महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-59, verse-17

ततस्ते कुरवः सर्वे साधु साध्विति चाब्रुवन् ।
दुष्करं कृतवान्भीष्मो यदर्जुनमयोधयत् ॥१७॥

17. tataste kuravaḥ sarve sādhu sādhviti cābruvan ,
duṣkaraṁ kṛtavānbhīṣmo yadarjunamayodhayat.

17. tataḥ te kuravaḥ sarve sādhu sādhu iti ca abruvan
duṣkaram kṛtavān bhīṣmaḥ yat arjunam ayodhayat

17. Then all those Kurus exclaimed, "Excellent! Excellent!" and said that Bhishma had performed a difficult feat by fighting Arjuna.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

• ते (te) - those

• कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - Kurus (descendants of Kuru)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• साधु (sādhu) - excellent, good, well done

• साधु (sādhu) - excellent, good, well done

• इति (iti) - introducing a quote or thought (thus, so)

• च (ca) - and

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do, difficult feat

• कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - he has done, performed

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• यत् (yat) - conjunction introducing a clause (that, because)

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

• अयोधयत् (ayodhayat) - he fought

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - Kurus (descendants of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru, a member of the Kuru dynasty

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

साधु (sādhu) - excellent, good, well done

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an exclamation.

साधु (sādhu) - excellent, good, well done

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an exclamation, reinforcing the first.

इति (iti) - introducing a quote or thought (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active

Imperfect active 3rd plural of root brū

Root: brū (class 2)

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do, difficult feat

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, arduous, hard

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (dus+kara)

• dus – bad, difficult (prefix)
  indeclinable
• kara – doing, making, doer
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun / verbal adjective
  Derived from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - he has done, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, performed

Past Active Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -tavat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

यत् (yat) - conjunction introducing a clause (that, because)

(indeclinable)

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

अयोधयत् (ayodhayat) - he fought

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active (causative stem)

Imperfect active 3rd singular of causative stem of root yudh. The causative can mean 'to make fight' or simply 'to fight (with/against)'

Root: yudh (class 4)