महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-91, verse-4

भवन्तं समुपाश्रित्य वासुदेवं यथा परैः ।
पाण्डवैर्विग्रहो घोरः समारब्धो मया प्रभो ॥४॥

4. bhavantaṁ samupāśritya vāsudevaṁ yathā paraiḥ ,
pāṇḍavairvigraho ghoraḥ samārabdho mayā prabho.

4. bhavantam samupāśritya vāsudevam yathā paraiḥ
pāṇḍavaiḥ vigrahaḥ ghoraḥ samārabdhaḥ mayā prabho

4. prabho mayā bhavantam vāsudevam yathā paraiḥ (iva)
samupāśritya pāṇḍavaiḥ ghoraḥ vigrahaḥ samārabdhaḥ

4. O Lord (prabho), having relied upon you and Vāsudeva (Krishna) as if by enemies, a terrible conflict has been initiated by me with the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (Bhīṣma) (you (respectful))

• समुपाश्रित्य (samupāśritya) - having completely relied upon (Bhīṣma and Krishna) (having relied on, having taken refuge in, having sought protection from)

• वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva (Krishna) (Vāsudeva, son of Vasudeva (Krishna))

• यथा (yathā) - as if, just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

• परैः (paraiḥ) - as if by enemies / strangers (by others, by enemies, by strangers)

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas (by the Pāṇḍavas)

• विग्रहः (vigrahaḥ) - a terrible conflict (conflict, war, quarrel)

• घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible (conflict) (terrible, dreadful, fierce)

• समारब्धः (samārabdhaḥ) - has been initiated (commenced, begun, undertaken)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Duryodhana) (by me)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (addressing Bhīṣma) (O Lord, O Master)

Words meanings and morphology

भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (Bhīṣma) (you (respectful))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful form of address), being, existing

Present Active Participle

From root `bhū` (to be, become). Used as a respectful pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

समुपाश्रित्य (samupāśritya) - having completely relied upon (Bhīṣma and Krishna) (having relied on, having taken refuge in, having sought protection from)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root `śri` (class 1) with prefixes `sam`, `upa`, and `ā`.

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: śri (class 1)

वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva (Krishna) (Vāsudeva, son of Vasudeva (Krishna))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (epithet of Krishna, son of Vasudeva)

Derived from `vasudeva`.

Note: Co-object of `samupāśritya`.

यथा (yathā) - as if, just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

परैः (paraiḥ) - as if by enemies / strangers (by others, by enemies, by strangers)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of para

para - other, alien, hostile, supreme

Note: Interpreted here as 'as if by enemies' or 'as if with enemies'.

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas (by the Pāṇḍavas)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

`a` derivative of `paṇḍu`.

Note: Indicates association or agency in the conflict.

विग्रहः (vigrahaḥ) - a terrible conflict (conflict, war, quarrel)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vigraha

vigraha - war, conflict, separation, analysis

From root `grah` (to seize) with prefix `vi`.

Prefix: vi

Root: grah (class 9)

घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible (conflict) (terrible, dreadful, fierce)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, frightful, fierce

From root `ghūr` (to tremble, move).

Root: ghūr (class 1)

समारब्धः (samārabdhaḥ) - has been initiated (commenced, begun, undertaken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samārabdha

samārabdha - begun, undertaken, commenced

Past Passive Participle

From root `rabh` (to seize, begin) with prefixes `sam` and `ā`.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Forms a passive construction with `mayā`.

मया (mayā) - by me (Duryodhana) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

First person pronoun stem.

Note: Agent in the passive construction.

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (addressing Bhīṣma) (O Lord, O Master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - master, lord, mighty, able

From root `bhū` (to be) with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)