महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-56

द्रोणस्तु दिवमास्थाय नक्षत्रपथमाविशत् ।
अहमेव तदाद्राक्षं द्रोणस्य निधनं नृप ॥५६॥

56. droṇastu divamāsthāya nakṣatrapathamāviśat ,
ahameva tadādrākṣaṁ droṇasya nidhanaṁ nṛpa.

56. droṇaḥ tu divam āsthāya nakṣatrapatham āviśat
aham eva tadā adrākṣam droṇasya nidhanam nṛpa

56. nṛpa tu droṇaḥ divam āsthāya nakṣatrapatham
āviśat tadā aham eva droṇasya nidhanam adrākṣam

56. But Droṇa, ascending to the heavens, entered the path of the stars. O king, I myself then witnessed Droṇa's demise.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa (proper name)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having ascended, having mounted, having taken a position

• नक्षत्रपथम् (nakṣatrapatham) - path of the stars, celestial path

• आविशत् (āviśat) - entered

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, exactly

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw, I witnessed

• द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, demise, destruction

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a warrior and teacher)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: particle

दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, celestial region, day

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having ascended, having mounted, having taken a position

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) formed with suffix -ya after upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

नक्षत्रपथम् (nakṣatrapatham) - path of the stars, celestial path

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nakṣatrapatha

nakṣatrapatha - path of the stars, celestial path, orbit of constellations

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nakṣatra+patha)

• nakṣatra – star, constellation, lunar mansion
  noun (neuter)
• patha – path, road, way, course
  noun (masculine)

आविशत् (āviśat) - entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (Laṅ) of viś

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself, we

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

Note: emphasizes the preceding word

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw, I witnessed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Aorist (Luṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a warrior and teacher)

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, demise, destruction

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, demise, destruction, end

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men