महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-141, verse-57

तावकाः सैनिकाश्चापि मेनिरे निहतं नृपम् ।
ततो विचुक्रुशुः सर्वे हा हेति च समन्ततः ॥५७॥

57. tāvakāḥ sainikāścāpi menire nihataṁ nṛpam ,
tato vicukruśuḥ sarve hā heti ca samantataḥ.

57. tāvakāḥ sainikāḥ ca api menire nihatam nṛpam
tataḥ vicukruśuḥ sarve hā he iti ca samantataḥ

57. api ca tāvakāḥ sainikāḥ nṛpam nihatam menire
tataḥ sarve ca samantataḥ hā he iti vicukruśuḥ

57. And even your soldiers thought the king was slain. Then all of them cried out 'Alas! Alas!' from all sides.

Words meanings summery:

• तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your (soldiers), belonging to you

• सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers, troops

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - even, also, indeed

• मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they believed, they considered

• निहतम् (nihatam) - slain, killed, destroyed

• नृपम् (nṛpam) - king

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that, therefore

• विचुक्रुशुः (vicukruśuḥ) - they cried out, they shrieked, they wailed

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone, the whole

• हा (hā) - alas! ah! woe!

• हे (he) - oh!, alas!

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks quotation)

• च (ca) - and

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

Words meanings and morphology

तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your (soldiers), belonging to you

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - your, relating to you, yours

Derived from 'tava' (your)

सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers, troops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sainika

sainika - soldier, warrior

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, indeed

(indeclinable)

मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they believed, they considered

(verb)

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

Root: man (class 4)

निहतम् (nihatam) - slain, killed, destroyed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, struck down

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nṛpam'

नृपम् (nṛpam) - king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that, therefore

(indeclinable)

Ablative of 'tad' used as an adverb.

विचुक्रुशुः (vicukruśuḥ) - they cried out, they shrieked, they wailed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kruś

Prefix: vi

Root: kruś (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone, the whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

हा (hā) - alas! ah! woe!

(indeclinable)

हे (he) - oh!, alas!

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

(indeclinable)