महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-32

शोकमीयुः परं चैव कुरवः सर्व एव ते ।
अमन्यन्त च पुत्रं ते वैश्वानरमुखे हुतम् ॥३२॥

32. śokamīyuḥ paraṁ caiva kuravaḥ sarva eva te ,
amanyanta ca putraṁ te vaiśvānaramukhe hutam.

32. śokam īyuḥ param ca eva kuravaḥ sarve eva te
amanyanta ca putram te vaiśvānaramukhe hutam

32. ca,
eva,
te,
sarve,
kuravaḥ,
param,
śokam,
īyuḥ,
ca,
amanyanta,
te,
putram,
vaiśvānaramukhe,
hutam

32. And all those Kurus indeed experienced extreme sorrow. They considered your son as having been offered into the mouth of the sacrificial fire (Vaiśvānara).

Words meanings summery:

• शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, grief, lamentation

• ईयुः (īyuḥ) - they went, they attained, they experienced

• परम् (param) - extreme, great (supreme, highest, extreme, ultimate)

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus (descendants of Kuru)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• ते (te) - those

• अमन्यन्त (amanyanta) - they thought, they considered, they believed

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुत्रम् (putram) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

• ते (te) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (your, of you)

• वैश्वानरमुखे (vaiśvānaramukhe) - in the mouth of Vaiśvānara (the sacrificial fire)

• हुतम् (hutam) - offered as an oblation (offered, sacrificed (into fire))

Words meanings and morphology

शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, grief, lamentation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief

From root `śuc` (to grieve).

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Object of `īyuḥ`.

ईयुः (īyuḥ) - they went, they attained, they experienced

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of i

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect form of root `i` (to go).

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Verb for `kuravaḥ`.

परम् (param) - extreme, great (supreme, highest, extreme, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, excellent

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus (descendants of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - descendant of Kuru, the Kurus (people of Kuru's line)

Note: Subject of `īyuḥ` and `amanyanta`.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes `sarve kuravaḥ`.

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Nominative plural masculine of `tad`.

अमन्यन्त (amanyanta) - they thought, they considered, they believed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of man

Imperfect Middle

From root `man` (class 4).

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Joins the two main clauses.

पुत्रम् (putram) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

Note: Object of `amanyanta`.

ते (te) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Genitive singular of `tvad`.

Note: Possessive, refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

वैश्वानरमुखे (vaiśvānaramukhe) - in the mouth of Vaiśvānara (the sacrificial fire)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vaiśvānaramukha

vaiśvānaramukha - mouth of Vaiśvānara (the universal fire, especially sacrificial fire)

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaiśvānara+mukha)

• vaiśvānara – relating to all men, universal, fire god, sacrificial fire
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `viśva-nara`.
• mukha – mouth, face, opening, principal part
  noun (neuter)

हुतम् (hutam) - offered as an oblation (offered, sacrificed (into fire))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of huta

huta - offered, sacrificed, poured (into fire)

Past Passive Participle

From root `hu` (to offer, sacrifice).

Root: hu (class 3)

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