महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-57, verse-28

महावनमिव छिन्नं यदा द्रक्ष्यसि पातितम् ।
बलं कुरूणां संग्रामे तदा स्मर्तासि मे वचः ॥२८॥

28. mahāvanamiva chinnaṁ yadā drakṣyasi pātitam ,
balaṁ kurūṇāṁ saṁgrāme tadā smartāsi me vacaḥ.

28. mahāvanam iva chinnam yadā drakṣyasi pātitaṃ
balam kurūṇām saṃgrāme tadā smartā asi me vacaḥ

28. When you see the force of the Kurus struck down in battle, like a great forest that has been felled, then you will remember my words.

Words meanings summery:

• महावनम् (mahāvanam) - great forest, extensive forest

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut, cut down, severed

• यदा (yadā) - when, at what time

• द्रक्ष्यसि (drakṣyasi) - you will see, you will behold

• पातितं (pātitaṁ) - fallen, felled, cast down

• बलम् (balam) - The military force/army. (force, strength, army, power)

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• स्मर्ता (smartā) - remembering, one who remembers, will remember (future agent noun)

• असि (asi) - you are

• मे (me) - my, of me

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

Words meanings and morphology

महावनम् (mahāvanam) - great forest, extensive forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest, extensive forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut, cut down, severed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, divided, severed, broken, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √chid (to cut, to break)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'mahāvanam'

यदा (yadā) - when, at what time

(indeclinable)

द्रक्ष्यसि (drakṣyasi) - you will see, you will behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dṛś

Future Tense, 2nd Person, Singular

Root √dṛś, future stem drakṣya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पातितं (pātitaṁ) - fallen, felled, cast down

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pātita

pātita - fallen, dropped, thrown down, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pat (to fall) with causative sense (to cause to fall) or from √pāt (causative of √pat).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'balam'.

बलम् (balam) - The military force/army. (force, strength, army, power)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, might, force, army, troops

Note: Object of 'drakṣyasi'.

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants, a prominent clan)

Note: Possessive, referring to 'balam'.

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, fight, combat

From sam- + √grah (to seize, to fight).

Prefix: sam

Root: grah (class 9)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From pronoun tad.

स्मर्ता (smartā) - remembering, one who remembers, will remember (future agent noun)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smartṛ

smartṛ - rememberer, one who remembers, mindful

Agent Noun

Derived from root √smṛ (to remember).

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate adjective with 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense, 2nd Person, Singular

Root √as.

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, utterance

From root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)