महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-89, verse-2

बहूनि किल युद्धानि विजयस्य नराधिपैः ।
पुनरासन्हृषीकेश तत्र तत्रेति मे श्रुतम् ॥२॥

2. bahūni kila yuddhāni vijayasya narādhipaiḥ ,
punarāsanhṛṣīkeśa tatra tatreti me śrutam.

2. bahūni kila yuddhāni vijayasya narādhipaiḥ
punaḥ āsan hṛṣīkeśa tatra tatra iti me śrutam

2. hṛṣīkeśa kila vijayasya narādhipaiḥ bahūni
yuddhāni punaḥ tatra tatra āsan iti me śrutam

2. Indeed, many battles of Vijaya (Arjuna) with kings occurred again and again in various places, O Hrishikesha; this I have heard.

Words meanings summery:

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many

• किल (kila) - indeed, verily, it is said

• युद्धानि (yuddhāni) - battles, wars

• विजयस्य (vijayasya) - of Vijaya (Arjuna) (of Vijaya (Arjuna), of victory)

• नराधिपैः (narādhipaiḥ) - by kings, with kings

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, there were

• हृषीकेश (hṛṣīkeśa) - O Hrishikesha! (epithet of Krishna)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - in various places (due to repetition) (there, in that place)

• इति (iti) - thus, this

• मे (me) - by me, to me

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - this (story) was heard (heard)

Words meanings and morphology

बहूनि (bahūni) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

किल (kila) - indeed, verily, it is said

(indeclinable)

युद्धानि (yuddhāni) - battles, wars

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

विजयस्य (vijayasya) - of Vijaya (Arjuna) (of Vijaya (Arjuna), of victory)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vijaya

vijaya - victory; a name of Arjuna

Root: ji (class 1)

नराधिपैः (narādhipaiḥ) - by kings, with kings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, lord of men

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: adhi

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - they were, there were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Indicative

from root as (to be), 3rd person plural, imperfect active

Root: as (class 2)

हृषीकेश (hṛṣīkeśa) - O Hrishikesha! (epithet of Krishna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of hṛṣīkeśa

hṛṣīkeśa - Hrishikesha (master of the senses, an epithet of Krishna)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - in various places (due to repetition) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition implies 'in various places'.

इति (iti) - thus, this

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me, to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Dative of agent with passive construction "śrutam" (heard by me).

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - this (story) was heard (heard)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened to

Past Passive Participle

from root śru (to hear) with suffix -ta

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: It stands for 'this (story) was heard'.