महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-100, verse-24

एकस्य च बहूनां च संनिपातो महाहवे ।
विशेषतो नृपतिना विषमः प्रतिभाति मे ॥२४॥

24. ekasya ca bahūnāṁ ca saṁnipāto mahāhave ,
viśeṣato nṛpatinā viṣamaḥ pratibhāti me.

24. ekasya ca bahūnām ca saṃnipātaḥ mahāhave
viśeṣataḥ nṛpatinā viṣamaḥ pratibhāti me

24. me mahāhave ekasya ca bahūnām ca saṃnipātaḥ
viśeṣataḥ nṛpatinā viṣamaḥ pratibhāti

24. An encounter in a great battle between one person and many, especially when it involves a king, seems perilous to me.

Words meanings summery:

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, of a single person

• च (ca) - and

• बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of many

• च (ca) - and

• संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - clash, encounter, confluence

• महाहवे (mahāhave) - in a great battle

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

• नृपतिना (nṛpatinā) - by a king

• विषमः (viṣamaḥ) - unequal, uneven, difficult, perilous

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, seems, shines forth

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, of a single person

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of many

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - clash, encounter, confluence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnipāta

saṁnipāta - clash, encounter, confluence, conjunction

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महाहवे (mahāhave) - in a great battle

(compound)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+hava)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• hava – battle, war, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

(indeclinable)

Derived from viśeṣa (specialty) with tas suffix.

नृपतिना (nṛpatinā) - by a king

(compound)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, protector
  noun (masculine)

विषमः (viṣamaḥ) - unequal, uneven, difficult, perilous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣama

viṣama - unequal, uneven, difficult, perilous, odd (number)

Note: Predicate adjective for saṃnipātaḥ.

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, seems, shines forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

asmad - I, me

Note: Here dative, 'to me'.