महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-11

सादितध्वजनागाश्च हतप्रवरवाजिनः ।
विप्रयातरथानीकाः समपद्यन्त पाण्डवाः ॥११॥

11. sāditadhvajanāgāśca hatapravaravājinaḥ ,
viprayātarathānīkāḥ samapadyanta pāṇḍavāḥ.

11. sādita-dhvaja-nāgāḥ ca hata-pravara-vājinaḥ
viprayāta-rathānīkāḥ samapadyanta pāṇḍavāḥ

11. ca pāṇḍavāḥ sādita-dhvaja-nāgāḥ hata-pravara-vājinaḥ
viprayāta-rathānīkāḥ samapadyanta

11. And the Pāṇḍavas found themselves with their standards and elephants crushed, their best horses slain, and their chariot divisions scattered.

11. ובני פָּאנְדוּ מצאו עצמם כשהדגלים והפילים שלהם הופלו, מיטב סוסיהם נהרגו, וגדודי הקרונות שלהם התפזרו.

Words meanings summery:

• सादित-ध्वज-नागाः (sādita-dhvaja-nāgāḥ) - describing the state of the Pāṇḍavas' forces: with banners and elephants disabled or destroyed (having flags and elephants crushed/destroyed)

• च (ca) - and, also

• हत-प्रवर-वाजिनः (hata-pravara-vājinaḥ) - describing the state of the Pāṇḍavas' forces: with their excellent horses slain (having best horses killed)

• विप्रयात-रथानीकाः (viprayāta-rathānīkāḥ) - describing the state of the Pāṇḍavas' forces: with their chariot armies dispersed (having scattered chariot divisions)

• समपद्यन्त (samapadyanta) - became, came to be, attained

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva (the sons of Pāṇḍu)

Words meanings and morphology

सादित-ध्वज-नागाः (sādita-dhvaja-nāgāḥ) - describing the state of the Pāṇḍavas' forces: with banners and elephants disabled or destroyed (having flags and elephants crushed/destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādita-dhvaja-nāga

sādita-dhvaja-nāga - whose banners and elephants are crushed/destroyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sādita+dhvaja+nāga)

• sādita – crushed, destroyed, made to sit down, defeated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from √sad (to sit, perish) in the causative sense (to make sit, cause to perish) + -kta suffix.
  Root: √sad (class 1)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, standard
  noun (masculine)
• nāga – snake, elephant, mountain
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हत-प्रवर-वाजिनः (hata-pravara-vājinaḥ) - describing the state of the Pāṇḍavas' forces: with their excellent horses slain (having best horses killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata-pravara-vājin

hata-pravara-vājin - whose excellent horses are killed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+pravara+vājin)

• hata – killed, slain, struck, destroyed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √han (to strike, kill) + -kta suffix.
  Root: √han (class 2)
• pravara – chief, excellent, best, superior
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
• vājin – horse; swift, strong
  noun (masculine)

विप्रयात-रथानीकाः (viprayāta-rathānīkāḥ) - describing the state of the Pāṇḍavas' forces: with their chariot armies dispersed (having scattered chariot divisions)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viprayāta-rathānīka

viprayāta-rathānīka - whose chariot divisions are scattered/dispersed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viprayāta+ratha-anīka)

• viprayāta – scattered, dispersed, gone away
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √yā (to go) with prefixes vi-pra- + -kta suffix.
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: √yā (class 2)
• ratha-anīka – chariot division, array of chariots
  noun (neuter)

समपद्यन्त (samapadyanta) - became, came to be, attained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of √pad

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: √pad (class 4)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva (the sons of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - a descendant of Pāṇḍu (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, or Sahadeva); belonging to the Pāṇḍavas

Derived from Pāṇḍu.

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