महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-235, verse-2

किं ते व्यवसितं वीर कौरवाणां विनिग्रहे ।
किमर्थं च सदारोऽयं निगृहीतः सुयोधनः ॥२॥

2. kiṁ te vyavasitaṁ vīra kauravāṇāṁ vinigrahe ,
kimarthaṁ ca sadāro'yaṁ nigṛhītaḥ suyodhanaḥ.

2. kim te vyavasitam vīra kauravāṇām vinigrahe
kimartham ca sadāraḥ ayam nigṛhītaḥ suyodhanaḥ

2. O hero, what is your intention regarding the capture of the Kauravas? And for what reason has this Suyodhana, along with his wife, been apprehended?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• ते (te) - Agent in passive construction (by you, Citrasena). (by you (singular))

• व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - determined, resolved, intended, undertaken

• वीर (vīra) - Addressed to Citrasena. (O hero)

• कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

• विनिग्रहे (vinigrahe) - in the restraint, in the capture, in the defeat

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• च (ca) - and

• सदारः (sadāraḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (with his wife/wives)

• अयम् (ayam) - Refers to Suyodhana. (this (one))

• निगृहीतः (nigṛhītaḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (captured, arrested, seized)

• सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Functions as the subject here in 'what is determined?'.

ते (te) - Agent in passive construction (by you, Citrasena). (by you (singular))

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of the past passive participle 'vyavasitam'.

व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - determined, resolved, intended, undertaken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyavasita

vyavasita - determined, resolved, undertaken, intended

past passive participle

formed from root so with upasargas vi- and ava-

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

Note: Functions predicatively here.

वीर (vīra) - Addressed to Citrasena. (O hero)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru; a prince of the Kuru dynasty

Note: Depends on 'vinigrahe'.

विनिग्रहे (vinigrahe) - in the restraint, in the capture, in the defeat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinigraha

vinigraha - restraint, subduing, capture, defeat

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Denotes the object of action.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  interrogative pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सदारः (sadāraḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (with his wife/wives)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadāra

sadāra - accompanied by his wife/wives

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+dāra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• dāra – wife (often plural, but refers to singular also)
  noun (masculine)

अयम् (ayam) - Refers to Suyodhana. (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

निगृहीतः (nigṛhītaḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (captured, arrested, seized)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nigṛhīta

nigṛhīta - captured, arrested, seized, restrained

past passive participle

formed from root grah with upasargas ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suyodhana

suyodhana - Suyodhana (a name for Duryodhana)