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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-236, verse-11

अहं त्वभिद्रुतः सर्वैर्गन्धर्वैः पश्यतस्तव ।
नाशक्नुवं स्थापयितुं दीर्यमाणां स्ववाहिनीम् ॥११॥
11. ahaṁ tvabhidrutaḥ sarvairgandharvaiḥ paśyatastava ,
nāśaknuvaṁ sthāpayituṁ dīryamāṇāṁ svavāhinīm.
11. ahaṃ tu abhidrutaḥ sarvaiḥ gandharvaiḥ paśyataḥ
tava na aśaknuvaṃ sthāpayituṃ dīryamāṇāṃ svavāhinīm
11. Even as you watched, I was assailed by all the Gandharvas and was unable to prevent my own army from being shattered.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Duryodhana) (I, myself)
  • तु (tu) - but, indeed (emphasizing the contrast of being defeated despite his audience) (but, indeed, yet)
  • अभिद्रुतः (abhidrutaḥ) - assailed (by the Gandharvas) (assailed, attacked, oppressed)
  • सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all (of the Gandharvas) (by all, by everyone)
  • गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - by the Gandharvas (by the Gandharvas (celestial musicians))
  • पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while you (Arjuna) were watching (seeing, looking on (genitive absolute construction))
  • तव (tava) - your (referring to Arjuna) (your, of you)
  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • अशक्नुवं (aśaknuvaṁ) - I was able (I was able, I could)
  • स्थापयितुं (sthāpayituṁ) - to stop, to hold back (to stop, to keep, to establish)
  • दीर्यमाणां (dīryamāṇāṁ) - breaking apart, being shattered (shattering, breaking apart, being torn)
  • स्ववाहिनीम् (svavāhinīm) - my own army (my own army, one's own host)

Words meanings and morphology

अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Duryodhana) (I, myself)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, myself
तु (tu) - but, indeed (emphasizing the contrast of being defeated despite his audience) (but, indeed, yet)
(indeclinable)
अभिद्रुतः (abhidrutaḥ) - assailed (by the Gandharvas) (assailed, attacked, oppressed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of abhidruta
abhidruta - assailed, attacked, oppressed
Past Passive Participle
from √dru (to run) with upasarga abhi-
Prefix: abhi
Root: dru (class 1)
Note: Past Passive Participle used adjectivally.
सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all (of the Gandharvas) (by all, by everyone)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Refers to Gandharvas.
गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - by the Gandharvas (by the Gandharvas (celestial musicians))
(proper noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of gandharva
gandharva - Gandharva, a celestial musician
पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while you (Arjuna) were watching (seeing, looking on (genitive absolute construction))
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat
paśyat - seeing, looking
Present Active Participle
from √dṛś (to see), stem paśya-
Root: dṛś (class 1)
Note: Used in a genitive absolute construction with 'tava'.
तव (tava) - your (referring to Arjuna) (your, of you)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Possessive form.
(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: negation
अशक्नुवं (aśaknuvaṁ) - I was able (I was able, I could)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of śak
Root: śak (class 5)
Note: First person singular imperfect of √śak.
स्थापयितुं (sthāpayituṁ) - to stop, to hold back (to stop, to keep, to establish)
(indeclinable)
Infinitive
from causative of √sthā (to stand)
Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Infinitive.
दीर्यमाणां (dīryamāṇāṁ) - breaking apart, being shattered (shattering, breaking apart, being torn)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of dīryamāṇa
dīryamāṇa - being broken, being torn, shattering
Present Passive Participle
from √dṝ (to tear, to burst)
Root: dṝ (class 9)
Note: Present Passive Participle.
स्ववाहिनीम् (svavāhinīm) - my own army (my own army, one's own host)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of svavāhinī
svavāhinī - one's own army/host
Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vāhinī)
  • sva – own, one's own
    pronoun (masculine)
  • vāhinī – army, host, river
    noun (feminine)