महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-272, verse-5

एतन्मे संशयं ब्रूहि पृच्छतो भरतर्षभ ।
वृत्रस्तु राजशार्दूल यथा शक्रेण निर्जितः ॥५॥

5. etanme saṁśayaṁ brūhi pṛcchato bharatarṣabha ,
vṛtrastu rājaśārdūla yathā śakreṇa nirjitaḥ.

5. etat me saṃśayam brūhi pṛcchataḥ bharatarṣabhaḥ
| vṛtraḥ tu rājaśārdūla yathā śakreṇa nirjitaḥ

5. bharatarṣabha pṛcchataḥ me etat saṃśayam brūhi
rājaśārdūla tu yathā vṛtraḥ śakreṇa nirjitaḥ

5. O best among the Bhāratas (bharatarṣabha), please explain this doubt to me as I inquire: O tiger among kings (rājaśārdūla), how exactly was Vṛtra conquered by Indra (Śakra)?

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, uncertainty

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - of one asking, as I ask

• भरतर्षभः (bharatarṣabhaḥ) - O best among Bhāratas

• वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - Vṛtra (name of a demon)

• तु (tu) - and, but, indeed

• राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings, O best of kings

• यथा (yathā) - how, in what manner, as

• शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Indra

• निर्जितः (nirjitaḥ) - conquered, defeated

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, here, that

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, question

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - of one asking, as I ask

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - asking, inquiring

Present Active Participle

Root: prach (class 6)

भरतर्षभः (bharatarṣabhaḥ) - O best among Bhāratas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of Bharata, best among Bhāratas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a king, a name
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – a bull; the best, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - Vṛtra (name of a demon)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtra

vṛtra - Vṛtra (a Vedic demon, personification of drought and obstruction)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तु (tu) - and, but, indeed

(indeclinable)

राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings, O best of kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājaśārdūla

rājaśārdūla - tiger among kings, chief of kings

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+śārdūla)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger; excellent, best of its kind
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - how, in what manner, as

(indeclinable)

शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Indra

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra (an epithet meaning 'the mighty one')

Root: śak (class 5)

निर्जितः (nirjitaḥ) - conquered, defeated

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirjita

nirjita - conquered, defeated, vanquished

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: nir

Root: ji (class 1)