महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-60, verse-22

द्रोणकर्णप्रभृतयो येन प्रतिसमासिताः ।
रणे महेन्द्रप्रतिमाः स कथं नाप्नुयाद्दिवम् ॥२२॥

22. droṇakarṇaprabhṛtayo yena pratisamāsitāḥ ,
raṇe mahendrapratimāḥ sa kathaṁ nāpnuyāddivam.

22. droṇakarṇaprabhṛtayaḥ yena pratisamāsitāḥ raṇe
mahendrapratimāḥ sa katham na āpnuyāt divam

22. yena raṇe mahendrapratimāḥ droṇakarṇaprabhṛtayaḥ
pratisamāsitāḥ sa divam katham na āpnuyāt

22. How could he, by whom Droṇa, Karṇa, and other warriors resembling mighty Indra were confronted in battle, not attain heaven?

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोणकर्णप्रभृतयः (droṇakarṇaprabhṛtayaḥ) - Droṇa, Karṇa, and other great warriors (Droṇa, Karṇa, and others)

• येन (yena) - by whom (Abhimanyu) (by whom, by which)

• प्रतिसमासिताः (pratisamāsitāḥ) - were confronted (by Abhimanyu) (opposed, confronted, engaged in combat with)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

• महेन्द्रप्रतिमाः (mahendrapratimāḥ) - resembling mighty Indra (resembling mighty Indra, equal to great Indra)

• स (sa) - he (Abhimanyu) (he, that)

• कथम् (katham) - how (is it possible that) (how, why)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आप्नुयात् (āpnuyāt) - not attain (should attain, would attain)

• दिवम् (divam) - heaven (heaven, sky)

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोणकर्णप्रभृतयः (droṇakarṇaprabhṛtayaḥ) - Droṇa, Karṇa, and other great warriors (Droṇa, Karṇa, and others)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of droṇakarṇaprabhṛti

droṇakarṇaprabhṛti - Droṇa, Karṇa, and the rest; those beginning with Droṇa and Karṇa

Compound

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (droṇa+karṇa+prabhṛti)

• droṇa – Droṇa (a name of a teacher of warfare)
  proper noun (masculine)
• karṇa – Karṇa (a name of a warrior)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prabhṛti – beginning, et cetera, and others
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-bhṛ (to bear forth)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb, or object of pratisamāsitāḥ (as a passive participle).

येन (yena) - by whom (Abhimanyu) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun

Note: Agent of pratisamāsitāḥ.

प्रतिसमासिताः (pratisamāsitāḥ) - were confronted (by Abhimanyu) (opposed, confronted, engaged in combat with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratisamāsita

pratisamāsita - confronted, opposed, arrayed against

Past Passive Participle

From root as (to throw, be) with prefixes prati-sam-ā

Prefixes: prati+sam+ā

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Predicate for droṇakarṇaprabhṛtayaḥ.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

From root raṇ (to rejoice, sound)

Root: raṇ (class 1)

Note: Specifies the location of the confrontation.

महेन्द्रप्रतिमाः (mahendrapratimāḥ) - resembling mighty Indra (resembling mighty Indra, equal to great Indra)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahendrapratima

mahendrapratima - resembling Mahendra (Indra), equal to great Indra

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+indra+pratima)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
  From mahat
• indra – Indra (king of gods), a god
  proper noun (masculine)
• pratima – resembling, like, equal to
  adjective (masculine)
  From prati-mā (to measure against)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with droṇakarṇaprabhṛtayaḥ.

स (sa) - he (Abhimanyu) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of āpnuyāt.

कथम् (katham) - how (is it possible that) (how, why)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

आप्नुयात् (āpnuyāt) - not attain (should attain, would attain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of āp

Optative, Active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Verb of the main clause.

दिवम् (divam) - heaven (heaven, sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, celestial region

Feminine noun

Note: Destination.