महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-126, verse-4

मन्त्रितं तव पुत्रस्य ते सर्वमवमेनिरे ।
येन मन्त्रेण निहताः शतशः क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥४॥

4. mantritaṁ tava putrasya te sarvamavamenire ,
yena mantreṇa nihatāḥ śataśaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ.

4. mantritam tava putrasya te sarvam avamenire
yena mantreṇa nihatāḥ śataśaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ

4. te tava putrasya mantritam sarvam avamenire,
yena mantreṇa śataśaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ nihatāḥ.

4. They all disregarded the counsel of your son, by means of which counsel hundreds of excellent warriors (kṣatriyarṣabha) were slain.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्त्रितम् (mantritam) - counsel, advice, strategy

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

• ते (te) - they

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• अवमेनिरे (avamenire) - they disregarded, disdained, despised

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• मन्त्रेण (mantreṇa) - by the counsel, by the strategy

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, struck down, destroyed

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - best among kṣatriyas, excellent warriors

Words meanings and morphology

मन्त्रितम् (mantritam) - counsel, advice, strategy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mantrita

mantrita - counselled, advised, planned; counsel, advice

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mantr' (to consult) with suffix -ita. Used here as a noun.

Root: mantr (class 10)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'mantritam' (counsel).

अवमेनिरे (avamenire) - they disregarded, disdained, despised

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of avaman

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Refers to 'mantreṇa' (counsel).

मन्त्रेण (mantreṇa) - by the counsel, by the strategy

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, advice, plan, sacred verse

Root: mantr (class 10)

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, struck down, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'ni' and suffix -ta.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ'.

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'śata' (hundred) with the suffix '-śas' (distributive adverb).

क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - best among kṣatriyas, excellent warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriyarṣabha

kṣatriyarṣabha - a bull among kṣatriyas, best kṣatriya, excellent warrior

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatriya+ṛṣabha)

• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the kṣatriya varna
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; excellent, best
  noun (masculine)