महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-5

कथमेनं महात्मानं शक्ष्यामः प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ।
लेलिह्यमानं सैन्यं मे हविष्मन्तमिवानलम् ॥५॥

5. kathamenaṁ mahātmānaṁ śakṣyāmaḥ prativīkṣitum ,
lelihyamānaṁ sainyaṁ me haviṣmantamivānalam.

5. katham enam mahātmānam śakṣyāmaḥ prativīkṣitum
lelihyamānam sainyam me haviṣmantam iva analam

5. me sainyam haviṣmantam analam iva lelihyamānam
enam mahātmānam katham prativīkṣitum śakṣyāmaḥ

5. How will we be able to face this great soul (ātman), (Bhīṣma), who is devouring my army just as a fire devours offerings?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एनम् (enam) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (him, this one)

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (the great-souled one, the noble one)

• शक्ष्यामः (śakṣyāmaḥ) - we shall be able

• प्रतिवीक्षितुम् (prativīkṣitum) - to look back, to resist, to face, to oppose

• लेलिह्यमानम् (lelihyamānam) - licking, devouring

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

• मे (me) - my, of me

• हविष्मन्तम् (haviṣmantam) - having offerings, rich in oblations

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनलम् (analam) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (the great-souled one, the noble one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble, magnanimous, distinguished person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

शक्ष्यामः (śakṣyāmaḥ) - we shall be able

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

प्रतिवीक्षितुम् (prativīkṣitum) - to look back, to resist, to face, to oppose

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

formed from root īkṣ (to see) with prefixes prati and vi, and suffix tumun

Prefixes: prati+vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

लेलिह्यमानम् (lelihyamānam) - licking, devouring

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lelihyamāna

lelihyamāna - licking, devouring, consuming rapidly

Intensive Present Middle Participle

derived from the intensive (yaṅ-luk) form of root lih (to lick) with suffix śānac

Root: lih (class 2)

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, military force, host

from senā (army)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me, my

हविष्मन्तम् (haviṣmantam) - having offerings, rich in oblations

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of haviṣmat

haviṣmat - having oblation, rich in offerings (for a sacrifice)

Possessive suffix matup from havis (oblation)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनलम् (analam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, Agni