महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-215, verse-15

स तानुवाच व्यथितो बालोऽयं सुमहाबलः ।
स्रष्टारमपि लोकानां युधि विक्रम्य नाशयेत् ॥१५॥

15. sa tānuvāca vyathito bālo'yaṁ sumahābalaḥ ,
sraṣṭāramapi lokānāṁ yudhi vikramya nāśayet.

15. saḥ tān uvāca vyathitaḥ bālaḥ ayam sumahābalaḥ
sraṣṭāram api lokānām yudhi vikramya nāśayet

15. Distressed, he said to them, "This boy is extraordinarily powerful. He could even destroy the creator of the worlds by fighting valiantly in battle."

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to a speaker, implied to be a divine figure like Brahmā) (he, that)

• तान् (tān) - them (referring to the mothers) (them)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• व्यथितः (vyathitaḥ) - distressed (distressed, troubled, agitated)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - boy (referring to Skanda) (boy, child, young one)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (boy) (this)

• सुमहाबलः (sumahābalaḥ) - extraordinarily powerful (exceedingly powerful, very strong)

• स्रष्टारम् (sraṣṭāram) - the creator (of the worlds, i.e., Brahmā) (the creator, maker)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds (of the worlds, of people)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• विक्रम्य (vikramya) - by fighting valiantly (having displayed valor, having attacked, having overcome)

• नाशयेत् (nāśayet) - he could destroy (he might destroy, he should destroy)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to a speaker, implied to be a divine figure like Brahmā) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तान् (tān) - them (referring to the mothers) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense

root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

व्यथितः (vyathitaḥ) - distressed (distressed, troubled, agitated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyathita

vyathita - distressed, troubled, agitated, pained

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'vyath' (to be agitated) + -ta suffix

Root: vyath (class 1)

बालः (bālaḥ) - boy (referring to Skanda) (boy, child, young one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - boy, child, young, immature

अयम् (ayam) - this (boy) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

सुमहाबलः (sumahābalaḥ) - extraordinarily powerful (exceedingly powerful, very strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahābala

sumahābala - exceedingly powerful, very strong

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mahā+bala)

• su – good, excellent, very, well
  indeclinable
  prefix intensifying the meaning
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine stem of mahant, used as a compound initial
• bala – power, strength, might
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the boy's immense strength

स्रष्टारम् (sraṣṭāram) - the creator (of the worlds, i.e., Brahmā) (the creator, maker)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sraṣṭṛ

sraṣṭṛ - creator, maker, generator

agent noun

derived from root 'sṛj' (to create) + -tṛ suffix

Root: sṛj (class 6)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds (of the worlds, of people)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, mankind

युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war, fight

विक्रम्य (vikramya) - by fighting valiantly (having displayed valor, having attacked, having overcome)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root 'kram' (to step) with prefix 'vi', and suffix '-ya' (for compound roots)

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Literally 'having stepped forth valiantly', implying 'by fighting valiantly'

नाशयेत् (nāśayet) - he could destroy (he might destroy, he should destroy)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of nāś

optative mood

causative of root 'naś' (to perish); optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: naś (class 4)