महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-133, verse-20

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
विवादितोऽसौ न हि मादृशैर्हि सिंहीकृतस्तेन वदत्यभीतः ।
समेत्य मां निहतः शेष्यतेऽद्य मार्गे भग्नं शकटमिवाबलाक्षम् ॥२०॥

20. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
vivādito'sau na hi mādṛśairhi; siṁhīkṛtastena vadatyabhītaḥ ,
sametya māṁ nihataḥ śeṣyate'dya; mārge bhagnaṁ śakaṭamivābalākṣam.

20. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca vivāditaḥ asau na hi
mādṛśaiḥ hi siṃhīkṛtaḥ tena vadati
abhītaḥ sametya mām nihataḥ śeṣyate adya
mārge bhagnam śakaṭam iva abalākṣam

20. Aṣṭāvakra said: 'Indeed, he has never been challenged by anyone like me. He speaks fearlessly because he has been made like a lion (lionized) by those he has encountered. Today, upon meeting me, he will lie slain on the road, like a broken cart with a weak axle.'

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• विवादितः (vivāditaḥ) - debated, contended, challenged in debate

• असौ (asau) - he (Bāndī) (that one, he)

• न (na) - not

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• मादृशैः (mādṛśaiḥ) - by ones like me

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• सिंहीकृतः (siṁhīkṛtaḥ) - made into a lion, lionized

• तेन (tena) - by those (victories/people) (by that, by him)

• वदति (vadati) - speaks, says

• अभीतः (abhītaḥ) - fearless, intrepid

• समेत्य (sametya) - having met, having approached

• माम् (mām) - me

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain, struck down, destroyed

• शेष्यते (śeṣyate) - will lie (dead) (will lie, will remain)

• अद्य (adya) - today

• मार्गे (mārge) - on the road, on the path

• भग्नम् (bhagnam) - broken, shattered

• शकटम् (śakaṭam) - cart, wagon

• इव (iva) - like, as

• अबलाक्षम् (abalākṣam) - with a weak axle, having a weak axle

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (a proper name, lit. 'eight-bent')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṣṭā+vakra)

• aṣṭā – eight
  numeral
• vakra – bent, crooked, curved
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vakra

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

विवादितः (vivāditaḥ) - debated, contended, challenged in debate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivādita

vivādita - debated, contended, challenged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: vad (class 1)

असौ (asau) - he (Bāndī) (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

मादृशैः (mādṛśaiḥ) - by ones like me

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mādṛśa

mādṛśa - like me, such as I

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

सिंहीकृतः (siṁhīkṛtaḥ) - made into a lion, lionized

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃhīkṛta

siṁhīkṛta - made into a lion, lionized, made fierce

Past Passive Participle

Derived from siṃha + ī + kṛ (Cvi-formation)

Compound type : cvi-formation (siṃha+kṛ)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• kṛ – to do, to make
  verb
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तेन (tena) - by those (victories/people) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Here 'tena' could refer to 'by that circumstance' or 'by those (victories/defeated scholars)'.

वदति (vadati) - speaks, says

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

अभीतः (abhītaḥ) - fearless, intrepid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhīta

abhīta - fearless, intrepid, not afraid

From root bhī (to fear) with negative prefix a-

Prefix: a

Root: bhī (class 3)

समेत्य (sametya) - having met, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain, struck down, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - slain, struck down, killed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

शेष्यते (śeṣyate) - will lie (dead) (will lie, will remain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of śī

Root: śī (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

मार्गे (mārge) - on the road, on the path

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - road, path, way

भग्नम् (bhagnam) - broken, shattered

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

From root bhañj (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

शकटम् (śakaṭam) - cart, wagon

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakaṭa

śakaṭa - cart, wagon, carriage

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

अबलाक्षम् (abalākṣam) - with a weak axle, having a weak axle

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abalākṣa

abalākṣa - having a weak axle

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (abala+akṣa)

• abala – weak, without strength
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• akṣa – axle, axis, wheel
  noun (masculine)