महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-165, verse-22

क्व च युद्धविमर्दो वा मन्त्राः सुव्याहृतानि वा ।
क्व च भीष्मो गतवया मन्दात्मा कालमोहितः ॥२२॥

22. kva ca yuddhavimardo vā mantrāḥ suvyāhṛtāni vā ,
kva ca bhīṣmo gatavayā mandātmā kālamohitaḥ.

22. kva ca yuddhavimardaḥ vā mantrāḥ suvyāhṛtāni vā
kva ca bhīṣmaḥ gatavayā mandātmā kālamohitaḥ

22. kva ca yuddhavimardaḥ vā suvyāhṛtāni mantrāḥ vā
kva ca gatavayā mandātmā kālamohitaḥ bhīṣmaḥ

22. Where is the fierce intensity of battle, or well-articulated strategies? And where is Bhīṣma, who is aged, slow-minded, and bewildered by time?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?

• च (ca) - and, also

• युद्धविमर्दः (yuddhavimardaḥ) - fierce battle, crushing of battle

• वा (vā) - or

• मन्त्राः (mantrāḥ) - strategic counsels (counsels, strategies, sacred texts)

• सुव्याहृतानि (suvyāhṛtāni) - well-expressed strategies or instructions (well-spoken, well-articulated words)

• वा (vā) - or

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

• गतवया (gatavayā) - aged, whose youth has passed

• मन्दात्मा (mandātmā) - dull-witted, slow-minded

• कालमोहितः (kālamohitaḥ) - deluded by time/fate

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

युद्धविमर्दः (yuddhavimardaḥ) - fierce battle, crushing of battle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuddhavimarda

yuddhavimarda - fierce conflict of battle, intense battle, crushing in battle

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+vimarda)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from yudh)
  Root: yudh (class 0)
• vimarda – crushing, friction, conflict, struggle
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'mṛd' (to crush) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: mṛd (class 0)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मन्त्राः (mantrāḥ) - strategic counsels (counsels, strategies, sacred texts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantra

mantra - sacred utterance, hymn, counsel, plan, strategy

From root 'man' (to think) + suffix '-tra'.

Root: man (class 4)

सुव्याहृतानि (suvyāhṛtāni) - well-expressed strategies or instructions (well-spoken, well-articulated words)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of suvyāhṛta

suvyāhṛta - well-spoken, clearly expressed, eloquent

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'su' and 'vyāhṛta' (PPP from root 'hṛ' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā').

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+vyāhṛta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vyāhṛta – spoken, uttered, declared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'hṛ' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā'.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: hṛ (class 0)

Note: Functions nominally as 'well-spoken words/strategies' in agreement with 'mantrāḥ'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a prominent character in the Mahabharata); terrible, formidable (as adjective)

गतवया (gatavayā) - aged, whose youth has passed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gatavayas

gatavayas - one whose age/youth has gone, aged, old

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+vayas)

• gata – gone, past, departed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'gam'.
  Root: gam (class 0)
• vayas – age, youth, period of life
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'bhīṣmaḥ'.

मन्दात्मा (mandātmā) - dull-witted, slow-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandātman

mandātman - dull-minded, slow-witted, weak-spirited, low-minded

Compound type : bahuvrihi (manda+ātman)

• manda – slow, dull, weak, dim
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, mind, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'bhīṣmaḥ'.

कालमोहितः (kālamohitaḥ) - deluded by time/fate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālamohita

kālamohita - deluded by time or destiny

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+mohita)

• kāla – time, destiny, fate, death
  noun (masculine)
• mohita – deluded, infatuated, bewildered, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'moh' (to be bewildered).
  Root: moh (class 0)

Note: Agrees with 'bhīṣmaḥ'.