महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-126, verse-9

यं पुंसां त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वशूरममंस्महि ।
तस्मिन्विनिहते शूरे किं शेषं पर्युपास्महे ॥९॥

9. yaṁ puṁsāṁ triṣu lokeṣu sarvaśūramamaṁsmahi ,
tasminvinihate śūre kiṁ śeṣaṁ paryupāsmahe.

9. yam puṃsām triṣu lokeṣu sarvaśūram amaṃsmahi
tasmin vinihate śūre kim śeṣam paryupāsmahe

9. yam puṃsām triṣu lokeṣu sarvaśūram amaṃsmahi,
tasmin śūre vinihate (sati),
kim śeṣam (naḥ) paryupāsmahe

9. When that hero, whom we considered the bravest among all men in the three worlds, has been killed, what remains for us to rely upon?

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whom, which

• पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men, among men

• त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three

• लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - In all existent realms. (in the worlds, among the realms)

• सर्वशूरम् (sarvaśūram) - the bravest of all, the greatest hero

• अमंस्महि (amaṁsmahi) - we considered, we thought, we believed

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - Serves as the subject for a locative absolute construction. (in him, when he (locative absolute))

• विनिहते (vinihate) - killed, struck down, defeated

• शूरे (śūre) - in the hero, to the hero

• किम् (kim) - what?, what thing?

• शेषम् (śeṣam) - remnant, remainder, what is left

• पर्युपास्महे (paryupāsmahe) - To whom we can turn for support or reliance. (we serve, we rely upon, we worship)

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the hero who was killed.

पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men, among men

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person

Note: Indicates 'among'.

त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'lokeṣu'.

लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - In all existent realms. (in the worlds, among the realms)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, universe, people

सर्वशूरम् (sarvaśūram) - the bravest of all, the greatest hero

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarvaśūra

sarvaśūra - bravest of all, greatest hero, all-heroic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+śūra)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun
• śūra – hero, brave, warrior
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'yam'.

अमंस्महि (amaṁsmahi) - we considered, we thought, we believed

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of man

Imperfect (ātmanepada)

Root man (class 4) forms the Imperfect (laṅ) for the first person plural, middle voice, with augment a-.

Root: man (class 4)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - Serves as the subject for a locative absolute construction. (in him, when he (locative absolute))

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the hero, functioning as the subject of the locative absolute construction with 'vinihate'.

विनिहते (vinihate) - killed, struck down, defeated

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinihata

vinihata - killed, struck down, defeated

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) with prefixes vi- and ni-.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with 'tasmin' and 'śūre'.

शूरे (śūre) - in the hero, to the hero

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, warrior

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with 'tasmin' and 'vinihate'.

किम् (kim) - what?, what thing?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which? (interrogative pronoun)

शेषम् (śeṣam) - remnant, remainder, what is left

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remnant, remainder, what is left

Note: Agrees with 'kim'.

पर्युपास्महे (paryupāsmahe) - To whom we can turn for support or reliance. (we serve, we rely upon, we worship)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of upa-ās

Present Indicative (ātmanepada)

Root ās (class 2) with prefixes pari- and upa-, forming the Present Indicative (laṭ) for the first person plural, middle voice.

Prefixes: pari+upa

Root: ās (class 2)