महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-50, verse-17

एवं संकथयन्तौ तौ प्रविष्टौ शिबिरं स्वकम् ।
ददृशाते भृशास्वस्थान्पाण्डवान्नष्टचेतसः ॥१७॥

17. evaṁ saṁkathayantau tau praviṣṭau śibiraṁ svakam ,
dadṛśāte bhṛśāsvasthānpāṇḍavānnaṣṭacetasaḥ.

17. evaṃ saṃkathayantau tau praviṣṭau śibiram svakām
| dadṛśāte bhṛśa-asvasthān pāṇḍavān naṣṭa-cetasaḥ

17. evaṃ saṃkathayantau tau svakām śibiram praviṣṭau.
bhṛśa-asvasthān naṣṭa-cetasaḥ pāṇḍavān dadṛśāte.

17. Thus conversing, the two of them entered their own camp. There, they beheld the Pāṇḍavas, profoundly distressed and having lost their composure.

Words meanings summery:

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• संकथयन्तौ (saṁkathayantau) - conversing (conversing, speaking together)

• तौ (tau) - the two of them (Arjuna and Krishna) (those two, they (dual))

• प्रविष्टौ (praviṣṭau) - entered (entered, having entered)

• शिबिरम् (śibiram) - camp (camp, encampment)

• स्वकाम् (svakām) - their own (own, one's own)

• ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they beheld (they (dual) saw, beheld)

• भृश (bhṛśa) - profoundly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

• अस्वस्थान् (asvasthān) - distressed (unwell, distressed, agitated, uneasy)

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas (the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu))

• नष्ट-चेतसः (naṣṭa-cetasaḥ) - having lost their composure (senses) (whose mind/consciousness is lost, dispirited)

Words meanings and morphology

एवं (evaṁ) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

संकथयन्तौ (saṁkathayantau) - conversing (conversing, speaking together)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃkathayat

saṁkathayat - conversing, speaking together

Present Active Participle

from sam- + kath (to speak) + śatṛ

Prefix: sam

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'tau'

तौ (tau) - the two of them (Arjuna and Krishna) (those two, they (dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Arjuna and Krishna

प्रविष्टौ (praviṣṭau) - entered (entered, having entered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, having entered

Past Passive Participle

from pra- + viś (to enter) + kta

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'tau'

शिबिरम् (śibiram) - camp (camp, encampment)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śibira

śibira - camp, encampment

Note: Object of 'praviṣṭau'

स्वकाम् (svakām) - their own (own, one's own)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - own, one's own

Note: Qualifies 'śibiram'

ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they beheld (they (dual) saw, beheld)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

perfect middle

from dṛś (to see), perfect middle, 3rd dual

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'tau'

भृश (bhṛśa) - profoundly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of compound 'bhṛśa-asvasthān'

अस्वस्थान् (asvasthān) - distressed (unwell, distressed, agitated, uneasy)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asvastha

asvastha - unwell, distressed, agitated, uneasy

a (negative) + svastha (well, at ease)

Compound type : negation (a+svastha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• svastha – well, healthy, at ease, composed
  adjective (masculine)
  su (well) + stha (standing)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'pāṇḍavān'. The entire compound 'bhṛśa-asvastha' acts as one adjective.

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas (the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu

derivative of Pāṇḍu

Note: Object of 'dadṛśāte'

नष्ट-चेतसः (naṣṭa-cetasaḥ) - having lost their composure (senses) (whose mind/consciousness is lost, dispirited)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of naṣṭacetas

naṣṭacetas - one whose consciousness is lost, dispirited

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+cetas)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from naś (to perish) + kta
  Root: naś (class 4)
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'pāṇḍavān'