महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-27

तेषु राजसहस्रेषु तावकेषु परेषु च ।
एक एव ज्वलंस्तस्थौ वृषसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥२७॥

27. teṣu rājasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu pareṣu ca ,
eka eva jvalaṁstasthau vṛṣasenaḥ pratāpavān.

27. teṣu rājasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu pareṣu ca ekaḥ
eva jvalan tasthau vṛṣasenaḥ pratāpavān

27. vṛṣasenaḥ pratāpavān ekaḥ eva tāvakeṣu
pareṣu ca teṣu rājasahasreṣu jvalan tasthau

27. Among those thousands of kings, both belonging to your side and to others', only the mighty Vṛṣasena stood shining brightly.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषु (teṣu) - among those

• राजसहस्रेषु (rājasahasreṣu) - among thousands of kings

• तावकेषु (tāvakeṣu) - among yours, among those belonging to you

• परेषु (pareṣu) - among others, among enemies

• च (ca) - and

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, only

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• ज्वलन् (jvalan) - shining, blazing

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood

• वृषसेनः (vṛṣasenaḥ) - Vṛṣasena

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty, powerful, glorious

Words meanings and morphology

तेषु (teṣu) - among those

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

राजसहस्रेषु (rājasahasreṣu) - among thousands of kings

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of rājasahasra

rājasahasra - a thousand kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+sahasra)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

तावकेषु (tāvakeṣu) - among yours, among those belonging to you

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - yours, belonging to you

Derived from 'tava' (your) + 'aka' suffix.

परेषु (pareṣu) - among others, among enemies

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, enemy, supreme

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, only

(numeral)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

ज्वलन् (jvalan) - shining, blazing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jvalat

jvalat - shining, blazing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'jval' (to shine, blaze) with the present participle suffix '-at'.

Root: jval (class 1)

तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

वृषसेनः (vṛṣasenaḥ) - Vṛṣasena

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣasena

vṛṣasena - Vṛṣasena (name of a son of Karṇa)

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty, powerful, glorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - mighty, powerful, glorious, possessing splendor

Derived from 'pratāpa' (splendor, might) with the possessive suffix '-vat'.