महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-15, verse-50

पौरुषं सर्वलोकस्य परं यस्य महाहवे ।
परासिक्ते च वस्तस्मिन्कथमासीन्मनस्तदा ॥५०॥

50. pauruṣaṁ sarvalokasya paraṁ yasya mahāhave ,
parāsikte ca vastasminkathamāsīnmanastadā.

50. pauruṣam sarvalokasya param yasya mahāhave
parāsikte ca vaḥ tasmin katham āsīt manaḥ tadā

50. ca yasya pauruṣam sarvalokasya param mahāhave
āsīt tasmin parāsikte tadā vaḥ manaḥ katham āsīt

50. And when he, whose valor (pauruṣam) in the great war was supreme among all people, was laid low, how was your (plural, referring to the Kauravas) state of mind then?

Words meanings summery:

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - valor, manliness, heroism, human effort

• सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all people, of the whole world

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle/war

• परासिक्ते (parāsikte) - when he (Bhishma) was laid low (when fallen, when struck down, when scattered)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वः (vaḥ) - your (plural)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in him (Bhishma) (in him, in that)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, heart, thought

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - valor, manliness, heroism, human effort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manliness, valor, strength, human effort

Derived from puruṣa

Note: Refers to Bhishma's valor.

सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all people, of the whole world

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvaloka

sarvaloka - all people, the whole world

Compound type : karmadharaya (sarva+loka)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• loka – world, people, realm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'pauruṣam'.

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, another

Note: Predicative adjective for 'pauruṣam'.

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle/war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāhava

mahāhava - great battle, great war

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+hava)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• hava – battle, war, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  From root hu (to call, to sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Denotes the location of Bhishma's valor.

परासिक्ते (parāsikte) - when he (Bhishma) was laid low (when fallen, when struck down, when scattered)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of parāsikta

parāsikta - scattered, thrown down, laid low

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sic (to sprinkle, cast) with prefix parā

Prefix: parā

Root: sic (class 6)

Note: Locative absolute construction, referring to Bhishma.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वः (vaḥ) - your (plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Enclitic form. Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons/Kauravas.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in him (Bhishma) (in him, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Bhishma, and is part of the locative absolute construction with 'parāsikte'.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, heart, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart

Note: The subject of the question.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.