महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-78

तान्वारय महाबाहो केकयांश्च नरोत्तम ।
पुरा कुर्वन्ति निःशेषं रक्ष्यमाणाः किरीटिना ॥७८॥

78. tānvāraya mahābāho kekayāṁśca narottama ,
purā kurvanti niḥśeṣaṁ rakṣyamāṇāḥ kirīṭinā.

78. tān vāraya mahābāho kekayān ca narottama
purā kurvanti niḥśeṣam rakṣyamāṇāḥ kirīṭinā

78. mahābāho narottama tān ca kekayān vāraya;
kirīṭinā rakṣyamāṇāḥ purā niḥśeṣam kurvanti

78. O mighty-armed one, O best among men, stop them and the Kekayas, lest they, protected by Arjuna (kirīṭin), completely annihilate [my forces].

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - the Somakas and Panchalas mentioned in the previous verse (them, those)

• वारय (vāraya) - stop, restrain, ward off

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Dronacharya! (O mighty-armed one!)

• केकयान् (kekayān) - Kekayas (a people/tribe)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नरोत्तम (narottama) - O Dronacharya! (O best among men!)

• पुरा (purā) - lest (they do something) (before, formerly, lest)

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make

• निःशेषम् (niḥśeṣam) - completely, utterly, without remainder

• रक्ष्यमाणाः (rakṣyamāṇāḥ) - being protected, being guarded

• किरीटिना (kirīṭinā) - by the one with the diadem, by Arjuna

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - the Somakas and Panchalas mentioned in the previous verse (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

वारय (vāraya) - stop, restrain, ward off

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vār

causative

from root vṛ (to cover, restrain) with causative suffix -aya

Root: vṛ (class 5)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Dronacharya! (O mighty-armed one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - having mighty arms, mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

केकयान् (kekayān) - Kekayas (a people/tribe)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kekaya

kekaya - name of a country and its inhabitants (the Kekayas)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नरोत्तम (narottama) - O Dronacharya! (O best among men!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best among men, excellent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

पुरा (purā) - lest (they do something) (before, formerly, lest)

(indeclinable)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निःशेषम् (niḥśeṣam) - completely, utterly, without remainder

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niḥśeṣa

niḥśeṣa - entire, complete, without remainder

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+śeṣa)

• nir – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• śeṣa – remainder, rest
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

रक्ष्यमाणाः (rakṣyamāṇāḥ) - being protected, being guarded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rakṣyamāṇa

rakṣyamāṇa - being protected, being guarded

Present Passive Participle

from root rakṣ (to protect) + -yamāṇa suffix

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

किरीटिना (kirīṭinā) - by the one with the diadem, by Arjuna

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kirīṭin

kirīṭin - one wearing a diadem or tiara, an epithet of Arjuna

from kirīṭa (diadem) + -in suffix (possessing)