महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-42, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
एवं व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु मामकेष्वितरेषु च ।
के पूर्वं प्राहरंस्तत्र कुरवः पाण्डवास्तथा ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
evaṁ vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu māmakeṣvitareṣu ca ,
ke pūrvaṁ prāharaṁstatra kuravaḥ pāṇḍavāstathā.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca evaṃ vyūḍheṣu anīkeṣu māmakesu itareṣu
ca ke pūrvaṃ prāharan tatra kuravaḥ pāṇḍavāḥ tathā

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca: evaṃ māmakesu itareṣu ca anīkeṣu vyūḍheṣu (satsu),
tatra ke,
kuravaḥ tathā pāṇḍavāḥ,
pūrvaṃ prāharan?

1. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: 'When the armies were thus arrayed—both mine and the others'—who attacked first there, the Kurus or the Pāṇḍavas?'

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• व्यूढेषु (vyūḍheṣu) - when arrayed, having been arrayed

• अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in the armies, among the troops

• मामकेसु (māmakesu) - in mine, among my forces

• इतरेषु (itareṣu) - in the others', among the other ones

• च (ca) - and

• के (ke) - who (plural)

• पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first, previously

• प्राहरन् (prāharan) - they attacked, they struck

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus (descendants of Kuru)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, in that way

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

व्यूढेषु (vyūḍheṣu) - when arrayed, having been arrayed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of vyūḍha

vyūḍha - arranged, arrayed, drawn up, extended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vah with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: vah (class 1)

अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in the armies, among the troops

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, array, face, front

मामकेसु (māmakesu) - in mine, among my forces

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of māmaka

māmaka - my, mine, belonging to me

Note: Agrees with 'anīkeṣu' (neuter)

इतरेषु (itareṣu) - in the others', among the other ones

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of itara

itara - other, different, the remaining

Note: Agrees with 'anīkeṣu' (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first, previously

(indeclinable)

प्राहरन् (prāharan) - they attacked, they struck

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prahṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus (descendants of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

तथा (tathā) - and, also, in that way

(indeclinable)