महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-166, verse-26

एकैकशस्ते संग्रामे हन्युः सर्वान्महीक्षितः ।
प्रत्यक्षं तव राजेन्द्र राजसूये यथाभवत् ॥२६॥

26. ekaikaśaste saṁgrāme hanyuḥ sarvānmahīkṣitaḥ ,
pratyakṣaṁ tava rājendra rājasūye yathābhavat.

26. ekaikaśaḥ te saṅgrāme hanyuḥ sarvān mahīkṣitaḥ
pratyakṣaṃ tava rājendra rājasūye yathā abhavat

26. rājendra,
ekaikaśaḥ te saṅgrāme sarvān mahīkṣitaḥ hanyuḥ.
yathā rājasūye abhavat,
tava pratyakṣaṃ.

26. One by one, they would indeed kill all kings in battle. You yourself witnessed this, O King of kings (rājendra), just as it occurred at the Rājasūya (royal consecration ritual).

Words meanings summery:

• एकैकशः (ekaikaśaḥ) - one by one, individually

• ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they, those)

• सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle, in combat

• हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - they would kill, they might kill

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of your) kings (all)

• महीक्षितः (mahīkṣitaḥ) - kings, rulers of the earth

• प्रत्यक्षं (pratyakṣaṁ) - directly witnessed (by you) (directly, visibly, before one's eyes)

• तव (tava) - by you (as agent of witnessing) (your)

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed by Vidura) (O King of kings, O best of kings)

• राजसूये (rājasūye) - in the Rājasūya sacrifice, at the Rājasūya

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it was

Words meanings and morphology

एकैकशः (ekaikaśaḥ) - one by one, individually

(indeclinable)

formed with suffix -śaḥ

ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṅgrāma

saṅgrāma - battle, war

from sam-√grāh (to seize, attack)

Prefix: sam

Root: grāh (class 9)

हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - they would kill, they might kill

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of han

Optative

from √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of your) kings (all)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'mahīkṣitaḥ'.

महीक्षितः (mahīkṣitaḥ) - kings, rulers of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahīkṣit

mahīkṣit - ruler of the earth, king

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+kṣit)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• kṣit – ruler, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  from √kṣi (to rule, dwell)
  Root: kṣi (class 2)

प्रत्यक्षं (pratyakṣaṁ) - directly witnessed (by you) (directly, visibly, before one's eyes)

(indeclinable)

compound

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+akṣa)

• prati – towards, against, in front of
  indeclinable
  prefix
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

तव (tava) - by you (as agent of witnessing) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here, functionally implies agency or possession: 'your direct witnessing'.

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed by Vidura) (O King of kings, O best of kings)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - chief of kings, emperor

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

राजसूये (rājasūye) - in the Rājasūya sacrifice, at the Rājasūya

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rājasūya

rājasūya - a great sacrifice performed by a universal monarch (Cakravartin) at the time of his coronation

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+sūya)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• sūya – pressing out (Soma juice), sacrificial act
  noun (masculine)
  from √su (to press, impel, generate)
  Root: su (class 2)

Note: Refers to the Rājasūya performed by Yudhiṣṭhira, where Bhīma defeated Jarāsandha, etc.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it was

(verb)

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

Imperfect

from √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)