महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-58, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
दैवमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषादपि संजय ।
यत्सैन्यं मम पुत्रस्य पाण्डुसैन्येन वध्यते ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
daivameva paraṁ manye pauruṣādapi saṁjaya ,
yatsainyaṁ mama putrasya pāṇḍusainyena vadhyate.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca | daivam eva param manye pauruṣāt api
sañjaya | yat sainyam mama putrasya pāṇḍu-sainyena vadhyate

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca sañjaya,
yat mama putrasya sainyam pāṇḍu-sainyena vadhyate,
(tasmāt) pauruṣāt api daivam eva param manye.

1. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Sañjaya, I consider fate (daiva) alone to be supreme, even above human effort (puruṣakāra), because my son's army is being killed by the Pāṇḍavas' army.

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - The blind king, father of the Kauravas, speaking to Sañjaya. (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दैवम् (daivam) - fate, destiny, divine influence

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, most important

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

• पौरुषात् (pauruṣāt) - from human effort, from manliness, from valor

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and advisor, to whom he is speaking. (O Sañjaya)

• यत् (yat) - Introduces a causal clause explaining Dhṛtarāṣṭra's belief. (that, because, since)

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - Refers to Duryodhana's army (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son's army). (army, host, military force)

• मम (mama) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (my, of me)

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, Duryodhana. (of the son)

• पाण्डु-सैन्येन (pāṇḍu-sainyena) - by the Pāṇḍavas' army, by the army of Pāṇḍu

• वध्यते (vadhyate) - is being killed, is slain, is being struck down

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - The blind king, father of the Kauravas, speaking to Sañjaya. (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Name of the blind king, son of Vyāsa and Ambikā, ruler of Hastināpura.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)

• dhṛta – held, borne, supported, maintained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √dhṛ (to hold, support) + -ta suffix.
  Root: dhṛ (class 3)
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country, nation
  noun (neuter)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active

3rd person singular, Perfect active, of √vac (class 2). Anomalous formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

दैवम् (daivam) - fate, destiny, divine influence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - relating to gods or destiny, divine, fate, destiny, divine ordinance

From deva (god) + -a (suffix denoting relation/product).

Note: Direct object of 'manye'.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, most important

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - distant, other, subsequent, supreme, highest, ultimate

Note: Used as a predicative adjective with 'manye'.

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

(verb)

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

Present middle

1st person singular, Present middle, of √man (class 4).

Root: man (class 4)

पौरुषात् (pauruṣāt) - from human effort, from manliness, from valor

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human effort, manliness, valor, energy, prowess

From puruṣa (person) + -a suffix (denoting quality/relation).

Note: Used with 'api' meaning 'even above'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and advisor, to whom he is speaking. (O Sañjaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and advisor, who narrated the Mahābhārata war to him.

यत् (yat) - Introduces a causal clause explaining Dhṛtarāṣṭra's belief. (that, because, since)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction introducing a reason.

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - Refers to Duryodhana's army (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son's army). (army, host, military force)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - an army, host, military force, troop

From senā (army) + -ya suffix (collection/relation).

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'vadhyate'.

मम (mama) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Genitive singular of asmad.

Note: Possessive pronoun, modifying 'putrasya'.

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, Duryodhana. (of the son)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Possessive, indicating whose army ('sainyam').

पाण्डु-सैन्येन (pāṇḍu-sainyena) - by the Pāṇḍavas' army, by the army of Pāṇḍu

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pāṇḍu-sainya

pāṇḍu-sainya - Pāṇḍu's army, the army of the Pāṇḍavas

Tatpuruṣa compound: Pāṇḍu (name of the king) + sainya (army).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+sainya)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of the father of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sainya – army, host, military force
  noun (neuter)
  From senā (army) + -ya suffix.

Note: Indicates the agent of the passive verb 'vadhyate'.

वध्यते (vadhyate) - is being killed, is slain, is being struck down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vadh

Present passive

3rd person singular, Present passive, of √vadh (often related to √han for passive forms).

Root: han (class 2)