महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-54, verse-62

अक्षौहिण्यो हि मे राजन्दशैका च समाहृताः ।
न्यूनाः परेषां सप्तैव कस्मान्मे स्यात्पराजयः ॥६२॥

62. akṣauhiṇyo hi me rājandaśaikā ca samāhṛtāḥ ,
nyūnāḥ pareṣāṁ saptaiva kasmānme syātparājayaḥ.

62. akṣauhiṇyaḥ hi me rājan daśa ekā ca samāhṛtāḥ
nyūnāḥ pareṣām sapta eva kasmāt me syāt parājayaḥ

62. Indeed, O King, eleven akṣauhiṇīs have been assembled by me. The opponents have only seven, so how could there be a defeat for me?

Words meanings summery:

• अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - akṣauhiṇīs (large army divisions)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मे (me) - by me, for me, my

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• दश (daśa) - ten

• एका (ekā) - one

• च (ca) - and

• समाहृताः (samāhṛtāḥ) - gathered, assembled

• न्यूनाः (nyūnāḥ) - fewer, less, deficient

• परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others, of the opponents

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what cause, how

• मे (me) - for me, my

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

• पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat

Words meanings and morphology

अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - akṣauhiṇīs (large army divisions)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of akṣauhiṇī

akṣauhiṇī - a division of an army consisting of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 cavalry, and 109,350 infantry (according to Mahabharata)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

From 'aham' (I), dative/genitive singular or instrumental singular (rare)

Note: Used here in dative sense (for me) or genitive (my, possession).

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Used as an adjective here, agreeing with an implied akṣauhiṇīs.

एका (ekā) - one

(numeral)

Note: Feminine nominative singular, agreeing with an implied akṣauhiṇī.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समाहृताः (samāhṛtāḥ) - gathered, assembled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samāhṛta

samāhṛta - collected, gathered, assembled, brought together

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √hṛ with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Feminine nominative plural, agreeing with akṣauhiṇyaḥ.

न्यूनाः (nyūnāḥ) - fewer, less, deficient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nyūna

nyūna - less, deficient, inferior, fewer

Note: Here used to describe the opponents' army strength, hence agreeing with an implicit 'they' or 'numbers'.

परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others, of the opponents

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of para

para - other, hostile, supreme, beyond

Note: Genitive plural, referring to the Pandavas and their army.

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Used as an adjective for the implicit akṣauhiṇīs.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what cause, how

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - what, why

Note: Ablative singular of kim, used to mean "why" or "from what cause".

मे (me) - for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

From 'aham' (I), dative/genitive singular or instrumental singular (rare)

Note: Used here in dative sense (for me).

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: 3rd person singular optative active of √as.

पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parājaya

parājaya - defeat, subjugation, conquest

From pra-jayati (to conquer), with prefix parā-

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)