महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-215, verse-17

तमप्रतिबलं दृष्ट्वा विषण्णवदनास्तु ताः ।
अशक्योऽयं विचिन्त्यैवं तमेव शरणं ययुः ॥१७॥

17. tamapratibalaṁ dṛṣṭvā viṣaṇṇavadanāstu tāḥ ,
aśakyo'yaṁ vicintyaivaṁ tameva śaraṇaṁ yayuḥ.

17. tam apratibalam dṛṣṭvā viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ tu tāḥ
aśakyaḥ ayam vicintya evam tam eva śaraṇam yayuḥ

17. Having seen him to be invincible, those mothers, with saddened faces and thinking, "This one is impossible to overcome," went to him alone for refuge.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Skanda) (him, that)

• अप्रतिबलम् (apratibalam) - invincible (unequaled in strength, invincible, irresistible)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, having perceived)

• विषण्णवदनाः (viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ) - with saddened faces (with dejected faces, sad-faced)

• तु (tu) - (mild emphasis, or indicating a contrast to their earlier intention) (but, indeed, yet)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (mothers) (they (feminine))

• अशक्यः (aśakyaḥ) - impossible (to overcome) (impossible, impracticable, unconquerable)

• अयम् (ayam) - this one (Skanda) (this)

• विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having thought (having considered, having thought)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• तम् (tam) - to him (Skanda) (him, that)

• एव (eva) - alone (to him alone) (only, alone, indeed)

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

• ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Skanda) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अप्रतिबलम् (apratibalam) - invincible (unequaled in strength, invincible, irresistible)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apratibala

apratibala - having no equal strength, invincible

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+prati+bala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• pratibala – equal in strength, rival
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: prati

Note: Describing Skanda

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, having perceived)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) + -ktvā suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विषण्णवदनाः (viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ) - with saddened faces (with dejected faces, sad-faced)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of viṣaṇṇavadana

viṣaṇṇavadana - having a dejected face, sad-faced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viṣaṇṇa+vadana)

• viṣaṇṇa – dejected, sad, dismayed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'sad' (to sink) with prefix 'vi', and suffix '-na'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sad (class 1)
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the mothers

तु (tu) - (mild emphasis, or indicating a contrast to their earlier intention) (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (mothers) (they (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, they

अशक्यः (aśakyaḥ) - impossible (to overcome) (impossible, impracticable, unconquerable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśakya

aśakya - impossible, impracticable, unconquerable

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

from root 'śak' (to be able) with prefix 'a' (negation), and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: a

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Implies 'he is impossible to overcome'

अयम् (ayam) - this one (Skanda) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having thought (having considered, having thought)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root 'cint' (to think) with prefix 'vi', and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: vi

Root: cint (class 10)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - to him (Skanda) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - alone (to him alone) (only, alone, indeed)

(indeclinable)

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection, protector

Note: Often takes accusative case when used with verbs of going (e.g. 'yā')

ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of yā

perfect tense

root 'yā' (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: yā (class 2)