महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-51, verse-41

तत्रावहारं संप्राप्तं मन्येऽहं पुरुषर्षभ ।
श्रान्ता भीताश्च नो योधा न योत्स्यन्ति कथंचन ॥४१॥

41. tatrāvahāraṁ saṁprāptaṁ manye'haṁ puruṣarṣabha ,
śrāntā bhītāśca no yodhā na yotsyanti kathaṁcana.

41. tatra avahāram saṃprāptam manye aham puruṣarṣabha
śrāntāḥ bhītāḥ ca naḥ yodhāḥ na yotsyanti kathaṃcana

41. puruṣarṣabha tatra avahāram saṃprāptam aham manye
naḥ yodhāḥ śrāntāḥ ca bhītāḥ na kathaṃcana yotsyanti

41. O chief among men (puruṣarṣabha), I believe that the time for withdrawal (avahāra) has come there. Our warriors (yodhāḥ), tired (śrāntāḥ) and frightened (bhītāḥ), will not fight at all (kathaṃcana).

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अवहारम् (avahāram) - withdrawal, retreat, removing

• संप्राप्तम् (saṁprāptam) - attained, reached, arrived

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O chief of men, O best among men

• श्रान्ताः (śrāntāḥ) - tired, exhausted

• भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened, scared

• च (ca) - and, also

• नः (naḥ) - our, to us

• योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

• न (na) - not

• योत्स्यन्ति (yotsyanti) - they will fight

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, in any way

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the battlefield at that time of day.

अवहारम् (avahāram) - withdrawal, retreat, removing

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avahāra

avahāra - withdrawal, retreat, taking away, removing

From ava-hṛ

Prefix: ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the withdrawal of troops.

संप्राप्तम् (saṁprāptam) - attained, reached, arrived

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃprāpta

saṁprāpta - attained, reached, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From sam-pra-āp

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with avahāram.

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Verb in ātmanepada.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O chief of men, O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - chief of men, best among men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

श्रान्ताः (śrāntāḥ) - tired, exhausted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrānta

śrānta - tired, exhausted, weary

Past Passive Participle

From śram

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Agrees with yodhāḥ.

भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened, scared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīta

bhīta - frightened, scared, afraid

Past Passive Participle

From bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with yodhāḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our, to us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form for genitive plural.

योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

From yudh + a

Root: yudh (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

योत्स्यन्ति (yotsyanti) - they will fight

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: yotsyanti with na means 'will not fight'.

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, in any way

(indeclinable)

From katham (how) + cana (particle)

Note: Emphasizes the impossibility of fighting.