महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-63, verse-27

तेषां च पृष्ठतो राज बलेन महता वृतः ।
जयद्रथस्ततो राजन्सूचिपाशे व्यवस्थितः ॥२७॥

27. teṣāṁ ca pṛṣṭhato rāja balena mahatā vṛtaḥ ,
jayadrathastato rājansūcipāśe vyavasthitaḥ.

27. teṣām ca pṛṣṭhataḥ rāja balena mahatā vṛtaḥ
jayadrathaḥ tataḥ rājan sūcipāśe vyavasthitaḥ

27. rāja rājan teṣām pṛṣṭhataḥ ca mahatā balena
vṛtaḥ jayadrathaḥ tataḥ sūcipāśe vyavasthitaḥ

27. And behind them, O King, Jayadratha was then stationed in the needle-array (sūcipāśa), surrounded by a great army.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (who were in front) (of them, to them)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind (from behind, behind, at the back)

• राज (rāja) - O king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

• बलेन (balena) - by an army, by force (by force, with strength, by an army)

• महता (mahatā) - by a great (army) (by great, with great)

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded (by a great army) (surrounded, covered, chosen)

• जयद्रथः (jayadrathaḥ) - Jayadratha (Jayadratha (proper name))

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

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

• सूचिपाशे (sūcipāśe) - in the military formation called 'needle-array' (in the needle-array, in the array of needles (military formation))

• व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ) - stationed (stationed, arranged, fixed, settled)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (who were in front) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of tad

tad - that, those

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind (from behind, behind, at the back)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pṛṣṭha (back) with the tas suffix.

राज (rāja) - O king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

Note: Shortened form of rājan in vocative singular.

बलेन (balena) - by an army, by force (by force, with strength, by an army)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

महता (mahatā) - by a great (army) (by great, with great)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded (by a great army) (surrounded, covered, chosen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, covered, chosen, appointed

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ (to cover, choose).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

जयद्रथः (jayadrathaḥ) - Jayadratha (Jayadratha (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jayadratha

jayadratha - Name of a king, son-in-law of Dhritarashtra

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, there, from that)

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

सूचिपाशे (sūcipāśe) - in the military formation called 'needle-array' (in the needle-array, in the array of needles (military formation))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sūcipāśa

sūcipāśa - needle-array (a particular military formation)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūci+pāśa)

• sūci – needle, point, tip
  noun (feminine)
  Root: siv
• pāśa – trap, snare, noose, array, band, chain
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pāś

व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ) - stationed (stationed, arranged, fixed, settled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - stationed, arranged, fixed, settled

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefixes vi and ava.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)