महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-56, verse-28

विद्रुतां वाहिनीं मन्ये कृतवैरैर्महात्मभिः ।
तां रणे केऽनुयास्यन्ति प्रभग्नां पाण्डवैर्युधि ॥२८॥

28. vidrutāṁ vāhinīṁ manye kṛtavairairmahātmabhiḥ ,
tāṁ raṇe ke'nuyāsyanti prabhagnāṁ pāṇḍavairyudhi.

28. vidrutām vāhinīm manye kṛtavairaiḥ mahātmabhiḥ
tām raṇe ke anuyāsyanti prabhagnām pāṇḍavaiḥ yudhi

28. I believe that army, scattered and utterly defeated in battle by the Pāṇḍavas—those great souls (mahātmas) who have become our adversaries—who will follow it?

Words meanings summery:

• विद्रुताम् (vidrutām) - scattered, dispersed, fled, routed

• वाहिनीम् (vāhinīm) - army, military force (army, host, stream, river)

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• कृतवैरैः (kṛtavairaiḥ) - by those who have become our adversaries (by those by whom enmity has been made, by those who have created animosity, by those who have become enemies)

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by the great souls (mahātmas), referring to the Pāṇḍavas (by great souls, by noble ones, by magnanimous persons)

• ताम् (tām) - that (army) (that (feminine))

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat, in the fight

• के (ke) - who (plural)

• अनुयास्यन्ति (anuyāsyanti) - they will follow

• प्रभग्नाम् (prabhagnām) - utterly routed or defeated (utterly broken, completely defeated, routed)

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in the fight

Words meanings and morphology

विद्रुताम् (vidrutām) - scattered, dispersed, fled, routed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidruta

vidruta - scattered, dispersed, fled, routed

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'vi-' + root 'dru' (to run) + suffix 'kta' (past participle).

Prefix: vi

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vāhinīm'.

वाहिनीम् (vāhinīm) - army, military force (army, host, stream, river)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāhinī

vāhinī - army, host, stream, river

Feminine form of 'vāhin' (bearing, flowing).

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Tense

Ātmanepada, 1st person singular.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Derived from root 'man' (to think).

कृतवैरैः (kṛtavairaiḥ) - by those who have become our adversaries (by those by whom enmity has been made, by those who have created animosity, by those who have become enemies)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṛtavaira

kṛtavaira - one who has made enmity, having created hostility

Compound word. 'kṛta' (made) + 'vaira' (enmity).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+vaira)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) + suffix 'kta'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vaira – enmity, hostility, revenge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mahātmabhiḥ'.

महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by the great souls (mahātmas), referring to the Pāṇḍavas (by great souls, by noble ones, by magnanimous persons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, magnanimous, noble

Compound of 'mahā' (great) + 'ātman' (self/soul).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

ताम् (tām) - that (army) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers back to 'vāhinīm'.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat, fight

के (ke) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.

अनुयास्यन्ति (anuyāsyanti) - they will follow

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of anuyā

Future Tense

From prefix 'anu-' + root 'yā' (to go). 3rd person plural.

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

प्रभग्नाम् (prabhagnām) - utterly routed or defeated (utterly broken, completely defeated, routed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prabhagna

prabhagna - broken, defeated, routed

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'pra-' + root 'bhañj' (to break) + suffix 'kta'.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'vāhinīm'.

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu.

Note: Agent of 'prabhagnām'.

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

From root 'yudh' (to fight).