महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-15

ते वध्यमानाः समरे पाञ्चालाः सृञ्जयैः सह ।
तृणप्रस्पन्दनाच्चापि सूतपुत्रं स्म मेनिरे ॥१५॥

15. te vadhyamānāḥ samare pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha ,
tṛṇapraspandanāccāpi sūtaputraṁ sma menire.

15. te vadhyamānāḥ samare pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha
tṛṇapraspandanāt ca api sūtaputraṃ sma menire

15. samare vadhyamānāḥ te pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha
tṛṇapraspandanāt ca api sūtaputraṃ sma menire

15. They, the Pañcālas together with the Sṛñjayas, being slaughtered in battle, even at the mere trembling of a blade of grass, believed it to be Karna, the son of the charioteer.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

• समरे (samare) - in battle

• पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - the Pañcālas (a people/country)

• सृञ्जयैः (sṛñjayaiḥ) - by/with the Sṛñjayas (a clan/people)

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• तृणप्रस्पन्दनात् (tṛṇapraspandanāt) - from the trembling of a blade of grass

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also

• सूतपुत्रं (sūtaputraṁ) - Karna (the son of the charioteer)

• स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to indicate past tense)

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

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being struck, being injured

present passive participle

Derived from root vadh (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat

पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - the Pañcālas (a people/country)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāñcāla

pāñcāla - a native or ruler of Pañcāla, the country or its people

सृञ्जयैः (sṛñjayaiḥ) - by/with the Sṛñjayas (a clan/people)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sṛñjaya

sṛñjaya - name of an ancient Indian clan or people

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

तृणप्रस्पन्दनात् (tṛṇapraspandanāt) - from the trembling of a blade of grass

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tṛṇapraspandana

tṛṇapraspandana - the trembling of a blade of grass

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tṛṇa+praspandana)

• tṛṇa – grass, a blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• praspandana – trembling, throbbing, vibration
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root spand (to tremble) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: spand (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

सूतपुत्रं (sūtaputraṁ) - Karna (the son of the charioteer)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, herald
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to indicate past tense)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of man

Root: man (class 4)