महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-13

निश्चयो वापि कस्तेषां तदा ह्यासीन्महात्मनाम् ।
विमुखेषु महाप्राज्ञ मम पुत्रेषु संजय ॥१३॥

13. niścayo vāpi kasteṣāṁ tadā hyāsīnmahātmanām ,
vimukheṣu mahāprājña mama putreṣu saṁjaya.

13. niścayaḥ vā api kaḥ teṣām tadā hi āsīt mahā-ātmanām
vimukheṣu mahā-prājña mama putreṣu sañjaya

13. sañjaya mahā-prājña mama putreṣu vimukheṣu tadā
teṣām mahā-ātmanām niścayaḥ vā api kaḥ hi āsīt

13. O Sanjaya, O greatly wise one, what then was the resolve of those great souls when my sons had turned away from the battle disheartened?

Words meanings summery:

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - resolve, determination, certainty

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - also, even

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• महा-आत्मनाम् (mahā-ātmanām) - of the great warriors/commanders (of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones)

• विमुखेषु (vimukheṣu) - when they were turned away, when they were disheartened

• महा-प्राज्ञ (mahā-prājña) - O greatly wise one

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in/among my sons, when my sons were

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sanjaya

Words meanings and morphology

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - resolve, determination, certainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - determination, resolve, ascertainment, certainty

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

महा-आत्मनाम् (mahā-ātmanām) - of the great warriors/commanders (of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahā-ātman

mahā-ātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted, generous (ātman)

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

विमुखेषु (vimukheṣu) - when they were turned away, when they were disheartened

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of vimukha

vimukha - having the face turned away, averted, hostile, averse, disappointed

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

महा-प्राज्ञ (mahā-prājña) - O greatly wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-prājña

mahā-prājña - greatly wise, very intelligent

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in/among my sons, when my sons were

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya (proper name)