महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-163, verse-17

दण्डधारो महाराज रथ एको नरर्षभः ।
योत्स्यते समरं प्राप्य स्वेन सैन्येन पालितः ॥१७॥

17. daṇḍadhāro mahārāja ratha eko nararṣabhaḥ ,
yotsyate samaraṁ prāpya svena sainyena pālitaḥ.

17. daṇḍadhāraḥ mahārāja rathaḥ ekaḥ nararṣabhaḥ
yotsyate samaram prāpya svena sainyena pālitaḥ

17. mahārāja nararṣabhaḥ ekaḥ daṇḍadhāraḥ rathaḥ
svena sainyena pālitaḥ samaram prāpya yotsyate

17. O great king, O best of men, one chariot-warrior, a wielder of power, protected by his own army, will fight, having entered the battle.

Words meanings summery:

• दण्डधारः (daṇḍadhāraḥ) - commander (bearer of a staff, wielder of power, commander)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - (addressed to the listener, e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O great king)

• रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot-warrior

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one

• नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - (addressed to the listener, e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O bull among men, O best of men)

• योत्स्यते (yotsyate) - he will fight

• समरम् (samaram) - battle, war, conflict

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained, having acquired

• स्वेन (svena) - by his own

• सैन्येन (sainyena) - by the army, with the army

• पालितः (pālitaḥ) - protected, guarded, maintained

Words meanings and morphology

दण्डधारः (daṇḍadhāraḥ) - commander (bearer of a staff, wielder of power, commander)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍadhāra

daṇḍadhāra - bearer of a staff, ruler, governor, commander

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṇḍa+dhāra)

• daṇḍa – staff, rod, punishment, power, authority
  noun (masculine)
• dhāra – bearing, holding
  adjective (masculine)
  From root dhṛ- 'to bear, hold'
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to one of the princes.

महाराज (mahārāja) - (addressed to the listener, e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot-warrior

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car; a chariot-warrior

एकः (ekaḥ) - one

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'rathaḥ'.

नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - (addressed to the listener, e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O bull among men, O best of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - bull among men, best of men

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

योत्स्यते (yotsyate) - he will fight

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Future middle singular of root yudh.

समरम् (samaram) - battle, war, conflict

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained, having acquired

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root āp- 'to obtain' with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

स्वेन (svena) - by his own

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Note: Modifies 'sainyena'.

सैन्येन (sainyena) - by the army, with the army

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, troop

पालितः (pālitaḥ) - protected, guarded, maintained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pālita

pālita - protected, guarded, nourished, maintained

past passive participle

From root pāli- 'to protect, guard'

Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Refers to the 'rathaḥ'.