महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-9, verse-41

स्त्रीपूर्वो यो नरव्याघ्रो यः स वेद गुणागुणान् ।
शिखण्डिनं याज्ञसेनिमम्लानमनसं युधि ॥४१॥

41. strīpūrvo yo naravyāghro yaḥ sa veda guṇāguṇān ,
śikhaṇḍinaṁ yājñasenimamlānamanasaṁ yudhi.

41. strīpūrvaḥ yaḥ naravyāghraḥ yaḥ saḥ veda guṇāguṇān
śikhaṇḍinam yājñasenim amlanamanasam yudhi

41. kaḥ tam śikhaṇḍinam yājñasenim amlanamanasam yudhi,
yaḥ strīpūrvaḥ naravyāghraḥ yaḥ saḥ guṇāguṇān veda,
droṇāt avārayat?

41. Who prevented that tiger among men (naravyāghra), Śikhaṇḍin, who was formerly a woman, who knows merits and demerits, (who was) born of a sacrifice (yājñaseni), and possessed an unfaltering mind (amlanamanasa) in battle (yudhi), from (attacking) Droṇa?

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रीपूर्वः (strīpūrvaḥ) - who was formerly a woman (formerly a woman, having a woman as a prior state)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

• नरव्याघ्रः (naravyāghraḥ) - a tiger among men (tiger among men, foremost of men)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

• वेद (veda) - knows (he knows, he understands)

• गुणागुणान् (guṇāguṇān) - merits and demerits (merits and demerits, good qualities and bad qualities)

• शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Śikhaṇḍin (Śikhaṇḍin (proper name))

• याज्ञसेनिम् (yājñasenim) - (Śikhaṇḍin) born of a sacrifice (son of Yajñasena/Drupada (born from a sacrifice))

• अम्लनमनसम् (amlanamanasam) - who possessed an unfaltering mind (of unfaltering mind, having an unfaded spirit)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in fight)

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रीपूर्वः (strīpūrvaḥ) - who was formerly a woman (formerly a woman, having a woman as a prior state)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of strīpūrva

strīpūrva - preceded by a woman, formerly a woman

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (strī+pūrva)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• pūrva – former, prior, preceding
  adjective (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

नरव्याघ्रः (naravyāghraḥ) - a tiger among men (tiger among men, foremost of men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, best of men, foremost man

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Corresponds to the relative yaḥ.

वेद (veda) - knows (he knows, he understands)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (liṭ) of vid

Perfect

Perfect 3rd singular active (used with present meaning)

Root: vid (class 2)

गुणागुणान् (guṇāguṇān) - merits and demerits (merits and demerits, good qualities and bad qualities)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇāguṇa

guṇāguṇa - merits and demerits, good and bad qualities

Compound type : Dvanda (guṇa+aguṇa)

• guṇa – quality, merit, virtue, strand
  noun (masculine)
• aguṇa – absence of quality, demerit, fault
  noun (masculine)

शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Śikhaṇḍin (Śikhaṇḍin (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍin (name of a warrior, son of Drupada)

Note: This is the implicit object of the unstated verb from previous verses (avārayat).

याज्ञसेनिम् (yājñasenim) - (Śikhaṇḍin) born of a sacrifice (son of Yajñasena/Drupada (born from a sacrifice))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yājñaseni

yājñaseni - son of Yajñasena/Drupada, born of a sacrifice (e.g., Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

Derived from yajñasena (Drupada's other name, or 'sacrifice-army') + i suffix, meaning 'descendant of' or 'related to'.

Note: Epithet for Śikhaṇḍin.

अम्लनमनसम् (amlanamanasam) - who possessed an unfaltering mind (of unfaltering mind, having an unfaded spirit)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amlanamanas

amlanamanas - having an unfaded/unfaltering mind or spirit, undaunted

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (a+mlāna+manas)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• mlāna – faded, withered, languid, depressed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √mlai
  Root: mlai (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, spirit
  noun (neuter)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in fight)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)