महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-9, verse-50

शताद्विशिष्टं यं युद्धे समपश्यन्त वृष्णयः ।
चेकितानं महेष्वासं कस्तं द्रोणादवारयत् ॥५०॥

50. śatādviśiṣṭaṁ yaṁ yuddhe samapaśyanta vṛṣṇayaḥ ,
cekitānaṁ maheṣvāsaṁ kastaṁ droṇādavārayat.

50. śatāt viśiṣṭam yam yuddhe samapaśyanta vṛṣṇayaḥ
| cekitānam maheṣvāsam kaḥ tam droṇāt avārayat

50. vṛṣṇayaḥ yam yuddhe śatāt viśiṣṭam maheṣvāsam cekitānam samapaśyanta,
kaḥ tam droṇāt avārayat

50. The Vṛṣṇis considered Chekitana, the great archer, to be superior to a hundred (warriors) in battle. Who could possibly stop him from confronting Droṇa?

Words meanings summery:

• शतात् (śatāt) - than a hundred (warriors) (than a hundred, from a hundred)

• विशिष्टम् (viśiṣṭam) - superior (excellent, distinguished, superior)

• यम् (yam) - whom (whom, which)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

• समपश्यन्त (samapaśyanta) - they considered, they regarded (they saw, they beheld, they considered)

• वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ) - the Vṛṣṇis (the Vṛṣṇis (a Yadava clan))

• चेकितानम् (cekitānam) - Chekitana (Chekitana (name of a warrior))

• महेष्वासम् (maheṣvāsam) - great archer

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• तम् (tam) - him (him, that)

• द्रोणात् (droṇāt) - from Droṇa (in the sense of stopping him from confronting Droṇa) (from Droṇa)

• अवारयत् (avārayat) - stopped, prevented (stopped, held back, prevented)

Words meanings and morphology

शतात् (śatāt) - than a hundred (warriors) (than a hundred, from a hundred)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred

विशिष्टम् (viśiṣṭam) - superior (excellent, distinguished, superior)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśiṣṭa

viśiṣṭa - distinguished, excellent, superior

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śiṣ ('to remain, to distinguish') with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'yam' and 'cekitānam'.

यम् (yam) - whom (whom, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

Note: Relative pronoun referring to Chekitana.

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

समपश्यन्त (samapaśyanta) - they considered, they regarded (they saw, they beheld, they considered)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect Active

Root dṛś, takes paśya- stem in present system. With prefix sam- and augment 'a'

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The 'a' prefix (augment) indicates past tense.

वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ) - the Vṛṣṇis (the Vṛṣṇis (a Yadava clan))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇi

vṛṣṇi - Vṛṣṇi (name of a Yadava tribe/clan)

Note: Subject of 'samapaśyanta'.

चेकितानम् (cekitānam) - Chekitana (Chekitana (name of a warrior))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cekitāna

cekitāna - Chekitana (name of a warrior, son of Dhṛṣṭaketu, from the Vṛṣṇi clan)

Note: Object of 'samapaśyanta'.

महेष्वासम् (maheṣvāsam) - great archer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• iṣvāsa – archer (literally, 'one who shoots arrows')
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'cekitānam'.

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, subject of 'avārayat'.

तम् (tam) - him (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun referring to Chekitana.

द्रोणात् (droṇāt) - from Droṇa (in the sense of stopping him from confronting Droṇa) (from Droṇa)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of the teacher of the Kauravas and Pandavas)

Note: Used with 'avārayat' meaning to avert or prevent from.

अवारयत् (avārayat) - stopped, prevented (stopped, held back, prevented)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛ

Imperfect Active

Root vṛ, caus. stem vāray. With augment 'a'

Root: vṛ (class 10)

Note: The 'a' prefix (augment) indicates past tense.