महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-183, verse-12

ततोऽपश्यं पातितो राजसिंह द्विजानष्टौ सूर्यहुताशनाभान् ।
ते मां समन्तात्परिवार्य तस्थुः स्वबाहुभिः परिगृह्याजिमध्ये ॥१२॥

12. tato'paśyaṁ pātito rājasiṁha; dvijānaṣṭau sūryahutāśanābhān ,
te māṁ samantātparivārya tasthuḥ; svabāhubhiḥ parigṛhyājimadhye.

12. tataḥ apaśyam pātitaḥ rājasiṃha
dvijān aṣṭau sūryahutāśanābhān te
mām samantāt parivārya tasthuḥ
svabāhubhiḥ parigṛhya ājimadhye

12. rājasiṃha tataḥ pātitaḥ (aham)
aṣṭau sūryahutāśanābhān dvijān apaśyam
te mām ājimadhye samantāt
parivārya svabāhubhiḥ parigṛhya tasthuḥ

12. Then, O lion among kings, having fallen, I saw eight twice-born (dvija) individuals, radiant like the sun and fire. They surrounded me from all sides and stood holding me with their own arms in the midst of the battle.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that, therefore

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

• पातितः (pātitaḥ) - fallen, thrown down

• राजसिंह (rājasiṁha) - O lion among kings, O best of kings

• द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins (twice-born ones, Brahmins, birds)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• सूर्यहुताशनाभान् (sūryahutāśanābhān) - having the luster of the sun and fire

• ते (te) - they (masculine plural nominative)

• माम् (mām) - me

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

• परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded

• तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - they stood

• स्वबाहुभिः (svabāhubhiḥ) - with their own arms

• परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having taken hold of, having embraced

• आजिमध्ये (ājimadhye) - in the middle of the battle

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that, therefore

(indeclinable)

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पातितः (pātitaḥ) - fallen, thrown down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pātita

pātita - fallen, thrown down, caused to fall

Past Passive Participle

From causative of root pat (to fall) or root pā (to throw)

Root: pat (class 1)

राजसिंह (rājasiṁha) - O lion among kings, O best of kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājasiṃha

rājasiṁha - lion-king, best of kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+siṃha)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)

द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins (twice-born ones, Brahmins, birds)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  indeclinable
• ja – born
  adjective
  Root: jan (class 4)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(indeclinable)

Note: Cardinal numeral, used here as an indeclinable

सूर्यहुताशनाभान् (sūryahutāśanābhān) - having the luster of the sun and fire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sūryahutāśanābha

sūryahutāśanābha - resplendent like the sun and fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sūrya+hutāśana+ābha)

• sūrya – sun
  noun (masculine)
• hutāśana – fire, one who consumes oblations
  noun (masculine)
  From huta (oblation) and aśana (eating)
• ābha – luster, resemblance, appearance
  noun (masculine)

ते (te) - they (masculine plural nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

(indeclinable)

परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -ya after upasarga pari- and root vṛ (to cover, surround)

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - they stood

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्वबाहुभिः (svabāhubhiḥ) - with their own arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svabāhu

svabāhu - own arm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bāhu)

• sva – own
  pronoun
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having taken hold of, having embraced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -ya after upasarga pari- and root grah (to seize, take)

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

आजिमध्ये (ājimadhye) - in the middle of the battle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ājimadhya

ājimadhya - middle of the battle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āji+madhya)

• āji – battle, conflict
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)