महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-30

समाजमिव तच्चित्रं प्रेक्षमाणा महारथाः ।
नालक्षयञ्जयं व्यक्तमेकैकस्य निवारणे ॥३०॥

30. samājamiva taccitraṁ prekṣamāṇā mahārathāḥ ,
nālakṣayañjayaṁ vyaktamekaikasya nivāraṇe.

30. samājam iva tat citram prekṣamāṇāḥ mahārathāḥ
na alakṣayan jayam vyaktam ekaikasya nivāraṇe

30. prekṣamāṇāḥ mahārathāḥ tat citram samājam iva
ekaikasya nivāraṇe vyaktam jayam na alakṣayan

30. The great warriors (maharathas), watching that extraordinary sight as if it were a public assembly, could not clearly discern victory for either side in their attempts to stop the other.

Words meanings summery:

• समाजम् (samājam) - public assembly (assembly, gathering, collection)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• तत् (tat) - that (spectacle/battle) (that, it)

• चित्रम् (citram) - extraordinary (sight) (wonderful, strange, extraordinary, variegated)

• प्रेक्षमाणाः (prekṣamāṇāḥ) - watching (observing, watching, looking at)

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors (maharathas) (great warriors, mighty charioteers)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अलक्षयन् (alakṣayan) - they could not discern (they did not perceive/discern)

• जयम् (jayam) - victory (victory, triumph)

• व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - clearly (clearly, distinctly, manifest)

• एकैकस्य (ekaikasya) - of either side (of each one, of either side)

• निवारणे (nivāraṇe) - in their attempts to stop (the other) (in stopping, in preventing, in warding off)

Words meanings and morphology

समाजम् (samājam) - public assembly (assembly, gathering, collection)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samāja

samāja - assembly, meeting, society, collection

Derived from 'sam-aj' (to gather).

Prefix: sam

Root: aj (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (spectacle/battle) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

चित्रम् (citram) - extraordinary (sight) (wonderful, strange, extraordinary, variegated)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - wonderful, extraordinary, strange, variegated, picture

प्रेक्षमाणाः (prekṣamāṇāḥ) - watching (observing, watching, looking at)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prekṣamāṇa

prekṣamāṇa - observing, watching, looking, considering

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root 'īkṣ' with prefix 'pra' and the 'śānac' suffix for middle voice present participle.

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors (maharathas) (great warriors, mighty charioteers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great warrior, a mighty charioteer

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (by extension)
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अलक्षयन् (alakṣayan) - they could not discern (they did not perceive/discern)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of lakṣ

Imperfect tense, Parasmaipada

Derived from the root 'lakṣ' (to mark, perceive) in the imperfect (laṅ) tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. It often forms a causative stem 'lakṣaya'.

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

जयम् (jayam) - victory (victory, triumph)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Derived from the root 'ji' (to conquer).

Root: ji (class 1)

व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - clearly (clearly, distinctly, manifest)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyakta

vyakta - manifest, evident, clear, distinct, developed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'añc' (to go, to bend) with prefix 'vi-aṅ'.

Prefixes: vi+aṅ

Root: añc (class 1)

एकैकस्य (ekaikasya) - of either side (of each one, of either side)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, single, individual

An iterative (reduplicative) compound of 'eka'.

Compound type : Iterative (eka+eka)

• eka – one, a single, unique
  numeral

निवारणे (nivāraṇe) - in their attempts to stop (the other) (in stopping, in preventing, in warding off)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nivāraṇa

nivāraṇa - stopping, preventing, hindering, warding off

Verbal noun

Derived from the causative stem of root 'vṛ' (to cover, restrain) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)