃsamutthānāḥ kathaṃrūpāḥ ca kiṃsannāhāḥ kathaṃśastrāḥ syuḥ

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: 'O Bhārata, O King, what is the disposition, origin, and appearance of the people (soldiers)? What kind of armor and weapons would they have in battle?'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किंशीलाः (kiṁśīlāḥ) - of what character, what disposition

• किंसमुत्थानाः (kiṁsamutthānāḥ) - of what origin, having what source

• कथंरूपाः (kathaṁrūpāḥ) - of what form, what appearance

• च (ca) - and, also

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

• किंसन्नाहाः (kiṁsannāhāḥ) - of what equipment, having what armor

• कथंशस्त्राः (kathaṁśastrāḥ) - of what weapons, having what weapons

• जनाः (janāḥ) - soldiers, combatants (people, men, soldiers)

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be, they would be

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (a proper name, the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

Literally 'steady in battle' (yudhi-sthira)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किंशीलाः (kiṁśīlāḥ) - of what character, what disposition

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kiṃśīla

kiṁśīla - of what character/nature/disposition

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kim+śīla)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• śīla – character, disposition, nature, habit
  noun (neuter)

किंसमुत्थानाः (kiṁsamutthānāḥ) - of what origin, having what source

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kiṃsamutthāna

kiṁsamutthāna - of what origin, having what rise

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kim+samutthāna)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• samutthāna – rising, origin, source, growth
  noun (neuter)
  Prefixes: sam+ut

कथंरूपाः (kathaṁrūpāḥ) - of what form, what appearance

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kathaṃrūpa

kathaṁrūpa - of what form/shape/appearance

Compound type : bahuvrihi (katham+rūpa)

• katham – how, in what manner
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, a king of the Bhārata dynasty, belonging to Bharata

Patronymic from Bharata

किंसन्नाहाः (kiṁsannāhāḥ) - of what equipment, having what armor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kiṃsannāha

kiṁsannāha - of what preparation, of what equipment, having what armor

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kim+sannāha)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• sannāha – preparation, equipment, armor, accoutrements of war
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

कथंशस्त्राः (kathaṁśastrāḥ) - of what weapons, having what weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kathaṃśastra

kathaṁśastra - of what weapons, having what weapons

Compound type : bahuvrihi (katham+śastra)

• katham – how, in what manner
  indeclinable
• śastra – weapon, tool, instrument
  noun (neuter)

जनाः (janāḥ) - soldiers, combatants (people, men, soldiers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, mankind

स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be, they would be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, war, conflict, encounter

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, monarch

From nṛ (man) + pa (protector)