महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-52, verse-3

गरुडस्य स्वयं तुण्डे पिता देवव्रतस्तव ।
चक्षुषी च भरद्वाजः कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः ॥३॥

3. garuḍasya svayaṁ tuṇḍe pitā devavratastava ,
cakṣuṣī ca bharadvājaḥ kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ.

3. garuḍasya svayam tuṇḍe pitā devavrataḥ tava
cakṣuṣī ca bharadvājaḥ kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ

3. tava pitā devavrataḥ svayam garuḍasya tuṇḍe
ca bharadvājaḥ ca sātvataḥ kṛtavarmā cakṣuṣī

3. Your father, Devavrata (Bhīṣma), was himself at the beak (tuṇḍa) of the eagle (garuḍa) formation, and Bharadvāja (Droṇa) and Kṛtavarmā, the Sātvata, were its eyes (cakṣuṣī).

Words meanings summery:

• गरुडस्य (garuḍasya) - of the eagle (formation) (of the eagle, of Garuḍa)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, personally

• तुण्डे (tuṇḍe) - at the beak (of the formation) (at the beak, on the mouth)

• पिता (pitā) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) father-like elder (Bhīṣma) (father)

• देवव्रतः (devavrataḥ) - Devavrata (Bhīṣma's original name) (Devavrata)

• तव (tava) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (your)

• चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - the two eyes (of the formation) (the two eyes)

• च (ca) - and

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (Droṇa) (Bharadvāja)

• कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā

• च (ca) - and

• सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - Kṛtavarmā, who belongs to the Sātvata tribe (the Sātvata, a descendant of Satvat)

Words meanings and morphology

गरुडस्य (garuḍasya) - of the eagle (formation) (of the eagle, of Garuḍa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of garuḍa

garuḍa - eagle, the divine eagle-mount of Viṣṇu, an eagle-shaped array

Note: Possessive, refers to the Garuḍa formation.

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, personally

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that Devavrata (Bhīṣma) was there personally.

तुण्डे (tuṇḍe) - at the beak (of the formation) (at the beak, on the mouth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tuṇḍa

tuṇḍa - beak, snout, mouth, trunk (of an elephant)

Note: Indicates location within the formation.

पिता (pitā) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) father-like elder (Bhīṣma) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

देवव्रतः (devavrataḥ) - Devavrata (Bhīṣma's original name) (Devavrata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devavrata

devavrata - one whose vow is to the gods, a specific proper name (Bhīṣma's original name)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deva+vrata)

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

Note: Appositive to 'pitā'.

तव (tava) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Genitive singular of yuṣmad (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - the two eyes (of the formation) (the two eyes)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

Note: Refers to Droṇa and Kṛtavarmā as the two eyes of the formation.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Bharadvāja to the eyes.

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (Droṇa) (Bharadvāja)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvāja (name of a sage, here referring to Droṇācārya)

Note: One of the two commanders forming the 'eyes'.

कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavarman

kṛtavarman - Kṛtavarmā (name of a Vṛṣṇi warrior and ally of the Kauravas)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+varman)

• kṛta – made, done, accomplished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• varman – armor, mail, defensive cover
  noun (neuter)

Note: One of the two commanders forming the 'eyes'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Kṛtavarmā to the eyes.

सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - Kṛtavarmā, who belongs to the Sātvata tribe (the Sātvata, a descendant of Satvat)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sātvata

sātvata - a descendant of Satvat, belonging to the Sātvata tribe (a Yadava sub-clan)

Taddhita (Aṇ) derivative from Satvat

Note: Qualifies Kṛtavarmā.