महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-85, verse-2

अहन्यहनि मे पुत्राः क्षयं गच्छन्ति संजय ।
मन्येऽहं सर्वथा सूत दैवेनोपहता भृशम् ॥२॥

2. ahanyahani me putrāḥ kṣayaṁ gacchanti saṁjaya ,
manye'haṁ sarvathā sūta daivenopahatā bhṛśam.

2. ahani ahani me putrāḥ kṣayam gacchanti saṃjaya
manye aham sarvathā sūta daivena upahatā bhṛśam

2. saṃjaya ahani ahani me putrāḥ kṣayam gacchanti
sūta aham manye sarvathā daivena bhṛśam upahatāḥ

2. Day after day, Sañjaya, my sons are dwindling. I believe, O Sūta, that they are utterly struck down by fate (daiva).

Words meanings summery:

• अहनि (ahani) - day (in "day by day") (on the day)

• अहनि (ahani) - day (in "day by day") (on the day)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my, of me)

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, dwindling (destruction, loss, decrease)

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they are dwindling, perishing (they go)

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sañjaya (O Sañjaya (Proper Noun))

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

• अहम् (aham) - I (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (I)

• सर्वथा (sarvathā) - utterly (in every way, entirely, completely)

• सूत (sūta) - O Sūta (Sañjaya) (O charioteer, O messenger)

• दैवेन (daivena) - by destiny (daiva) (by destiny, by fate, by divine agency)

• उपहता (upahatā) - struck down (struck down, destroyed, injured)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - exceedingly, utterly (greatly, exceedingly, severely)

Words meanings and morphology

अहनि (ahani) - day (in "day by day") (on the day)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day, daylight

Note: Reduplicated for "day by day".

अहनि (ahani) - day (in "day by day") (on the day)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day, daylight

Note: Reduplicated for "day by day".

मे (me) - my (to me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive.

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Subject of "gacchanti".

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, dwindling (destruction, loss, decrease)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, loss, decrease, decline

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Object of "gacchanti" in the idiom "kṣayaṃ gam" meaning "to go to destruction, to perish".

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they are dwindling, perishing (they go)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

present

3rd person plural present active of root 'gam' (class 1, gácch-)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the sons.

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sañjaya (O Sañjaya (Proper Noun))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sañjaya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator)

Note: Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses Sañjaya.

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

(verb)

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

present

1st person singular present middle of root 'man' (class 4)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

अहम् (aham) - I (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of "manye".

सर्वथा (sarvathā) - utterly (in every way, entirely, completely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying "upahatā".

सूत (sūta) - O Sūta (Sañjaya) (O charioteer, O messenger)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, messenger, Sañjaya (as a title)

Note: Another address to Sañjaya.

दैवेन (daivena) - by destiny (daiva) (by destiny, by fate, by divine agency)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - destiny, fate, divine, relating to gods

Derived from 'deva' (god)

Note: Agent for "upahatā".

उपहता (upahatā) - struck down (struck down, destroyed, injured)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upahata

upahata - struck down, destroyed, injured, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' with prefix 'upa-' and suffix '-ta'

Prefix: upa

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with "putrāḥ" (implied subject).

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - exceedingly, utterly (greatly, exceedingly, severely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb, modifying "upahatā".