महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-252, verse-2

यशस्विनस्तीक्ष्णविषान्महारथानधिक्षिपन्मूढ न लज्जसे कथम् ।
महेन्द्रकल्पान्निरतान्स्वकर्मसु स्थितान्समूहेष्वपि यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥२॥

2. yaśasvinastīkṣṇaviṣānmahārathā;nadhikṣipanmūḍha na lajjase katham ,
mahendrakalpānniratānsvakarmasu; sthitānsamūheṣvapi yakṣarakṣasām.

2. yaśasvinaḥ tīkṣṇa-viṣān mahā-rathān
adhikṣipan mūḍha na lajjase katham |
mahendra-kalpān niratān sva-karmasu
sthitān samūheṣu api yakṣa-rakṣasām

2. O foolish one, why are you not ashamed to insult these glorious great charioteers, whose might is like sharp venom, who are comparable to the great Indra, devoted to their own duties (karma), and who stand firm even amidst hordes of Yakṣas and Rākṣasas?

Words meanings summery:

• यशस्विनः (yaśasvinaḥ) - glorious, famous, renowned

• तीक्ष्ण-विषान् (tīkṣṇa-viṣān) - whose might is like sharp venom (having sharp venom, fiercely potent)

• महा-रथान् (mahā-rathān) - great charioteers, mighty warriors

• अधिक्षिपन् (adhikṣipan) - insulting, reviling, criticizing

• मूढ (mūḍha) - foolish, deluded, stupid

• न (na) - not, no

• लज्जसे (lajjase) - you are ashamed

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• महेन्द्र-कल्पान् (mahendra-kalpān) - like the great Indra, comparable to Indra

• निरतान् (niratān) - devoted, engaged, absorbed

• स्व-कर्मसु (sva-karmasu) - in their own duties (karma)

• स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing, firm, established

• समूहेषु (samūheṣu) - in groups, in multitudes, among hordes

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• यक्ष-रक्षसाम् (yakṣa-rakṣasām) - of Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

Words meanings and morphology

यशस्विनः (yaśasvinaḥ) - glorious, famous, renowned

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yaśasvin

yaśasvin - glorious, famous, renowned, celebrated

तीक्ष्ण-विषान् (tīkṣṇa-viṣān) - whose might is like sharp venom (having sharp venom, fiercely potent)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa-viṣa

tīkṣṇa-viṣa - having sharp poison/venom, fierce, potent

compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīkṣṇa+viṣa)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, fierce, caustic
  adjective (masculine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

महा-रथान् (mahā-rathān) - great charioteers, mighty warriors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahā-ratha

mahā-ratha - great charioteer, mighty warrior, hero

compound noun

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• ratha – chariot, warrior (especially one fighting from a chariot)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

अधिक्षिपन् (adhikṣipan) - insulting, reviling, criticizing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhikṣipat

adhikṣipat - insulting, reviling, reproaching

Present Active Participle

from root 'kṣip' (to throw) with prefix 'adhi'

Prefix: adhi

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: acting as a present participle, implying 'while insulting'

मूढ (mūḍha) - foolish, deluded, stupid

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, stupid, bewildered, deluded

Past Passive Participle

from root 'muh' (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लज्जसे (lajjase) - you are ashamed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lajjase

present middle

root 'lajj' (to be ashamed), present 2nd singular middle

Root: lajj (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

महेन्द्र-कल्पान् (mahendra-kalpān) - like the great Indra, comparable to Indra

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahendra-kalpa

mahendra-kalpa - comparable to Mahendra (Indra)

compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā-indra+kalpa)

• mahā-indra – the great Indra, the lordly Indra
  proper noun (masculine)
• kalpa – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine)

निरतान् (niratān) - devoted, engaged, absorbed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nīrata

nīrata - devoted, engaged, absorbed in, intent on

Past Passive Participle

from root 'ram' (to delight, be pleased) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: ram (class 1)

स्व-कर्मसु (sva-karmasu) - in their own duties (karma)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sva-karma

sva-karma - one's own action, one's own duty (karma)

compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karma)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• karma – action, deed, duty, fate, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing, firm, established

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, firm, established

Past Passive Participle

from root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

समूहेषु (samūheṣu) - in groups, in multitudes, among hordes

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of samūha

samūha - group, collection, multitude, assemblage, horde

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

यक्ष-रक्षसाम् (yakṣa-rakṣasām) - of Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yakṣa-rakṣas

yakṣa-rakṣas - Yakṣas and Rākṣasas (classes of mythical beings)

dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (yakṣa+rakṣas)

• yakṣa – a class of supernatural beings, often benevolent, guardians of wealth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yakṣ (class 1)
• rakṣas – a class of demons or evil spirits, Rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)