महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-52, verse-9

प्रहर्षं पाण्डवेयानां श्रुत्वा मम महद्भयम् ।
सीदन्तीव च मेऽङ्गानि मुमूर्षोरिव पार्थिवाः ॥९॥

9. praharṣaṁ pāṇḍaveyānāṁ śrutvā mama mahadbhayam ,
sīdantīva ca me'ṅgāni mumūrṣoriva pārthivāḥ.

9. praharṣam pāṇḍaveyānām śrutvā mama mahat bhayam
sīdanti iva ca me aṅgāni mumūrṣoḥ iva pārthivāḥ

9. pārthivāḥ,
pāṇḍaveyānām praharṣam śrutvā,
mama mahat bhayam (jāyate).
ca me aṅgāni mumūrṣoḥ iva sīdanti iva.

9. Having heard of the great joy of the Pandavas, a great fear (bhayam) arises in me. And my limbs, O kings (pārthivāḥ), feel as if they are failing, like those of one who is about to die.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रहर्षम् (praharṣam) - great joy, elation (great joy, elation, delight)

• पाण्डवेयानाम् (pāṇḍaveyānām) - of the Pandavas (of the Pandavas, belonging to the sons of Pandu)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

• मम (mama) - my (refers to the speaker, Duryodhana) (my, of me)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (bhayam) (fear, dread, alarm, danger)

• सीदन्ति (sīdanti) - they feel as if failing, sinking (they sink, they sit down, they become dejected, they fail)

• इव (iva) - as if, like (like, as, as if, indeed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• मे (me) - my (refers to Duryodhana's limbs) (my, to me)

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (of Duryodhana) (limbs, body parts)

• मुमूर्षोः (mumūrṣoḥ) - of one who is about to die (of one wishing to die, of one about to die)

• इव (iva) - like (comparison for the state of the limbs) (like, as, as if, indeed)

• पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - O kings (pārthivāḥ) (addressing the assembled warriors) (O kings, O rulers, O earthly ones)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रहर्षम् (praharṣam) - great joy, elation (great joy, elation, delight)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of praharṣa

praharṣa - great joy, delight, elation, ecstasy

derived from root hṛṣ (to thrill, rejoice) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of the gerund 'śrutvā'.

पाण्डवेयानाम् (pāṇḍaveyānām) - of the Pandavas (of the Pandavas, belonging to the sons of Pandu)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍaveya

pāṇḍaveya - son of Pāṇḍu, a Pandava

patronymic from Pāṇḍu

Note: Possessive of 'praharṣam'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

indeclinable participle, formed from root śru + suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

मम (mama) - my (refers to the speaker, Duryodhana) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person pronoun

Note: Possessive of 'mahat bhayam'.

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important, noble

Note: Agrees with 'bhayam'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (bhayam) (fear, dread, alarm, danger)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, alarm, danger

derived from root bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

सीदन्ति (sīdanti) - they feel as if failing, sinking (they sink, they sit down, they become dejected, they fail)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sad

root verb, third person plural present active indicative

Root: sad (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like (like, as, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

Note: Used twice in the verse, with different referents.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

Note: Connects the two clauses about fear and limbs.

मे (me) - my (refers to Duryodhana's limbs) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person pronoun, enclitic form

Note: Possessive of 'aṅgāni'.

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (of Duryodhana) (limbs, body parts)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body part, body, member, division

Note: Subject of 'sīdanti'.

मुमूर्षोः (mumūrṣoḥ) - of one who is about to die (of one wishing to die, of one about to die)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mumūrṣu

mumūrṣu - wishing to die, about to die, desirous of death

Desiderative Participle

derived from desiderative stem of root mṛ (to die) with suffix -u

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Comparison for the state of limbs.

इव (iva) - like (comparison for the state of the limbs) (like, as, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

Note: Second instance of comparison in the verse.

पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - O kings (pārthivāḥ) (addressing the assembled warriors) (O kings, O rulers, O earthly ones)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - king, ruler, prince, earthly, terrestrial

derived from pṛthivī (earth)

Note: Address to the audience (Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his retinue, or Duryodhana to his generals).