महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-27

एको दीर्णो दारयति सेनां सुमहतीमपि ।
तं दीर्णमनुदीर्यन्ते योधाः शूरतमा अपि ॥२७॥

27. eko dīrṇo dārayati senāṁ sumahatīmapi ,
taṁ dīrṇamanudīryante yodhāḥ śūratamā api.

27. ekaḥ dīrṇaḥ dārayati senām sumahatīm api
tam dīrṇam anudīryante yodhāḥ śūratamāḥ api

27. ekaḥ dīrṇaḥ sumahatīm senām api dārayati tam
dīrṇam anu śūratamāḥ yodhāḥ api anudīryante

27. Even a single shattered (dīrṇa) warrior can break a very great army. When that one is shattered, even the bravest (śūratamā) warriors are scattered after him.

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• दीर्णः (dīrṇaḥ) - shattered, broken, torn

• दारयति (dārayati) - he breaks, he tears, he rends

• सेनाम् (senām) - army

• सुमहतीम् (sumahatīm) - very great, very mighty

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• दीर्णम् (dīrṇam) - shattered, broken, torn

• अनुदीर्यन्ते (anudīryante) - they are scattered after, they are broken after

• योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

• शूरतमाः (śūratamāḥ) - bravest, most heroic

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(numeral)

दीर्णः (dīrṇaḥ) - shattered, broken, torn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīrṇa

dīrṇa - torn, rent, broken, shattered, burst

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dṛ' (to tear, burst) with suffix 'kta'.

Root: dṛ (class 9)

दारयति (dārayati) - he breaks, he tears, he rends

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dārayati

Causative present

Causative stem from root 'dṛ'.

Root: dṛ (class 9)

सेनाम् (senām) - army

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host

सुमहतीम् (sumahatīm) - very great, very mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sumahatī

sumahat - very great, very large, mighty

Compound type : Praadi-compound (adverbial prefix) (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very, easily
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दीर्णम् (dīrṇam) - shattered, broken, torn

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīrṇa

dīrṇa - torn, rent, broken, shattered, burst

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dṛ' (to tear, burst) with suffix 'kta'.

Root: dṛ (class 9)

अनुदीर्यन्ते (anudīryante) - they are scattered after, they are broken after

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of anudīryante

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛ (class 9)

Note: Or derived from 'dīr' (to break, scatter) in the passive voice, with prefix 'anu'.

योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

Root: yudh (class 4)

शूरतमाः (śūratamāḥ) - bravest, most heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūratama

śūratama - bravest, most heroic, most valiant

Superlative degree of 'śūra'.

Compound type : Suffixation (śūra)

• śūra – brave, valiant, heroic
  adjective (masculine)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)