महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-9

स्वप्नलब्धा यथा लाभा वितथाः प्रतिबोधने ।
एवं ते क्षत्रिया राजन्ये व्यतीता महारणे ॥९॥

9. svapnalabdhā yathā lābhā vitathāḥ pratibodhane ,
evaṁ te kṣatriyā rājanye vyatītā mahāraṇe.

9. svapnalabdhāḥ yathā lābhāḥ vitathāḥ pratibodhane
evam te kṣatriyāḥ rājan ye vyatītāḥ mahāraṇe

9. rājan,
yathā svapnalabdhāḥ lābhāḥ pratibodhane vitathāḥ (bhavanti),
evam te kṣatriyāḥ ye mahāraṇe vyatītāḥ (bhavanti)।

9. Just as profits gained in a dream become false upon awakening, so too, O king, are those warriors (kṣatriyāḥ) who have perished in the great battle.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नलब्धाः (svapnalabdhāḥ) - obtained in a dream

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

• लाभाः (lābhāḥ) - gains, profits (gains, profits, acquisitions)

• वितथाः (vitathāḥ) - false, unreal (false, unreal, useless, vain)

• प्रतिबोधने (pratibodhane) - upon awakening (upon awakening, in the act of awakening, during consciousness)

• एवम् (evam) - so too, in the same way (thus, in this manner, so)

• ते (te) - those (those (masc. nom. pl. of tad))

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors (kṣatriyāḥ) (warriors, members of the kṣatriya (warrior) caste)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• ये (ye) - who (who, those who (masc. nom. pl. of yad))

• व्यतीताः (vyatītāḥ) - perished, passed away (passed away, gone, dead)

• महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नलब्धाः (svapnalabdhāḥ) - obtained in a dream

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svapnalabdha

svapnalabdha - obtained in a dream

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+labdha)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• labdha – obtained, gained, received
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root labh (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

लाभाः (lābhāḥ) - gains, profits (gains, profits, acquisitions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lābha

lābha - gain, acquisition, profit

From root labh (to obtain)

Root: labh (class 1)

वितथाः (vitathāḥ) - false, unreal (false, unreal, useless, vain)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vitatha

vitatha - false, untrue, useless, vain

प्रतिबोधने (pratibodhane) - upon awakening (upon awakening, in the act of awakening, during consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pratibodhana

pratibodhana - awakening, perceiving, coming to consciousness

From root budh (to awaken) with prati

Prefix: prati

Root: budh (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - so too, in the same way (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (those (masc. nom. pl. of tad))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'kṣatriyāḥ'.

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors (kṣatriyāḥ) (warriors, members of the kṣatriya (warrior) caste)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class, a warrior

Root: kṣi

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

ये (ye) - who (who, those who (masc. nom. pl. of yad))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun introducing a clause, refers to 'kṣatriyāḥ'.

व्यतीताः (vyatītāḥ) - perished, passed away (passed away, gone, dead)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyatīta

vyatīta - passed, gone, elapsed, dead

Past Passive Participle

From root i (to go) with upasargas vi and ati

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: i (class 2)

महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāraṇa

mahāraṇa - great battle, great war

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+raṇa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• raṇa – battle, war
  noun (masculine)
  From root raṇ (to delight, to sound, to battle)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)