महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-29, verse-4

ते स्म वीरा दुराधर्षा गाम्भीर्ये सागरोपमाः ।
शोकोपहतविज्ञाना नष्टसंज्ञा इवाभवन् ॥४॥

4. te sma vīrā durādharṣā gāmbhīrye sāgaropamāḥ ,
śokopahatavijñānā naṣṭasaṁjñā ivābhavan.

4. te sma vīrāḥ durādharṣāḥ gāmbhīrye sāgaropamāḥ
| śokopahatavijñānāḥ naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ iva abhavan

4. te durādharṣāḥ vīrāḥ sma,
gāmbhīrye sāgaropamāḥ śokopahatavijñānāḥ naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ iva abhavan

4. Those unconquerable heroes, who were like oceans in their profundity, became as if unconscious, their understanding shattered by grief.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

• स्म (sma) - (past tense indicator)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave men

• दुराधर्षाः (durādharṣāḥ) - unconquerable, difficult to overcome, unassailable

• गाम्भीर्ये (gāmbhīrye) - in profundity, in depth

• सागरोपमाः (sāgaropamāḥ) - resembling oceans, comparable to oceans

• शोकोपहतविज्ञानाः (śokopahatavijñānāḥ) - whose understanding was destroyed by grief

• नष्टसंज्ञाः (naṣṭasaṁjñāḥ) - unconscious, deprived of consciousness, senseless

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

स्म (sma) - (past tense indicator)

(indeclinable)

Particle used to indicate past tense when accompanying present tense forms, or to add emphasis.

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Appositive to 'te'.

दुराधर्षाः (durādharṣāḥ) - unconquerable, difficult to overcome, unassailable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durādharṣa

durādharṣa - difficult to attack or overcome, unconquerable, unassailable

gerundive-like formation

Derived from the root 'dhṛṣ' (to be bold, attack) with prefix 'ā' and the intensifying/negative prefix 'dur' (difficult, bad).

Compound type : pradi-compound (dur+ādhṛṣya)

• dur – difficult, bad, evil
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating difficulty or badness.
• ādhṛṣa – attackable, assailable
  participle (masculine)
  potential passive participle (gerundive)
  From √dhṛṣ with ā, suffix -a.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vīrāḥ'.

गाम्भीर्ये (gāmbhīrye) - in profundity, in depth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gāmbhīrya

gāmbhīrya - profundity, depth, gravity, dignity

Derived from the adjective 'gambhīra' (deep, profound) with the suffix 'ya'.

सागरोपमाः (sāgaropamāḥ) - resembling oceans, comparable to oceans

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāgaropama

sāgaropama - comparable to the ocean, ocean-like, resembling the sea (in vastness, depth etc.)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāgara+upama)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• upama – likeness, comparison, similar, resembling
  adjective
  Derived from 'upa' + the root 'mā' (to measure, compare).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vīrāḥ'.

शोकोपहतविज्ञानाः (śokopahatavijñānāḥ) - whose understanding was destroyed by grief

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śokopahatavijñāna

śokopahatavijñāna - whose understanding/knowledge is destroyed or impaired by grief

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoka+upahata+vijñāna)

• śoka – grief, sorrow
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'śuc' (to grieve, burn).
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• upahata – struck, injured, destroyed, damaged
  participle
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root 'han' (to strike, injure) with the prefix 'upa'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: han (class 2)
• vijñāna – understanding, knowledge, intelligence, discernment
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know) with the prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Adjectival predicate for the subject.

नष्टसंज्ञाः (naṣṭasaṁjñāḥ) - unconscious, deprived of consciousness, senseless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭasaṃjñā

naṣṭasaṁjñā - deprived of consciousness, senseless, unconscious, having lost one's senses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+saṃjñā)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, vanished, perished
  participle
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root 'naś' (to perish, be lost).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• saṃjñā – consciousness, perception, understanding, name, term
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know) with the prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Adjectival predicate for the subject.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

(verb)

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

imperfect tense (laṅ)

Imperfect active 3rd plural form of the root 'bhū'.

Root: bhū (class 1)