महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-4

सर्वथा परिहीनाः स्म तेजसा च बलेन च ।
भवता पाल्यमानास्ते विवर्धन्ते पुनः पुनः ॥४॥

4. sarvathā parihīnāḥ sma tejasā ca balena ca ,
bhavatā pālyamānāste vivardhante punaḥ punaḥ.

4. sarvathā parihīnāḥ sma tejasā ca balena ca
bhavatā pālyamānāḥ te vivardhante punaḥ punaḥ

4. sarvathā tejasā ca balena ca (vayam) parihīnāḥ
sma bhavatā pālyamānāḥ te punaḥ punaḥ vivardhante

4. In every way, we were lacking in splendor and strength. But those (Pāṇḍavas), being protected by you, are continuously increasing (in power).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, completely, entirely

• परिहीनाः (parihīnāḥ) - deprived, deficient, lacking, abandoned

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

• तेजसा (tejasā) - by splendor, by glory, by power

• च (ca) - and

• बलेन (balena) - by strength, by force

• च (ca) - and

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (polite)

• पाल्यमानाः (pālyamānāḥ) - being protected, being nourished, being guarded

• ते (te) - those, they

• विवर्धन्ते (vivardhante) - they grow, they increase, they thrive

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, completely, entirely

(indeclinable)

परिहीनाः (parihīnāḥ) - deprived, deficient, lacking, abandoned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parihīna

parihīna - deprived, deficient, lacking, left behind

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hā (to abandon, to leave) with upasarga pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: hā (class 3)

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

(indeclinable)

तेजसा (tejasā) - by splendor, by glory, by power

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, glory, power, energy, vital essence

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बलेन (balena) - by strength, by force

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (polite)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite address), your honor

Present Active Participle

From root bhū, used as a respectful pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पाल्यमानाः (pālyamānāḥ) - being protected, being nourished, being guarded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pālyamāna

pālyamāna - being protected, being nourished

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root pāl (to protect, nourish).

Root: pāl (class 10)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

विवर्धन्ते (vivardhante) - they grow, they increase, they thrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vivardh

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

(indeclinable)