महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-34, verse-3

अष्टाविंशतिरात्रं वा मासं वा नूनमन्ततः ।
यत्तदासीन्महद्युद्धं तत्र मे सारथिर्हतः ॥३॥

3. aṣṭāviṁśatirātraṁ vā māsaṁ vā nūnamantataḥ ,
yattadāsīnmahadyuddhaṁ tatra me sārathirhataḥ.

3. aṣṭāviṃśatirātram vā māsam vā nūnam antataḥ yat
tadā āsīt mahat yuddham tatra me sārathiḥ hataḥ

3. Surely, in that great war which lasted for at least twenty-eight nights or a month, my charioteer was killed.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टाविंशतिरात्रम् (aṣṭāviṁśatirātram) - twenty-eight nights, a period of twenty-eight nights

• वा (vā) - or

• मासम् (māsam) - for a month (month)

• वा (vā) - or

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, indeed, certainly

• अन्ततः (antataḥ) - at least (at the end, at last, at least)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the war) (which, what)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (referring to the war) (was, existed)

• महत् (mahat) - great (describing the war) (great, large, important)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - war, battle

• तत्र (tatra) - in that (war) (there, in that place)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer

• हतः (hataḥ) - was killed (killed, slain)

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टाविंशतिरात्रम् (aṣṭāviṁśatirātram) - twenty-eight nights, a period of twenty-eight nights

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṣṭāviṃśatirātra

aṣṭāviṁśatirātra - twenty-eight nights, a period of twenty-eight nights

Compound type : dvigu-tatpuruṣa (aṣṭāviṃśati+rātra)

• aṣṭāviṃśati – twenty-eight
  noun (feminine)
• rātra – night, a period of night and day
  noun (neuter)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मासम् (māsam) - for a month (month)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

अन्ततः (antataḥ) - at least (at the end, at last, at least)

(indeclinable)

Derived from anta (end) + tas suffix

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the war) (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + dā suffix

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (referring to the war) (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect

third person singular imperfect active of √as

Root: as (class 2)

महत् (mahat) - great (describing the war) (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

युद्धम् (yuddham) - war, battle

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

Past Passive Participle

from √yudh (to fight), used as a noun

Root: yudh (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - in that (war) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + tra suffix

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Also dative singular.

सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sārathi

sārathi - charioteer

हतः (hataḥ) - was killed (killed, slain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

from √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Functions as predicate adjective here.