महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-3

किं नु वक्ष्यन्ति ते क्षात्रं सैन्यमध्ये पराजिताः ।
कथं च सात्यकिर्युद्धे व्यतिक्रान्तो महायशाः ॥३॥

3. kiṁ nu vakṣyanti te kṣātraṁ sainyamadhye parājitāḥ ,
kathaṁ ca sātyakiryuddhe vyatikrānto mahāyaśāḥ.

3. kim nu vakṣyanti te kṣātraṃ sainyamadhye parājitāḥ
kathaṃ ca sātyakiḥ yuddhe vyatikrāntaḥ mahāyaśāḥ

3. te parājitāḥ sainyamadhye kṣātraṃ kim nu vakṣyanti?
ca mahāyaśāḥ sātyakiḥ yuddhe kathaṃ vyatikrāntaḥ?

3. What will they say about the warrior (kṣātra) conduct of those who were defeated amidst the army? And how did the highly renowned Sātyaki manage to overcome (our forces) in battle?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? why? how?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

• वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - they will speak, they will say

• ते (te) - those, they

• क्षात्रम् (kṣātram) - warrior conduct (kṣātra) (valor, warrior-like conduct, the duty of a kṣatriya)

• सैन्यमध्ये (sainyamadhye) - amidst the army

• पराजिताः (parājitāḥ) - defeated

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• च (ca) - and, also

• सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki (a hero on the Pāṇḍava side)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• व्यतिक्रान्तः (vyatikrāntaḥ) - passed beyond, overcome, traversed, got past

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned, very famous, glorious

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? why? how?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - they will speak, they will say

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षात्रम् (kṣātram) - warrior conduct (kṣātra) (valor, warrior-like conduct, the duty of a kṣatriya)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣātra

kṣātra - pertaining to a kṣatriya; valor, warrior-like conduct, the duty of a kṣatriya

सैन्यमध्ये (sainyamadhye) - amidst the army

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sainyamadhya

sainyamadhya - the middle of the army, amidst the army

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sainya+madhya)

• sainya – army, host, military
  noun (neuter)
• madhya – middle, midst, center
  noun (neuter)

पराजिताः (parājitāḥ) - defeated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parājita

parājita - defeated, conquered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'ji' with prefix 'parā'.

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki (a hero on the Pāṇḍava side)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sātyaki

sātyaki - Sātyaki (name of a Vṛṣṇi hero, Kṛṣṇa's charioteer and warrior)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

व्यतिक्रान्तः (vyatikrāntaḥ) - passed beyond, overcome, traversed, got past

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyatikrānta

vyatikrānta - passed over, transgressed, passed beyond, overcome

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kram' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ati'.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: kram (class 1)

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned, very famous, glorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - highly renowned, very famous, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+yaśas)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• yaśas – fame, glory, honor, renown
  noun (neuter)