महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-97, verse-2

आर्श्यशृङ्गिं कथं चापि सौभद्रः परवीरहा ।
तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन यथा वृत्तं स्म संयुगे ॥२॥

2. ārśyaśṛṅgiṁ kathaṁ cāpi saubhadraḥ paravīrahā ,
tanmamācakṣva tattvena yathā vṛttaṁ sma saṁyuge.

2. ārśyaśṛṅgim katham ca api saubhadraḥ paravīrahā
tat mama ācakṣva tattvena yathā vṛttam sma saṃyuge

2. ca api paravīrahā saubhadraḥ katham ārśyaśṛṅgim
tat mama tattvena yathā vṛttam sma saṃyuge ācakṣva

2. And how did Saubhadra, the slayer of mighty heroes (paravīrahā), also fight against the son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (ārśyaśṛṅgim)? Tell me that truly, exactly as it happened in the battle (saṃyuge).

Words meanings summery:

• आर्श्यशृङ्गिम् (ārśyaśṛṅgim) - Alambusa, son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (the son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Alambusa)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - Abhimanyu, son of Subhadrā (son of Subhadrā, Abhimanyu)

• परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - the slayer of enemy heroes (slayer of enemy heroes)

• तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that, therefore)

• मम (mama) - to me (to me, my)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - please tell (tell, relate, explain)

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, exactly (truly, in reality, in truth)

• यथा (yathā) - exactly as (as, just as, according to)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - it occurred (happened, occurred, transpired)

• स्म (sma) - (emphasizes the past event) ((emphatic particle for past events))

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in the battle (in battle, in combat)

Words meanings and morphology

आर्श्यशृङ्गिम् (ārśyaśṛṅgim) - Alambusa, son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (the son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Alambusa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārśyaśṛṅgi

ārśyaśṛṅgi - son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (Alambusa)

Patronymic from Ṛṣyaśṛṅga

Note: Object of the implied fight, or implied verb like 'faced'

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - Abhimanyu, son of Subhadrā (son of Subhadrā, Abhimanyu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saubhadra

saubhadra - son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)

Patronymic from Subhadrā

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'fought'

परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - the slayer of enemy heroes (slayer of enemy heroes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paravīrahan

paravīrahan - slayer of enemy heroes

Compound type : tatpurusha (para+vīra+han)

• para – other, enemy, supreme
  adjective
• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• han – slaying, killer
  noun (masculine)
  From root han (to kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Appositive to saubhadraḥ

तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Object of ācakṣva

मम (mama) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Used as dative here (to me)

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - please tell (tell, relate, explain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣ

Root cakṣ (to see, speak) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Command to Sañjaya (implied)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, exactly (truly, in reality, in truth)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

Note: Adverbial use

यथा (yathā) - exactly as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial conjunction

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - it occurred (happened, occurred, transpired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, past, done, transpired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt (to be, exist, happen)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for an implied 'it'

स्म (sma) - (emphasizes the past event) ((emphatic particle for past events))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with present tense verb to indicate past action, or to emphasize past narration.

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in the battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, war, combat

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Location of the event