महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-60

पराजयमथावाप्य परत्र च महद्भयम् ।
उभयेनैव ते हीना नाविन्दन्धृतिमात्मनः ॥६०॥

60. parājayamathāvāpya paratra ca mahadbhayam ,
ubhayenaiva te hīnā nāvindandhṛtimātmanaḥ.

60. parājayam atha avāpya paratra ca mahat bhayam
ubhayena eva te hīnāḥ na avindan dhṛtim ātmanaḥ

60. te parājayam avāpya ca paratra mahat bhayam
ubhayena eva hīnāḥ na avindan ātmanaḥ dhṛtim

60. After suffering defeat and also facing great fear regarding the afterlife, they were indeed deprived of both [victory and future well-being], and could not find their own inner fortitude (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• पराजयम् (parājayam) - defeat, overthrow, discomfiture

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अवाप्य (avāpya) - having suffered (defeat) (having obtained, having reached, having incurred)

• परत्र (paratra) - regarding the afterlife (in the other world, in the next world, elsewhere)

• च (ca) - and, also

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread, danger

• उभयेण (ubhayeṇa) - by both (defeat and fear) (by both, through both)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• ते (te) - they (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's soldiers) (they, those)

• हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - bereft of (victory and future well-being) (deprived of, devoid of, bereft of, inferior, abandoned)

• न (na) - not, no

• अविन्दन् (avindan) - they found, they obtained

• धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - fortitude, firmness, courage, steadfastness

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (inner fortitude) (of the self, of one's own, of the soul)

Words meanings and morphology

पराजयम् (parājayam) - defeat, overthrow, discomfiture

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parājaya

parājaya - defeat, overthrow, discomfiture

From prefix parā + root ji (to conquer).

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Object of 'avāpya'.

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Particle used to introduce a new sentence or thought.

अवाप्य (avāpya) - having suffered (defeat) (having obtained, having reached, having incurred)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Expresses prior action.

परत्र (paratra) - regarding the afterlife (in the other world, in the next world, elsewhere)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb derived from 'para' (other).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, immense, powerful

From root mah (to be great). Present participle form used as adjective.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhayam'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread, danger

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of 'avāpya' implied or understood with 'ca'.

उभयेण (ubhayeṇa) - by both (defeat and fear) (by both, through both)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ubhaya

ubhaya - both

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

ते (te) - they (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's soldiers) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, 3rd person.

Note: Subject of 'hīnāḥ' and 'avindan'.

हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - bereft of (victory and future well-being) (deprived of, devoid of, bereft of, inferior, abandoned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hīna

hīna - deprived of, devoid of, bereft of, inferior, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon, lose, quit).

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'te'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb 'avindan'.

अविन्दन् (avindan) - they found, they obtained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vid

Imperfect (Laṅ)

3rd person plural, active voice. Root 'vid' in 6th class (vindati) meaning 'to find' or 'to obtain'.

Root: vid (class 6)

धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - fortitude, firmness, courage, steadfastness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - fortitude, firmness, courage, steadfastness

From root dhṛ (to hold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'avindan'.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (inner fortitude) (of the self, of one's own, of the soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, essence

Masculine noun, n-stem.

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'dhṛtim' (fortitude of the self).