महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-5, verse-36

संजय उवाच ।
स एवमभ्यनुज्ञातश्चक्रे सेनापतिं ततः ।
द्रोणं तव सुतो राजन्विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥३६॥

36. saṁjaya uvāca ,
sa evamabhyanujñātaścakre senāpatiṁ tataḥ ,
droṇaṁ tava suto rājanvidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā.

36. saṃjaya uvāca saḥ evam abhyanujñātaḥ cakre senāpatim
tataḥ droṇam tava sutaḥ rājan vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

36. saṃjaya uvāca rājan tava sutaḥ saḥ evam abhyanujñātaḥ
tataḥ droṇam senāpatim vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā cakre

36. Saṃjaya said: O King, your son (Duryodhana), thus permitted (by Bhishma), then made Droṇa the commander-in-chief, following the procedures prescribed by sacred law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• संजय (saṁjaya) - Sanjaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सः (saḥ) - he (Duryodhana) (he)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - having been permitted (by Bhishma) (having been permitted, authorized)

• चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did

• सेनापतिम् (senāpatim) - commander-in-chief

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona (name)

• तव (tava) - your

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• विधिदृष्टेन (vidhidṛṣṭena) - by procedures prescribed by sacred law (dharma) (by what is seen in sacred law, by prescribed rules)

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by procedure (by action, by deed, by procedure)

Words meanings and morphology

संजय (saṁjaya) - Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (name of Vyasa's charioteer and narrator)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (Duryodhana) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - having been permitted (by Bhishma) (having been permitted, authorized)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyanujñāta

abhyanujñāta - permitted, allowed, authorized

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jñā with prefixes abhi and anu.

Prefixes: abhi+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सेनापतिम् (senāpatim) - commander-in-chief

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpurusha (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona (name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (a character in the Mahabharata, guru of the Kauravas and Pandavas)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born, begotten

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root su (to beget, give birth).

Root: su (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

विधिदृष्टेन (vidhidṛṣṭena) - by procedures prescribed by sacred law (dharma) (by what is seen in sacred law, by prescribed rules)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vidhidṛṣṭa

vidhidṛṣṭa - seen according to rule, prescribed by sacred law

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidhi+dṛṣṭa)

• vidhi – rule, ordinance, sacred precept, manner
  noun (masculine)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, observed, prescribed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by procedure (by action, by deed, by procedure)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)