महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-155, verse-26

तथा प्रतिभये तस्मिन्देवदानवसंकुले ।
खाण्डवे युध्यमानस्य कः सहायस्तदाभवत् ॥२६॥

26. tathā pratibhaye tasmindevadānavasaṁkule ,
khāṇḍave yudhyamānasya kaḥ sahāyastadābhavat.

26. tathā pratibhaye tasmin deva-dānava-saṅkule
khāṇḍave yudhyamānasya kaḥ sahāyaḥ tadā abhavat

26. tathā tasmin pratibhaye deva-dānava-saṅkule
khāṇḍave yudhyamānasya tadā kaḥ sahāyaḥ abhavat

26. Similarly, when I was fighting in that terrifying Khāṇḍava forest, which was thronged by both gods and demons, who was my helper at that time?

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, likewise, similarly)

• प्रतिभये (pratibhaye) - in that terrifying (place) (in the terrifying, in the dreadful, in the fearful)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (forest) (in that, on that)

• देव-दानव-सङ्कुले (deva-dānava-saṅkule) - which was thronged by both gods and demons (in that crowded/thronged with gods and demons)

• खाण्डवे (khāṇḍave) - in the Khāṇḍava forest (in Khāṇḍava (a forest or region))

• युध्यमानस्य (yudhyamānasya) - of me fighting (of one fighting, while fighting)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• सहायः (sahāyaḥ) - helper (helper, associate, ally, friend)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was (was, became, happened)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, likewise, similarly)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभये (pratibhaye) - in that terrifying (place) (in the terrifying, in the dreadful, in the fearful)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pratibhaya

pratibhaya - terrifying, dreadful, fearful

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prati+bhaya)

• prati – towards, against, in return, in every
  indeclinable
• bhaya – fear, dread, terror
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √bhī 'to fear'.
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'tasmin' and 'khāṇḍave'.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (forest) (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to 'khāṇḍave'.

देव-दानव-सङ्कुले (deva-dānava-saṅkule) - which was thronged by both gods and demons (in that crowded/thronged with gods and demons)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of deva-dānava-saṅkula

deva-dānava-saṅkula - crowded/thronged with gods and demons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deva+dānava+saṅkula)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• dānava – demon (descendant of Danu)
  noun (masculine)
• saṅkula – crowded, filled, thronged, dense
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from saṃ-√kul (to be heaped, crowded)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'khāṇḍave'.

खाण्डवे (khāṇḍave) - in the Khāṇḍava forest (in Khāṇḍava (a forest or region))

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of khāṇḍava

khāṇḍava - name of a forest/region mentioned in the Mahābhārata

युध्यमानस्य (yudhyamānasya) - of me fighting (of one fighting, while fighting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yudhyamāna

yudhyamāna - fighting, warring

Present Active Participle (ātmanepada)

Derived from root √yudh (to fight), ātmanepada, present participle.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Implied reference to the speaker (Arjuna in this context, asking Kṛṣṇa).

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

सहायः (sahāyaḥ) - helper (helper, associate, ally, friend)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahāya

sahāya - helper, associate, ally, friend

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was (was, became, happened)

(verb)

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

Root verb, 1st conjugation (bhuv-ādi)

Root: bhū (class 1)