महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-17

सैन्याननेकांस्तरसा विमृद्नन्यदा क्षेप्ता धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैन्यम् ।
छिन्दन्वनं परशुनेव शूरस्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥१७॥

17. sainyānanekāṁstarasā vimṛdna;nyadā kṣeptā dhārtarāṣṭrasya sainyam ,
chindanvanaṁ paraśuneva śūra;stadā yuddhaṁ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat.

17. sainyān anekān tarasā vimṛdnan yadā
kṣeptā dhārtarāṣṭrasya sainyam
chindan vanam paraśunā iva śūraḥ tadā
yuddham dhārtarāṣṭraḥ anvatapsyat

17. Crushing countless armies forcefully, when the hero would shatter the army of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, cutting down a forest like with an axe, then Dhṛtarāṣṭra would repent the war.

Words meanings summery:

• सैन्यान् (sainyān) - enemy armies (armies, hosts)

• अनेकान् (anekān) - numerous and countless (armies) (countless, numerous, many)

• तरसा (tarasā) - with great force or might (by force, quickly, vehemently)

• विमृद्नन् (vimṛdnan) - actively crushing or destroying (crushing, treading down, destroying)

• यदा (yadā) - at the time when (when)

• क्षेप्ता (kṣeptā) - one who shatters or destroys (one who casts, one who throws, one who destroys)

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - belonging to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (referring to his army) (of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, belonging to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - the army (of Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (army, host)

• छिन्दन् (chindan) - cutting down or severing (cutting, cleaving, dividing)

• वनम् (vanam) - a forest (as a simile for the army) (forest, wood, grove)

• परशुना (paraśunā) - using an axe (as a tool for cutting) (by an axe, with an axe)

• इव (iva) - serving as a comparison (like, as, as if)

• शूरः (śūraḥ) - the brave hero (Bhīmasena) (hero, brave man)

• तदा (tadā) - at that particular time, as a consequence (then, at that time)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - the war (battle, war)

• धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra himself (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• अन्वतप्स्यत् (anvatapsyat) - he would come to regret or be sorry for (he would repent, he would regret)

Words meanings and morphology

सैन्यान् (sainyān) - enemy armies (armies, hosts)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sainya

sainya - army, host, military, relating to an army

अनेकान् (anekān) - numerous and countless (armies) (countless, numerous, many)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aneka

aneka - not one, many, numerous, countless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+eka)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'sainyān'.

तरसा (tarasā) - with great force or might (by force, quickly, vehemently)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of taras

taras - force, speed, strength, might

विमृद्नन् (vimṛdnan) - actively crushing or destroying (crushing, treading down, destroying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimṛdnat

vimṛdnat - crushing, treading down, destroying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'mṛd' (to crush) with upasarga 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛd (class 9)

यदा (yadā) - at the time when (when)

(indeclinable)

क्षेप्ता (kṣeptā) - one who shatters or destroys (one who casts, one who throws, one who destroys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣeptṛ

kṣeptṛ - thrower, caster, archer, destroyer

Agent noun

Derived from root 'kṣip' (to throw, cast) with agent suffix '-tṛ'.

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Functions like a future participle or agent noun indicating future action.

धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - belonging to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (referring to his army) (of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, belonging to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, relating to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Patronymic.

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - the army (of Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (army, host)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, military

Note: Object of 'kṣeptā'.

छिन्दन् (chindan) - cutting down or severing (cutting, cleaving, dividing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chindat

chindat - cutting, cleaving, severing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, cleave).

Root: chid (class 7)

वनम् (vanam) - a forest (as a simile for the army) (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Object of 'chindan'.

परशुना (paraśunā) - using an axe (as a tool for cutting) (by an axe, with an axe)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paraśu

paraśu - axe, hatchet

इव (iva) - serving as a comparison (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

शूरः (śūraḥ) - the brave hero (Bhīmasena) (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, valiant, warrior

Note: Subject of the participial clauses.

तदा (tadā) - at that particular time, as a consequence (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - the war (battle, war)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle (originally)

Derived from root 'yudh' (to fight); functions as a noun here.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of 'anvatapsyat'.

धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra himself (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, belonging to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Patronymic.

Note: Subject of 'anvatapsyat'.

अन्वतप्स्यत् (anvatapsyat) - he would come to regret or be sorry for (he would repent, he would regret)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (conditional future) (luṅ) of anutap

Aorist

Derived from root 'tap' (to burn, suffer) with upasarga 'anu'. Third person singular s-aorist form. In 'yadā...tadā' constructions, it indicates a conditional future or a habitual past consequence.

Prefix: anu

Root: tap (class 1)