महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-51, verse-36

तत्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा पिता देवव्रतस्तव ।
अब्रवीत्समरे शूरं भारद्वाजं स्मयन्निव ॥३६॥

36. tatprabhagnaṁ balaṁ dṛṣṭvā pitā devavratastava ,
abravītsamare śūraṁ bhāradvājaṁ smayanniva.

36. tat prabhagnam balam dṛṣṭvā pitā devavrataḥ tava
abravīt samare śūram bhāradvājam smayan iva

36. tava pitā devavrataḥ tat prabhagnam balam dṛṣṭvā
samare śūram bhāradvājam smayan iva abravīt

36. Seeing your army shattered, your grandfather Devavrata (Bhīṣma) spoke to the heroic Bhāradvāja (Droṇa) in battle, as if smiling.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (previously mentioned) (that, that army)

• प्रभग्नम् (prabhagnam) - shattered, thoroughly broken (shattered, broken, defeated)

• बलम् (balam) - army (army, force, strength)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen, seeing)

• पिता (pitā) - grandfather (Bhīṣma is Dhṛtarāṣṭra's grandfather; 'pitā' can refer to an elder male relative or patriarch) (father)

• देवव्रतः (devavrataḥ) - Devavrata (Bhīṣma) (Devavrata (another name for Bhīṣma))

• तव (tava) - your (belonging to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said (said, spoke)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• शूरम् (śūram) - heroic (heroic, brave, warrior)

• भारद्वाजम् (bhāradvājam) - Bhāradvāja (Droṇa) (Bhāradvāja (a patronymic for Droṇa))

• स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (previously mentioned) (that, that army)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Accusative singular neuter of tad, referring to the army.

प्रभग्नम् (prabhagnam) - shattered, thoroughly broken (shattered, broken, defeated)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prabhagna

prabhagna - shattered, broken, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhañj (to break) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'balam'.

बलम् (balam) - army (army, force, strength)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - army, force, strength

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen, seeing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √dṛś (to see) with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पिता (pitā) - grandfather (Bhīṣma is Dhṛtarāṣṭra's grandfather; 'pitā' can refer to an elder male relative or patriarch) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, male ancestor

Note: Here refers to Bhīṣma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra's grandfather.

देवव्रतः (devavrataḥ) - Devavrata (Bhīṣma) (Devavrata (another name for Bhīṣma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devavrata

devavrata - Devavrata (proper name, an epithet of Bhīṣma, meaning 'one who has taken a vow to the gods')

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+vrata)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance
  noun (neuter)

तव (tava) - your (belonging to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √brū

Imperfect

L-aṅ (Imperfect) form of root √brū

Root: brū (class 2)

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war

शूरम् (śūram) - heroic (heroic, brave, warrior)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - heroic, brave, warrior

Note: Agrees with 'bhāradvājam'.

भारद्वाजम् (bhāradvājam) - Bhāradvāja (Droṇa) (Bhāradvāja (a patronymic for Droṇa))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāradvāja

bhāradvāja - descendant of Bharadvāja (proper name, an epithet of Droṇa)

Note: Refers to Droṇa, the Kaurava general.

स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smayat

smayat - smiling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √smi (to smile) with present participle suffix -at

Root: smi (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'devavrataḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

(indeclinable)