महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-15, verse-8

हृदयैः शून्यभूतैस्ते धृतराष्ट्रप्रवासजम् ।
दुःखं संधारयन्तः स्म नष्टसंज्ञा इवाभवन् ॥८॥

8. hṛdayaiḥ śūnyabhūtaiste dhṛtarāṣṭrapravāsajam ,
duḥkhaṁ saṁdhārayantaḥ sma naṣṭasaṁjñā ivābhavan.

8. hṛdayaiḥ śūnyabhūtaiḥ te dhṛtarāṣṭra pravāsajam
duḥkham saṃdhārayantaḥ sma naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ iva abhavan

8. te hṛdayaiḥ śūnyabhūtaiḥ dhṛtarāṣṭra pravāsajam
duḥkham saṃdhārayantaḥ sma naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ iva abhavan

8. With their hearts utterly empty, they endured the sorrow (duḥkha) born of Dhritarashtra's departure, becoming as if deprived of consciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• हृदयैः (hṛdayaiḥ) - with hearts

• शून्यभूतैः (śūnyabhūtaiḥ) - referring to their hearts (with empty ones, with those that have become void)

• ते (te) - referring to the people observing the departure (they)

• धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra

• प्रवासजम् (pravāsajam) - referring to the sorrow born of Dhritarashtra's departure (born of exile/departure)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - the specific grief caused by Dhritarashtra's departure (sorrow, suffering)

• संधारयन्तः (saṁdhārayantaḥ) - enduring, holding back, bearing

• स्म (sma) - here, indicating that the action of 'enduring' was in the past. (indeed, certainly (indicates past tense with present verb))

• नष्टसंज्ञाः (naṣṭasaṁjñāḥ) - senseless, deprived of consciousness

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they became

Words meanings and morphology

हृदयैः (hṛdayaiḥ) - with hearts

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul

शून्यभूतैः (śūnyabhūtaiḥ) - referring to their hearts (with empty ones, with those that have become void)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śūnyabhūta

śūnyabhūta - become empty, rendered void, desolate

Compound type : tatpurusha (śūnya+bhūta)

• śūnya – empty, void, deserted, naught
  adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been, past, existing, a being, element
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: This adjective modifies "hṛdayaiḥ", so it takes neuter gender in instrumental plural.

ते (te) - referring to the people observing the departure (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (name of the blind king of the Kurus)

Note: Part of a compound 'dhṛtarāṣṭra-pravāsajam'.

प्रवासजम् (pravāsajam) - referring to the sorrow born of Dhritarashtra's departure (born of exile/departure)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pravāsaja

pravāsaja - born of foreign residence, born of departure/absence

Compound type : tatpurusha (pravāsa+ja)

• pravāsa – residence abroad, absence from home, departure, exile
  noun (masculine)
  from √vas (to dwell) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vas (class 1)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'duḥkham'.

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - the specific grief caused by Dhritarashtra's departure (sorrow, suffering)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - unease, discomfort, pain, sorrow, suffering, misery

संधारयन्तः (saṁdhārayantaḥ) - enduring, holding back, bearing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃdhārayat

saṁdhārayat - bearing, holding, maintaining, enduring

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of causative √dhṛ (to hold, bear) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies "te".

स्म (sma) - here, indicating that the action of 'enduring' was in the past. (indeed, certainly (indicates past tense with present verb))

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as an auxiliary for past tense.

नष्टसंज्ञाः (naṣṭasaṁjñāḥ) - senseless, deprived of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭasaṃjñā

naṣṭasaṁjñā - whose consciousness is lost, senseless, unconscious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (naṣṭa+saṃjñā)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• saṃjñā – consciousness, understanding, name, technical term
  noun (feminine)
  from √jñā (to know) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Modifies "te".

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

अभवन् (abhavan) - they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active

Imperfect 3rd plural of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)