महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-20, verse-28

सैन्यं सैन्येन व्यूढेन एक एकेन वा पुनः ।
द्वाभ्यां त्रिभिर्वा योत्स्येऽहं युगपत्पृथगेव वा ॥२८॥

28. sainyaṁ sainyena vyūḍhena eka ekena vā punaḥ ,
dvābhyāṁ tribhirvā yotsye'haṁ yugapatpṛthageva vā.

28. sainyam sainyena vyūḍhena ekaḥ ekena vā punaḥ
dvābhyām tribhiḥ vā yotsye aham yugapat pṛthak eva vā

28. I will fight an army against an arrayed army, or one-on-one; or again, by two (against two), or by three (against three), either simultaneously or separately.

Words meanings summery:

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, military force

• सैन्येन (sainyena) - against the army (implying a fight 'army versus army') (by the army, with the army)

• व्यूढेन (vyūḍhena) - arrayed, arranged, formed (in a battle array)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one (person, fighting) (one, a single one)

• एकेन (ekena) - against one (person) (by one, with one)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two (people, implying 'two against two') (by two, with two)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three (people, implying 'three against three') (by three, with three)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

• अहम् (aham) - I

• युगपत् (yugapat) - simultaneously, at once, together

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• वा (vā) - or, either

Words meanings and morphology

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, military force

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, military force

Note: Object of 'yotsye'.

सैन्येन (sainyena) - against the army (implying a fight 'army versus army') (by the army, with the army)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, military force

Note: Acts as the instrument/agent of the fight.

व्यूढेन (vyūḍhena) - arrayed, arranged, formed (in a battle array)

(participle)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vyūḍha

vyūḍha - arrayed, arranged, formed (in a battle array)

Past Passive Participle

From root vah (class 1) with prefixes vi and ud. Forms vyūḍha. Instrumental singular neuter.

Prefixes: vi+ud

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'sainyena'.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one (person, fighting) (one, a single one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Subject of a comparison, 'one against one'.

एकेन (ekena) - against one (person) (by one, with one)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Instrument in the sense of 'by means of one'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two (people, implying 'two against two') (by two, with two)

(numeral)

Note: Can also be Dative/Ablative dual.

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three (people, implying 'three against three') (by three, with three)

(numeral)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: From root yudh (class 4). 1st person singular future middle voice.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

युगपत् (yugapat) - simultaneously, at once, together

(indeclinable)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.