महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-113, verse-3

यथा त्वेष क्षयो वृत्तो ममापनयसंभवः ।
वीराणां तन्ममाचक्ष्व स्थिरीभूतोऽस्मि संजय ॥३॥

3. yathā tveṣa kṣayo vṛtto mamāpanayasaṁbhavaḥ ,
vīrāṇāṁ tanmamācakṣva sthirībhūto'smi saṁjaya.

3. yathā tu eṣaḥ kṣayaḥ vṛttaḥ mama apanayasambhavaḥ
vīrāṇām tat mama ācakṣva sthirībhūtaḥ asmi saṃjaya

3. saṃjaya mama apanayasambhavaḥ eṣaḥ kṣayaḥ vīrāṇām
yathā vṛttaḥ tat mama ācakṣva sthirībhūtaḥ asmi

3. Sanjaya, please recount to me exactly how this destruction of heroes, born of my transgression, has occurred. I have become composed now.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - how, exactly how (as, just as, in what manner)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, however

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine nominative singular)

• क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction, loss, decrease

• वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - happened, occurred, existing

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अपनयसम्भवः (apanayasambhavaḥ) - born of transgression/imprudence/misconduct

• वीराणाम् (vīrāṇām) - of heroes, of valiant ones

• तत् (tat) - this (destruction) (that)

• मम (mama) - to me

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, recount

• स्थिरीभूतः (sthirībhūtaḥ) - having become firm, composed, steady

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sanjaya

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - how, exactly how (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, however

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction, loss, decrease

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, loss, end

Root: kṣi (class 1)

वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - happened, occurred, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - occurred, happened, become, existing, round

Past Passive Participle

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

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle of √vṛt, modifying kṣayaḥ

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

अपनयसम्भवः (apanayasambhavaḥ) - born of transgression/imprudence/misconduct

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apanayasambhava

apanayasambhava - born from misconduct, arising from transgression

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apanaya+sambhava)

• apanaya – misconduct, transgression, imprudence, removal
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: nī (class 1)
• sambhava – origin, birth, production, arising from
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Compound modifying kṣayaḥ

वीराणाम् (vīrāṇām) - of heroes, of valiant ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Relates to 'destruction' (kṣayaḥ)

तत् (tat) - this (destruction) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the 'destruction' (kṣayaḥ)

मम (mama) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Used as a dative equivalent, 'to me'

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, recount

(verb)

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

Imperative, second person singular, middle voice

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Addressing Sanjaya

स्थिरीभूतः (sthirībhūtaḥ) - having become firm, composed, steady

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthirībhūta

sthirībhūta - become firm, composed, steady

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sthirī-bhū (to become firm)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied 'I' (aham)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, first person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Conjugated form of 'to be'

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer)