महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-59, verse-3

यथा तदभवद्युद्धं पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ।
भीष्मकर्णकृपद्रोणशल्यादिभिरनुत्तमम् ॥३॥

3. yathā tadabhavadyuddhaṁ pāṇḍavānāṁ mahātmanām ,
bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādibhiranuttamam.

3. yathā tat abhavat yuddham pāṇḍavānām mahātmanām
bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādibhiḥ anuttamam

3. mahātmanām pāṇḍavānām bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādibhiḥ
anuttamam tat yuddham yathā abhavat

3. This describes how that unsurpassed battle of the noble Pāṇḍavas unfolded, involving Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa, Śalya, and other prominent warriors.

Words meanings summery:

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

• तत् (tat) - that

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, happened, occurred, became

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war, fight

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones

• भीष्मकर्णकृपद्रोणशल्यादिभिः (bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādibhiḥ) - by Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa, Śalya, and others

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, excellent, supreme

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Also accusative singular neuter

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, happened, occurred, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Note: Also accusative singular neuter

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

derived from Pāṇḍu

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

भीष्मकर्णकृपद्रोणशल्यादिभिः (bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādibhiḥ) - by Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa, Śalya, and others

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādi

bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādi - Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa, Śalya, and so on

Compound type : dvandva (bhīṣma+karṇa+kṛpa+droṇa+śalya+ādi)

• bhīṣma – Bhīṣma (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• karṇa – Karṇa (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṛpa – Kṛpa (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• droṇa – Droṇa (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śalya – Śalya (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  indeclinable

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, unequalled, excellent, supreme

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+uttama)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best, superior, excellent
  adjective

Note: Also accusative singular neuter