महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-10, verse-37

न केनचिदुपायेन कुरूणां दृश्यते जयः ।
तस्मान्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व यथा युद्धमवर्तत ॥३७॥

37. na kenacidupāyena kurūṇāṁ dṛśyate jayaḥ ,
tasmānme sarvamācakṣva yathā yuddhamavartata.

37. na kenacit upāyena kurūṇām dṛśyate jayaḥ tasmāt
me sarvam ācakṣva yathā yuddham avartata

37. kurūṇām jayaḥ kenacit upāyena na dṛśyate tasmāt
yathā yuddham avartata sarvam me ācakṣva

37. I do not see any means by which the Kurus can achieve victory. Therefore, please tell me everything, how the battle unfolded.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• केनचित् (kenacit) - by any (by someone, by something, by any)

• उपायेन (upāyena) - by means (by means, by method, by resort)

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen (is seen, appears)

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory (victory, triumph)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell (tell, relate, describe)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, like, how)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - the battle (battle, fight)

• अवर्तत (avartata) - unfolded (proceeded, took place, happened)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

केनचित् (kenacit) - by any (by someone, by something, by any)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, any, a certain

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim + cit

उपायेन (upāyena) - by means (by means, by method, by resort)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, stratagem, resort

Derived from upa- + i- (to go)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants, including the Kauravas and Pandavas)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen (is seen, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Passive

Root dṛś, 4th class, Ātmanepada, passive voice, third person singular, present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory (victory, triumph)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Derived from root ji- (to conquer)

Root: ji (class 1)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter/masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter/masculine, ablative singular

Note: Functions as an indeclinable 'therefore' in this context.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun, enclitic dative/genitive singular

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell (tell, relate, describe)

(verb)

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

Imperative Middle

Root cakṣ, 2nd class, Ātmanepada, imperative voice, second person singular, with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, like, how)

(indeclinable)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - the battle (battle, fight)

(noun)

neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yudh- (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Functions here as subject of avartata.

अवर्तत (avartata) - unfolded (proceeded, took place, happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Imperfect Middle

Root vṛt, 1st class, Ātmanepada, imperfect tense, third person singular

Root: vṛt (class 1)