महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-2, verse-3

क्व ते महारथाः सर्वे शार्दूलसमविक्रमाः ।
तैरप्ययं जितो लोकः कच्चित्पुरुषसत्तमैः ॥३॥

3. kva te mahārathāḥ sarve śārdūlasamavikramāḥ ,
tairapyayaṁ jito lokaḥ kaccitpuruṣasattamaiḥ.

3. kva te mahārathāḥ sarve śārdūlasamavikramāḥ |
taiḥ api ayam jitaḥ lokaḥ kaccit puruṣasattamaiḥ

3. te sarve śārdūlasamavikramāḥ mahārathāḥ kva
kaccit ayam lokaḥ taiḥ api puruṣasattamaiḥ jitaḥ

3. Where are all those great chariot-warriors whose might was like that of a tiger? I hope this realm (loka) has been attained by them, those best among men.

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where, to what place

• ते (te) - those

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors, great heroes

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole

• शार्दूलसमविक्रमाः (śārdūlasamavikramāḥ) - having valor equal to a tiger, possessing might like a tiger

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• जितः (jitaḥ) - attained (e.g. a realm in the afterlife) (conquered, won, obtained, subdued)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - realm (e.g., an afterlife realm) (world, realm, people)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - Expressing an anxious or hopeful question. (I hope that, surely not, possibly)

• पुरुषसत्तमैः (puruṣasattamaiḥ) - by the best of men, by the excellent men

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where, to what place

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors, great heroes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - great chariot-warrior, great hero

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (one who fights from a chariot)
  noun (masculine)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

शार्दूलसमविक्रमाः (śārdūlasamavikramāḥ) - having valor equal to a tiger, possessing might like a tiger

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śārdūlasamavikrama

śārdūlasamavikrama - having valor equal to a tiger

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śārdūla+sama+vikrama)

• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, like
  adjective
• vikrama – valor, might, prowess
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kram (class 1)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

जितः (jitaḥ) - attained (e.g. a realm in the afterlife) (conquered, won, obtained, subdued)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jita

jita - conquered, won, subdued, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root ji- (to conquer) + kta suffix

Root: ji (class 1)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - realm (e.g., an afterlife realm) (world, realm, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

कच्चित् (kaccit) - Expressing an anxious or hopeful question. (I hope that, surely not, possibly)

(indeclinable)

पुरुषसत्तमैः (puruṣasattamaiḥ) - by the best of men, by the excellent men

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puruṣasattama

puruṣasattama - best of men, excellent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+sattama)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective
  Superlative suffix -tama