महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-11

अर्जुन उवाच ।
किं ते व्यवसितं राजन्यदस्मानपहाय वै ।
पद्भ्यामेव प्रयातोऽसि प्राङ्मुखो रिपुवाहिनीम् ॥११॥

11. arjuna uvāca ,
kiṁ te vyavasitaṁ rājanyadasmānapahāya vai ,
padbhyāmeva prayāto'si prāṅmukho ripuvāhinīm.

11. arjuna uvāca kim te vyavasitam rājan yat asmān apahāya
vai padbhyām eva prayātaḥ asi prāṅmukhaḥ ripuvāhinīm

11. rājan,
te kim vyavasitam yat vai asmān apahāya prāṅmukhaḥ padbhyām eva ripuvāhinīm prayātaḥ asi

11. Arjuna said: O King, what is your intention that, after abandoning us, you are going on foot, facing the enemy army?

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (proper name of the Pandava prince)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what (is your intention) (what, why)

• ते (te) - your (to you, your)

• व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - intention (determined, resolved, intention, resolution)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction) (that, because, which)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• अपहाय (apahāya) - after abandoning (having abandoned, forsaking, leaving)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - on foot (by two feet, with feet)

• एव (eva) - only, just (only, just, indeed)

• प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - going (gone forth, proceeded, departed)

• असि (asi) - you are

• प्राङ्मुखः (prāṅmukhaḥ) - facing (the enemy) (facing east, facing forward)

• रिपुवाहिनीम् (ripuvāhinīm) - enemy army

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (proper name of the Pandava prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna; white, silver

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active, from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what (is your intention) (what, why)

(interrogative pronoun)

ते (te) - your (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Alternate form of 2nd person pronoun genitive/dative singular.

व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - intention (determined, resolved, intention, resolution)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyavasita

vyavasita - determined, resolved, undertaken, intention, resolution

Past Passive Participle

From root so 'to cut, bind, finish' with upasargas vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction) (that, because, which)

(indeclinable)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

अपहाय (apahāya) - after abandoning (having abandoned, forsaking, leaving)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root hā 'to leave, abandon' with upasarga apa, and suffix -ya

Prefix: apa

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Gerund form.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - on foot (by two feet, with feet)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of pad

pad - foot

Note: Also dative/ablative dual. Here, instrumental indicates manner.

एव (eva) - only, just (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - going (gone forth, proceeded, departed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayāta

prayāta - gone forth, departed, proceeded

Past Passive Participle

From root yā 'to go' with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Present 2nd person singular active, from root as

Root: as (class 2)

प्राङ्मुखः (prāṅmukhaḥ) - facing (the enemy) (facing east, facing forward)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṅmukha

prāṅmukha - facing east, facing forward, having the face turned forward

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prāc+mukha)

• prāc – east, forward
  adjective (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

रिपुवाहिनीम् (ripuvāhinīm) - enemy army

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ripuvāhinī

ripuvāhinī - enemy army

Compound type : tatpurusha (ripu+vāhinī)

• ripu – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• vāhinī – army, river
  noun (feminine)