महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-73, verse-15

अहो युद्धप्रतीपानि युद्धकाल उपस्थिते ।
पश्यसीवाप्रतीपानि किं त्वां भीर्भीम विन्दति ॥१५॥

15. aho yuddhapratīpāni yuddhakāla upasthite ,
paśyasīvāpratīpāni kiṁ tvāṁ bhīrbhīma vindati.

15. aho yuddhapratīpāni yuddhakāle upasthite |
paśyasi iva apratīpāni kim tvām bhīḥ bhīma vindati

15. Oh, when the time for battle has arrived, you see things adverse to it. You seem to see things that are not adverse as if they were. What fear, O Bhīma, possesses you?

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Oh, alas, indeed

• युद्धप्रतीपानि (yuddhapratīpāni) - things adverse to battle, obstacles to battle

• युद्धकाले (yuddhakāle) - in the time of battle

• उपस्थिते (upasthite) - having arrived, being present, imminent

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you perceive

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

• अप्रतीपानि (apratīpāni) - referring to things that should not be obstacles, but are perceived as such due to fear (things not adverse, unopposed, favorable (when they are not))

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• भीः (bhīḥ) - fear, terror

• भीम (bhīma) - O Bhīma

• विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, possesses

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Oh, alas, indeed

(indeclinable)

युद्धप्रतीपानि (yuddhapratīpāni) - things adverse to battle, obstacles to battle

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yuddhapratīpa

yuddhapratīpa - adverse to battle, hostile to war

Compound of yuddha (battle) and pratīpa (adverse)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+pratīpa)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  from √yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• pratīpa – adverse, contrary, hostile, opposite
  adjective (neuter)

युद्धकाले (yuddhakāle) - in the time of battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yuddhakāla

yuddhakāla - time of battle

Compound of yuddha (battle) and kāla (time)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+kāla)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  from √yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)

उपस्थिते (upasthite) - having arrived, being present, imminent

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, near, arrived, imminent

Past Passive Participle

from upa-√sthā

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √paś

Present Active

root √dṛś (irregular 4th class, Parasmaipada, present stem paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

अप्रतीपानि (apratīpāni) - referring to things that should not be obstacles, but are perceived as such due to fear (things not adverse, unopposed, favorable (when they are not))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of apratīpa

apratīpa - not adverse, unopposed, friendly, suitable

Negative compound (nañ-tatpurusha) of pratīpa

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+pratīpa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pratīpa – adverse, contrary, hostile, opposite
  adjective (neuter)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative particle.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

भीः (bhīḥ) - fear, terror

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhī

bhī - fear, terror, dread

from √bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

भीम (bhīma) - O Bhīma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (a proper name, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers); terrible, formidable

विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, possesses

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √vid

Present Active

root √vid (6th class, Parasmaipada)

Root: vid (class 6)