महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-298, verse-4

मम हि भ्रातर इमे सहस्रशतयोधिनः ।
न तं योगं प्रपश्यामि येन स्युर्विनिपातिताः ॥४॥

4. mama hi bhrātara ime sahasraśatayodhinaḥ ,
na taṁ yogaṁ prapaśyāmi yena syurvinipātitāḥ.

4. mama hi bhrātaraḥ ime sahasraśatayodhinaḥ na
tam yogam prapaśyāmi yena syuḥ vinipātitāḥ

4. Indeed, these brothers of mine are warriors capable of fighting thousands and hundreds. I cannot conceive of the means (yoga) by which they could have been brought down.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, of mine

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• इमे (ime) - these (ones)

• सहस्रशतयोधिनः (sahasraśatayodhinaḥ) - fighters of thousands and hundreds

• न (na) - not, no

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• योगम् (yogam) - means, method, expedient (means, method, connection, spiritual discipline (yoga))

• प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I see, I comprehend, I conceive of (I see, I perceive, I comprehend)

• येन (yena) - by which (means) (by which, with which)

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be (they would be, they might be)

• विनिपातिताः (vinipātitāḥ) - felled, brought low (felled, brought down, killed)

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, of mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Genitive singular of asmad

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

इमे (ime) - these (ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Masculine nominative plural of idam

सहस्रशतयोधिनः (sahasraśatayodhinaḥ) - fighters of thousands and hundreds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahasraśatayodhin

sahasraśatayodhin - fighting thousands and hundreds (of enemies)

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahasra+śata+yodhin)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral/noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral/noun (neuter)
• yodhin – fighter, warrior
  noun/adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun derived from √yudh (to fight) with suffix in
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with bhrātaraḥ.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine accusative singular of tad

Note: Refers to yogam.

योगम् (yogam) - means, method, expedient (means, method, connection, spiritual discipline (yoga))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yoga

yoga - union, connection, method, means, spiritual discipline (yoga)

From √yuj (to join, to connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Here 'means' or 'strategy'.

प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I see, I comprehend, I conceive of (I see, I perceive, I comprehend)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś

Present Active

1st person singular present active of √dṛś (irregular form, uses √paś as root in present system) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which (means) (by which, with which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Masculine/Neuter instrumental singular of yad

स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be (they would be, they might be)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative

3rd person plural optative active of √as

Root: as (class 2)

विनिपातिताः (vinipātitāḥ) - felled, brought low (felled, brought down, killed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinipātita

vinipātita - caused to fall, felled, destroyed

Causative Past Passive Participle

Formed from vi + ni + √pat (to fall) + णिच् (causative) + kta suffix. Masculine nominative plural.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with syuḥ.