महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-90, verse-5

तस्मादद्य स्थिरो भूत्वा ज्ञात्वा लोकस्य निर्णयम् ।
शृणु युद्धं यथा वृत्तं घोरं देवासुरोपमम् ॥५॥

5. tasmādadya sthiro bhūtvā jñātvā lokasya nirṇayam ,
śṛṇu yuddhaṁ yathā vṛttaṁ ghoraṁ devāsuropamam.

5. tasmāt adya sthiraḥ bhūtvā jñātvā lokasya nirṇayam
śṛṇu yuddham yathā vṛttam ghoram devāsurupamam

5. tasmāt adya sthiraḥ bhūtvā lokasya nirṇayam jñātvā
ghoram devāsurupamam yuddham yathā vṛttam śṛṇu

5. Therefore, today, having composed yourself and understood the world's judgment (nirṇayam), listen to how the terrible battle, resembling the conflict between gods and asuras, truly occurred.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - firm, steady, resolute, composed

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, after being

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of people

• निर्णयम् (nirṇayam) - decision, judgment, conclusion

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, just as

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - transpired, occurred, happened

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• देवासुरुपमम् (devāsurupamam) - like that between gods and demons

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Used as an adverbial 'therefore'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - firm, steady, resolute, composed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthira

sthira - firm, steady, stable, resolute, composed

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (you, Dhritarashtra).

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, after being

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: jñā (class 9)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, region

Note: Possessive case, qualifying 'nirṇayam'.

निर्णयम् (nirṇayam) - decision, judgment, conclusion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirṇaya

nirṇaya - decision, judgment, conclusion, ascertainment

Derived from root 'nī' with prefix 'nir'.

Prefix: nir

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Object of 'jñātvā'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative

Second person singular imperative form of root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

From root 'yudh'.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.

यथा (yathā) - as, how, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a clause describing how the battle transpired.

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - transpired, occurred, happened

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - occurred, happened, transpired, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vṛt'.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, awful

Note: Agrees with 'yuddham'.

देवासुरुपमम् (devāsurupamam) - like that between gods and demons

(adjective)

neuter, singular of devāsurupama

devāsurupama - resembling gods and asuras, like the conflict between gods and asuras

Compound formed from 'deva' (god), 'asura' (demon), and 'upama' (comparison, resemblance).

Compound type : tatpurusha / bahuvrihi (deva+asura+upama)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, titan, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, simile, likeness
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'yuddham'.