महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-15, verse-54

यस्मिन्नस्त्रं च मेधा च नीतिश्च भरतर्षभे ।
अप्रमेयाणि दुर्धर्षे कथं स निहतो युधि ॥५४॥

54. yasminnastraṁ ca medhā ca nītiśca bharatarṣabhe ,
aprameyāṇi durdharṣe kathaṁ sa nihato yudhi.

54. yasmin astram ca medhā ca nītiḥ ca bharatarṣabhe
aprameyāṇi durdharṣe katham saḥ nihataḥ yudhi

54. bharatarṣabhe durdharṣe yasmin astram ca medhā ca nītiḥ ca aprameyāṇi (āsan),
saḥ yudhi katham nihataḥ?

54. In that unconquerable best of Bharatas (Bhishma), who possessed immeasurable skill in weapons, intelligence (medhā), and statesmanship (nīti), how could he have been killed in battle?

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom, in which

• अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile, projectile, skill in weapons

• च (ca) - and, also

• मेधा (medhā) - intelligence, wisdom, mental power

• च (ca) - and, also

• नीतिः (nītiḥ) - statesmanship, conduct, policy, ethics

• च (ca) - and, also

• भरतर्षभे (bharatarṣabhe) - In Bhishma, a prominent descendant of Bharata. (in the best of Bharatas)

• अप्रमेयाणि (aprameyāṇi) - immeasurable, countless, incomprehensible

• दुर्धर्षे (durdharṣe) - In Bhishma. (in the unconquerable, in the invincible)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• सः (saḥ) - He (Bhishma) (he, that)

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, slain

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom, in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile, projectile, skill in weapons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - weapon, missile, projectile, military science

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मेधा (medhā) - intelligence, wisdom, mental power

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of medhā

medhā - intelligence, wisdom, understanding, mental power (medhā)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नीतिः (nītiḥ) - statesmanship, conduct, policy, ethics

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīti

nīti - guidance, conduct, policy, ethics, statesmanship (nīti)

From root 'nī' (to lead) + 'ti'

Root: nī (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भरतर्षभे (bharatarṣabhe) - In Bhishma, a prominent descendant of Bharata. (in the best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, best of Bharatas

Compound type : upamāna-tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a Bharata (name of an ancient king and a clan)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent one, foremost
  noun (masculine)

अप्रमेयाणि (aprameyāṇi) - immeasurable, countless, incomprehensible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of aprameya

aprameya - immeasurable, unquantifiable, incomprehensible, unknown

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From 'a' (not) + 'pra' (prefix) + root 'mā' (to measure) + 'ya'

Prefixes: a+pra

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the qualities 'astram', 'medhā', 'nītiḥ' collectively.

दुर्धर्षे (durdharṣe) - In Bhishma. (in the unconquerable, in the invincible)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of durdharṣa

durdharṣa - unconquerable, invincible, irresistible, difficult to attack

From 'dur' (difficult) + root 'dhṛṣ' (to dare, attack)

Prefix: dur

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'bharatarṣabhe'.

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - He (Bhishma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, struck down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix 'ni' + root 'han' (to strike, kill) + suffix 'ta'

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war