महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-95, verse-5

अतोऽन्यं पृतनाशेषं मन्ये कुनदिकामिव ।
तर्तव्यामल्पसलिलां चोदयाश्वानसंभ्रमम् ॥५॥

5. ato'nyaṁ pṛtanāśeṣaṁ manye kunadikāmiva ,
tartavyāmalpasalilāṁ codayāśvānasaṁbhramam.

5. ataḥ anyam pṛtanāśeṣam manye kunadikām iva
tartavyām alpasalilām codaya aśvān asaṃbhramam

5. ataḥ,
anyam pṛtanāśeṣam alpasalilām tartavyām kunadikām iva manye.
aśvān asaṃbhramam codaya.

5. Therefore, I consider the remaining army to be like a small river (kunadikā) with shallow water, easy to cross. So, urge the horses forward swiftly and without confusion.

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

• अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

• पृतनाशेषम् (pṛtanāśeṣam) - the remaining army, the rest of the army

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

• कुनदिकाम् (kunadikām) - a small river, an insignificant river

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• तर्तव्याम् (tartavyām) - to be crossed, crossable

• अल्पसलिलाम् (alpasalilām) - having little water, shallow-watered

• चोदय (codaya) - urge, impel, drive, command

• अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

• असंभ्रमम् (asaṁbhramam) - without confusion, swiftly, fearlessly

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

(indeclinable)

From idam (this) + tasi suffix.

अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Qualifies 'pṛtanāśeṣam'.

पृतनाशेषम् (pṛtanāśeṣam) - the remaining army, the rest of the army

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pṛtanāśeṣa

pṛtanāśeṣa - remaining army, remnant of the army

Compound of pṛtanā (army) + śeṣa (remainder).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛtanā+śeṣa)

• pṛtanā – battle, army, host
  noun (feminine)
  From root pṛt (to fight).
  Root: pṛt (class 6)
• śeṣa – remainder, rest, residue
  noun (masculine)
  From root śiṣ (to leave, remain).
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Object of 'manye'.

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present middle voice.

Root: man (class 4)

कुनदिकाम् (kunadikām) - a small river, an insignificant river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kunadikā

kunadikā - a small river, a contemptible or bad river

Compound of ku (bad, small, inferior) + nadikā (small river).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ku+nadikā)

• ku – bad, evil, small, contemptible (prefix)
  indeclinable
  An uninflected prefix used to denote badness, smallness, or contempt.
• nadikā – small river, rivulet
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive of nadī (river).
  Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Object of comparison for 'pṛtanāśeṣam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

तर्तव्याम् (tartavyām) - to be crossed, crossable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tartavya

tartavya - to be crossed, capable of being traversed

Gerundive

From root tṛ (to cross) + suffix tavya.

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kunadikām'.

अल्पसलिलाम् (alpasalilām) - having little water, shallow-watered

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of alpasalila

alpasalila - having little water, shallow

Bahuvrihi compound of alpa (little) + salila (water).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alpa+salila)

• alpa – little, small, few
  adjective (masculine)
• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
  From root sṛ (to flow) with sa.
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kunadikām'.

चोदय (codaya) - urge, impel, drive, command

(verb)

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

Causative formation

Causative from root cud (to impel) or directly from root cod (to urge). Imperative, 2nd person singular.

Root: cud (class 10)

अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

Note: Object of 'codaya'.

असंभ्रमम् (asaṁbhramam) - without confusion, swiftly, fearlessly

(indeclinable)

Compound of a (not) + saṃbhrama (confusion, haste, flurry).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhrama)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saṃbhrama – confusion, haste, flurry, agitation, reverence
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander, to be agitated) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'codaya'.