महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-93, verse-5

अवध्यमानास्ते चापि क्षपयन्ति बलं मम ।
सोऽस्मि क्षीणबलः कर्ण क्षीणशस्त्रश्च संयुगे ॥५॥

5. avadhyamānāste cāpi kṣapayanti balaṁ mama ,
so'smi kṣīṇabalaḥ karṇa kṣīṇaśastraśca saṁyuge.

5. avadhyamānāḥ te ca api kṣapayanti balam mama saḥ
asmi kṣīṇabalaḥ karṇa kṣīṇaśastraḥ ca saṃyuge

5. avadhyamānāḥ te ca api mama balam kṣapayanti
karṇa saḥ asmi kṣīṇabalaḥ ca saṃyuge kṣīṇaśastraḥ

5. And those Pāṇḍavas, though not being slain, are destroying my army. Therefore, O Karṇa, I am one whose strength is diminished, and whose weapons are depleted in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• अवध्यमानाः (avadhyamānāḥ) - (the Pāṇḍavas) who are not being killed (not being slain, not being killed)

• ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (those)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - "even though", emphasizing the surprising aspect (also, even, indeed)

• क्षपयन्ति (kṣapayanti) - they destroy, they exhaust, they diminish

• बलम् (balam) - army, strength, force

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• सः (saḥ) - Therefore I (am such) (that, he, such)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• क्षीणबलः (kṣīṇabalaḥ) - whose strength is diminished, weakened

• कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karṇa

• क्षीणशस्त्रः (kṣīṇaśastraḥ) - whose weapons are diminished/exhausted

• च (ca) - and

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

Words meanings and morphology

अवध्यमानाः (avadhyamānāḥ) - (the Pāṇḍavas) who are not being killed (not being slain, not being killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avadhyamāna

avadhyamāna - not being slain, not being killed

Present Passive Participle

`a-` (negation) + present passive participle of root `vadh` (to strike, kill).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vadhyamāna)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vadhyamāna – being slain, being killed
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Passive Participle
  From root `vadh` (to kill, strike), with passive stem and `śānac` suffix (`-māna`).
  Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Modifies `te`.

ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of `kṣapayanti`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects this statement to the previous one or adds emphasis ("and moreover").

अपि (api) - "even though", emphasizing the surprising aspect (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

क्षपयन्ति (kṣapayanti) - they destroy, they exhaust, they diminish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (Laṭ) of kṣap

Causative Present

Causative stem of root `kṣi` (to perish, destroy).

Root: kṣi (class 1)

बलम् (balam) - army, strength, force

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army, troops

Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Object of `kṣapayanti`.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying `balam`.

सः (saḥ) - Therefore I (am such) (that, he, such)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, such

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Connects to `asmi`.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of as

Present

Root verb "to be."

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Speaker is Duryodhana.

क्षीणबलः (kṣīṇabalaḥ) - whose strength is diminished, weakened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇabala

kṣīṇabala - whose strength is exhausted/diminished, weakened

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+bala)

• kṣīṇa – diminished, exhausted, wasted, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `kṣi` (to destroy, perish).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicative adjective for the implied subject "I" (Duryodhana).

कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (a proper name, son of Sūrya and Kuntī, raised by a charioteer)

Means "ear".

क्षीणशस्त्रः (kṣīṇaśastraḥ) - whose weapons are diminished/exhausted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇaśastra

kṣīṇaśastra - whose weapons are exhausted/diminished/destroyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+śastra)

• kṣīṇa – diminished, exhausted, wasted, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `kṣi` (to destroy, perish).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• śastra – weapon, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `śas` (to cut, kill).
  Root: śas (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for the implied subject "I" (Duryodhana).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, war, conflict

From `sam-` + root `yuj` (to join, to fight).

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Pertains to `kṣīṇabalaḥ` and `kṣīṇaśastraḥ`.