महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-108, verse-4

कथं च युद्धं भूयोऽभूत्तयोः प्राणदुरोदरे ।
अत्र मन्ये समायत्तो जयो वाजय एव वा ॥४॥

4. kathaṁ ca yuddhaṁ bhūyo'bhūttayoḥ prāṇadurodare ,
atra manye samāyatto jayo vājaya eva vā.

4. katham ca yuddham bhūyaḥ abhūt tayoḥ prāṇa-durodare
| atra manye samāyattaḥ jayaḥ vā ajayaḥ eva vā

4. ca katham tayoḥ prāṇa-durodare yuddham bhūyaḥ abhūt? atra jayaḥ vā ajayaḥ eva vā samāyattaḥ iti manye.

4. And how did the battle (yuddha) between them, a deadly game of dice (prāṇadurodara) with their lives as stakes, unfold again? I believe that in this (atra), either victory (jaya) or defeat (ajaya) truly lay.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and, also

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, once more

• अभूत् (abhūt) - it happened, it was, it became

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Karna and Bhimasena (of those two, between those two)

• प्राण-दुरोदरे (prāṇa-durodare) - in a deadly game, in a game of dice with life at stake

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

• समायत्तः (samāyattaḥ) - truly lay (dependent, resting on, contained in)

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

• वा (vā) - or

• अजयः (ajayaḥ) - defeat, non-victory

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly, only

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war, combat

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, once more

(indeclinable)

अभूत् (abhūt) - it happened, it was, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist tense

Root bhū (class 1), aorist (luṅ) 3rd person singular active

Root: bhū (class 1)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Karna and Bhimasena (of those two, between those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्राण-दुरोदरे (prāṇa-durodare) - in a deadly game, in a game of dice with life at stake

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of prāṇa-durodara

prāṇa-durodara - a game of dice where life is at stake, a deadly game

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+durodara)

• prāṇa – life, breath, vital air
  noun (masculine)
• durodara – a game of dice, gambling, a difficult game
  noun (neuter)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present tense

Root man (class 4), present (laṭ) 1st person singular middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

समायत्तः (samāyattaḥ) - truly lay (dependent, resting on, contained in)

(past passive participle)

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Derived from root ji (to conquer)

Root: ji (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अजयः (ajayaḥ) - defeat, non-victory

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajaya

ajaya - defeat, non-victory, unconquered

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jaya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• jaya – victory, triumph
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, truly, only

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)