महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-8, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
किं कुर्वाणं रणे द्रोणं जघ्नुः पाण्डवसृञ्जयाः ।
तथा निपुणमस्त्रेषु सर्वशस्त्रभृतामपि ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
kiṁ kurvāṇaṁ raṇe droṇaṁ jaghnuḥ pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ ,
tathā nipuṇamastreṣu sarvaśastrabhṛtāmapi.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca kim kurvāṇam raṇe droṇam jaghnuḥ
pāṇḍava-sṛñjayāḥ tathā nipuṇam astreṣu sarva-śastra-bhṛtām api

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca pāṇḍava-sṛñjayāḥ raṇe astreṣu tathā
sarva-śastra-bhṛtām api nipuṇam droṇam kim kurvāṇam jaghnuḥ

1. Dhritarashtra said: While doing what in battle, did the Pāṇḍavas and Sṛñjayas kill Droṇa, who was so skillful in weapons, even among all weapon-bearers?

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what?, how?

• कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - doing, performing

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona (the preceptor)

• जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - killed, struck down

• पाण्डव-सृञ्जयाः (pāṇḍava-sṛñjayāḥ) - the Pandavas and Srinjayas

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

• निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - skillful, expert, clever

• अस्त्रेषु (astreṣu) - in weapons, in missiles

• सर्व-शस्त्र-भृताम् (sarva-śastra-bhṛtām) - of all weapon-bearers

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (name of a king); he who holds the kingdom

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?, how?

(indeclinable)

कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - doing, performing

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - doing, performing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root kṛ (to do), used as adjective.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with Droṇam

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war, conflict

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona (the preceptor)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (name of the teacher of the Kuru princes); a measure, a kind of vessel

जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - killed, struck down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of han

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural of √han

Root: han (class 2)

पाण्डव-सृञ्जयाः (pāṇḍava-sṛñjayāḥ) - the Pandavas and Srinjayas

(compound noun)

Compound type : dvandva (pāṇḍava+sṛñjaya)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pandu; a son of Pandu
  noun (masculine)
• sṛñjaya – name of a king or a tribe
  proper noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - skillful, expert, clever

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nipuṇa

nipuṇa - skillful, clever, expert, able

Note: Agrees with Droṇam

अस्त्रेषु (astreṣu) - in weapons, in missiles

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of astra

astra - weapon, missile, projectile

सर्व-शस्त्र-भृताम् (sarva-śastra-bhṛtām) - of all weapon-bearers

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+śastra+bhṛt)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• śastra – weapon, instrument, missile
  noun (neuter)
• bhṛt – bearing, carrying, maintaining, bearer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, carry)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)