महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-2

तस्मिन्हते हता हि स्युः सर्वे पाण्डवसृञ्जयाः ।
एकवीरवधे कस्मान्न युद्धे जयमादधत् ॥२॥

2. tasminhate hatā hi syuḥ sarve pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ ,
ekavīravadhe kasmānna yuddhe jayamādadhat.

2. tasmin hate hatāḥ hi syuḥ sarve pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ
ekavīravadhe kasmāt na yuddhe jayam ādadhat

2. tasmin hate hi sarve pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ hatāḥ syuḥ
kasmāt [saḥ] ekavīravadhe yuddhe jayam na ādadhat?

2. Indeed, if he (Arjuna) had been killed, all the Pandavas and Srinjayas would surely have been slain. Why did he not secure victory (jaya) in battle by killing that single hero (Arjuna)?

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - if he (Arjuna) had been (in him, on him)

• हते (hate) - killed, slain

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• स्युः (syuḥ) - would be, might be

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, entire

• पाण्डवसृञ्जयाः (pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ) - the combined forces of the Pandavas and their allies, the Srinjayas (the Pandavas and Srinjayas)

• एकवीरवधे (ekavīravadhe) - in the matter of killing Arjuna (in the slaying of the single hero (Arjuna))

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

• न (na) - not

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• जयम् (jayam) - victory

• आदधत् (ādadhat) - he bestowed, he secured

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - if he (Arjuna) had been (in him, on him)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Locative singular masculine of tad.

हते (hate) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of han

han - to strike, kill, slay

Past Passive Participle

From root han (class 2) + kta suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

han - to strike, kill, slay

Past Passive Participle

From root han (class 2) + kta suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively with syuḥ.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative mood, Parasmaipada

From root as (class 2) in the optative.

Root: as (class 2)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Nominative plural masculine.

पाण्डवसृञ्जयाः (pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ) - the combined forces of the Pandavas and their allies, the Srinjayas (the Pandavas and Srinjayas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍavasṛñjaya

pāṇḍavasṛñjaya - The Pāṇḍavas and the Sṛñjayas (allies)

Dvandva compound of pāṇḍava and sṛñjaya.

Compound type : dvandva (pāṇḍava+sṛñjaya)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pandu, the Pandavas
  proper noun (masculine)
  Derived from paṇḍu + aṇ suffix.
• sṛñjaya – Srinjaya (name of an ancient king or a people allied with the Pandavas)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of syuḥ hatāḥ.

एकवीरवधे (ekavīravadhe) - in the matter of killing Arjuna (in the slaying of the single hero (Arjuna))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekavīravadha

ekavīravadha - the slaying of a single/unique hero

Tatpuruṣa compound: eka-vīra (single hero) + vadha (killing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+vīra+vadha)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral
• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vīr (class 10)
• vadha – killing, slaying
  noun (masculine)
  From root vadh (to strike, kill).
  Root: vadh (class 1)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of kim (neuter), used adverbially.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

From root yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

जयम् (jayam) - victory

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

From root ji (to conquer) + ac suffix.

Root: ji (class 1)

आदधत् (ādadhat) - he bestowed, he secured

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ādadhā

Imperfect tense, Parasmaipada

From root dhā (class 3) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)