महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-37, verse-13

ये च शूरा महात्मानः श्वशुरा मे महारथाः ।
सोमदत्तप्रभृतयः का नु तेषां गतिः प्रभो ॥१३॥

13. ye ca śūrā mahātmānaḥ śvaśurā me mahārathāḥ ,
somadattaprabhṛtayaḥ kā nu teṣāṁ gatiḥ prabho.

13. ye ca śūrāḥ mahā-ātmānaḥ śvaśurāḥ me mahā-rathāḥ
somadatta-prabhṛtayaḥ kā nu teṣām gatiḥ prabho

13. prabho ca ye śūrāḥ mahā-ātmānaḥ mahā-rathāḥ me
śvaśurāḥ somadatta-prabhṛtayaḥ teṣām kā nu gatiḥ

13. And those brave, magnanimous, great charioteer fathers-in-law of mine, led by Somadatta, O lord, what indeed is their ultimate destination (gati)?

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• च (ca) - and, also

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, heroic (ones)

• महा-आत्मानः (mahā-ātmānaḥ) - magnanimous, great-souled

• श्वशुराः (śvaśurāḥ) - respected elders and relatives by marriage (such as Bahlika, Somadatta's father) (fathers-in-law)

• मे (me) - my (the speaker's, Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (my, to me)

• महा-रथाः (mahā-rathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors

• सोमदत्त-प्रभृतयः (somadatta-prabhṛtayaḥ) - beginning with Somadatta, Somadatta and others

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those fathers-in-law and others (of them)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - ultimate spiritual destination after death (destination, fate, course)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord (addressed to Sanjaya or Vyasa) (O lord)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the warriors being described.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, heroic (ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Adjective for 'śvaśurāḥ'.

महा-आत्मानः (mahā-ātmānaḥ) - magnanimous, great-souled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-ātman

mahā-ātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, (referring to a) great personality

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – (ātman) soul, self, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective for 'śvaśurāḥ'.

श्वशुराः (śvaśurāḥ) - respected elders and relatives by marriage (such as Bahlika, Somadatta's father) (fathers-in-law)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śvaśura

śvaśura - father-in-law

Note: Refers to respected elders and relatives by marriage.

मे (me) - my (the speaker's, Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of asmad.

महा-रथाः (mahā-rathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-ratha

mahā-ratha - great warrior, great charioteer (one capable of fighting many thousands of warriors single-handedly)

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot; warrior in a chariot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Adjective for 'śvaśurāḥ'.

सोमदत्त-प्रभृतयः (somadatta-prabhṛtayaḥ) - beginning with Somadatta, Somadatta and others

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of somadatta-prabhṛti

somadatta-prabhṛti - Somadatta and others, beginning with Somadatta

Compound type : tatpurusha (somadatta+prabhṛti)

• somadatta – Somadatta (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prabhṛti – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  noun (feminine)
  from pra-bhṛ (to bear forward, begin)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to a group of individuals, with Somadatta as the prominent one.

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, agrees with 'gatiḥ'.

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses inquiry or emphasis.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those fathers-in-law and others (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'śvaśurāḥ'.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - ultimate spiritual destination after death (destination, fate, course)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, destiny, fate, state

from gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'kā'.

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord (addressed to Sanjaya or Vyasa) (O lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty, powerful

from pra-bhū (to be eminent, to rule)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Sanjaya or Vyasa.