महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-50, verse-71

स दीर्घबाहुः पृथ्वंसो दीर्घराजीवलोचनः ।
अभिमन्युर्यथा वृत्तः श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं तथा ॥७१॥

71. sa dīrghabāhuḥ pṛthvaṁso dīrgharājīvalocanaḥ ,
abhimanyuryathā vṛttaḥ śrotumicchāmyahaṁ tathā.

71. saḥ dīrghabāhuḥ pṛthvaṃsaḥ dīrgharājīvalocanaḥ
abhimanyuḥ yathā vṛttaḥ śrotum icchāmi aham tathā

71. aham śrotum icchāmi tathā yathā saḥ dīrghabāhuḥ
pṛthvaṃsaḥ dīrgharājīvalocanaḥ abhimanyuḥ vṛttaḥ

71. I wish to hear precisely how Abhimanyu, the one with long arms, broad shoulders, and long, lotus-like eyes, met his fate.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to Abhimanyu. (he, that)

• दीर्घबाहुः (dīrghabāhuḥ) - An epithet of heroes and noble figures, signifying strength and reach. (long-armed)

• पृथ्वंसः (pṛthvaṁsaḥ) - An epithet of a warrior, signifying strength and valor. (broad-shouldered)

• दीर्घराजीवलोचनः (dīrgharājīvalocanaḥ) - An epithet of beauty, often used for heroic figures. (with long lotus-like eyes)

• अभिमन्युः (abhimanyuḥ) - Arjuna's heroic son, whose death is a source of great grief. (Abhimanyu)

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in what manner

• वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - In this sorrowful context, it implies 'how he died' or 'what happened to him' leading to his death. (happened, occurred, conducted oneself, met his fate)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Refers to Abhimanyu. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दीर्घबाहुः (dīrghabāhuḥ) - An epithet of heroes and noble figures, signifying strength and reach. (long-armed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīrghabāhu

dīrghabāhu - long-armed

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (dīrgha+bāhu)

• dīrgha – long
  adjective (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

पृथ्वंसः (pṛthvaṁsaḥ) - An epithet of a warrior, signifying strength and valor. (broad-shouldered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthvaṃsa

pṛthvaṁsa - broad-shouldered

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (pṛthu+aṃsa)

• pṛthu – broad, wide, large
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: pṛth (class 10)
• aṃsa – shoulder
  noun (masculine)

दीर्घराजीवलोचनः (dīrgharājīvalocanaḥ) - An epithet of beauty, often used for heroic figures. (with long lotus-like eyes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīrgharājīvalocana

dīrgharājīvalocana - having long lotus-like eyes

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (dīrgha+rājīva+locana)

• dīrgha – long
  adjective
• rājīva – blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'loc' (to see).
  Root: loc (class 10)

अभिमन्युः (abhimanyuḥ) - Arjuna's heroic son, whose death is a source of great grief. (Abhimanyu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhimanyu

abhimanyu - Abhimanyu (name of a heroic warrior, son of Arjuna)

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - In this sorrowful context, it implies 'how he died' or 'what happened to him' leading to his death. (happened, occurred, conducted oneself, met his fate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, conducted, behaved, met his fate

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛt' (to turn, to be, to happen) with kta suffix.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root 'śru' (to hear) with tumun suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Explicit subject for 'icchāmi'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)