महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-76, verse-31

यथा हि मुखवर्णोऽयमनयोरिति मेनिरे ।
तव योधा महाराज हतमेव जयद्रथम् ॥३१॥

31. yathā hi mukhavarṇo'yamanayoriti menire ,
tava yodhā mahārāja hatameva jayadratham.

31. yathā hi mukhavarṇaḥ ayam anayoḥ iti menire
| tava yodhāḥ mahārāja hatam eva jayadratham

31. mahārāja tava yodhāḥ jayadratham hatam eva menire,
yathā hi ayam mukhavarṇaḥ anayoḥ iti.

31. O great king, your warriors indeed considered Jayadratha as already slain, just as this facial expression [of resolve] was evident on these two (Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• मुखवर्णः (mukhavarṇaḥ) - facial complexion, color of the face, expression

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• अनयोः (anayoḥ) - concerning Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (of these two, concerning these two)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (introduces reported speech or thought)

• मेनिरे (menire) - they considered, they thought, they believed

• तव (tava) - your

• योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• हतम् (hatam) - slain, killed

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, thus

• जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

मुखवर्णः (mukhavarṇaḥ) - facial complexion, color of the face, expression

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukhavarṇa

mukhavarṇa - facial complexion, color of the face, expression

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mukha+varṇa)

• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)
• varṇa – color, complexion, class
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

अनयोः (anayoḥ) - concerning Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (of these two, concerning these two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Can also be locative dual. Genitive makes more sense here.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (introduces reported speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

मेनिरे (menire) - they considered, they thought, they believed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

From root yudh 'to fight'

Root: yudh (class 4)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

हतम् (hatam) - slain, killed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) + ta suffix

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agreement with Jayadratham (accusative).

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, thus

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jayadratha

jayadratha - Jayadratha (name of a king)