महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-122, verse-88

भीष्मं प्रमुखतः कृत्वा भगदत्तं च मारिष ।
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तो राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥८८॥

88. bhīṣmaṁ pramukhataḥ kṛtvā bhagadattaṁ ca māriṣa ,
evameṣa kṣayo vṛtto rājandurmantrite tava.

88. bhīṣmam pramukhataḥ kṛtvā bhagadattam ca māriṣa
evam eṣaḥ kṣayaḥ vṛttaḥ rājan durmantrite tava

88. māriṣa,
bhīṣmam ca bhagadattam pramukhataḥ kṛtvā,
rājan,
evam eṣaḥ kṣayaḥ tava durmantrite vṛttaḥ

88. O respected sir (māriṣa), placing Bhishma and Bhagadatta at the forefront, this destruction (kṣaya) thus occurred, O King, because of your bad counsel.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma

• प्रमुखतः (pramukhataḥ) - at the forefront, in front, foremost

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having placed

• भगदत्तम् (bhagadattam) - Bhagadatta

• च (ca) - and

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one, O venerable one

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction, loss, ruin

• वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - happened, occurred, taken place

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• दुर्मन्त्रिते (durmantrite) - in evil counsel, due to bad advice

• तव (tava) - your, of you

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name, son of Shantanu); terrible, formidable

प्रमुखतः (pramukhataḥ) - at the forefront, in front, foremost

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with suffix -tas

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having placed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'kṛ' with suffix '-tvā'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भगदत्तम् (bhagadattam) - Bhagadatta

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhagadatta

bhagadatta - Bhagadatta (a proper name, king of Pragjyotisha)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one, O venerable one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - a respected or venerable person (often used as an address); a gentleman

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction, loss, ruin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, ruin, loss, decline

Root: kṣi (class 1)

वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - happened, occurred, taken place

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - occurred, happened, existed; round, circular; conduct, behavior

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'vṛt'

Root: vṛt (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

दुर्मन्त्रिते (durmantrite) - in evil counsel, due to bad advice

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of durmantrita

durmantrita - bad counsel, ill-advised action

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dus+mantrita)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
• mantrita – counselled, advised, thought over
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root 'mantr'
  Root: mantr (class 10)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)