महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-90, verse-26

तेषां समुपविष्टानां बहूनां दुष्टचेतसाम् ।
कथं मध्यं प्रपद्येथाः शत्रूणां शत्रुकर्शन ॥२६॥

26. teṣāṁ samupaviṣṭānāṁ bahūnāṁ duṣṭacetasām ,
kathaṁ madhyaṁ prapadyethāḥ śatrūṇāṁ śatrukarśana.

26. teṣām samupaviṣṭānām bahūnām duṣṭacetasām katham
madhyam prapadyethāḥ śatrūṇām śatrukārśana

26. How can you enter the midst of those many enemies with wicked minds, who are assembled there, O destroyer of foes?

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - Refers to the enemies. (of them)

• समुपविष्टानाम् (samupaviṣṭānām) - of those who are seated, of those who are assembled

• बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of many

• दुष्टचेतसाम् (duṣṭacetasām) - of those with wicked minds

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle, midst

• प्रपद्येथाः (prapadyethāḥ) - you should enter, you might approach

• शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

• शत्रुकार्शन (śatrukārśana) - Addressed to Krishna. (O destroyer of enemies)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - Refers to the enemies. (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

समुपविष्टानाम् (samupaviṣṭānām) - of those who are seated, of those who are assembled

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of samupaviṣṭa

samupaviṣṭa - seated, assembled, gathered

Past Passive Participle

From root viś (to enter) with prefixes sam and upa.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: viś (class 6)

बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of many

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

दुष्टचेतसाम् (duṣṭacetasām) - of those with wicked minds

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of duṣṭacetas

duṣṭacetas - evil-minded, wicked-hearted

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (duṣṭa+cetas)

• duṣṭa – wicked, bad, corrupt
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root duṣ (to be bad, corrupt).
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• cetas – mind, intelligence, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle, midst

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, midst

Note: Object of 'prapadyethāḥ'.

प्रपद्येथाः (prapadyethāḥ) - you should enter, you might approach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pad

Optative

2nd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe

Root: śat (class 1)

Note: Governed by 'madhyam'.

शत्रुकार्शन (śatrukārśana) - Addressed to Krishna. (O destroyer of enemies)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śatrukārśana

śatrukārśana - reducer/destroyer of foes

From 'śatru' (enemy) and 'kārśana' (causing emaciation, diminishing).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śatru+kārśana)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śat (class 1)
• kārśana – causing emaciation, diminishing, destroying
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from causal of root kṛś (to make lean, diminish).
  Root: kṛś (class 1)