महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-18, verse-54

व्यावर्तये तत्र रथं नदीवेगमिवार्णवात् ।
अवध्यं ब्राह्मणं मन्ये येन ते विक्रमो हतः ॥५४॥

54. vyāvartaye tatra rathaṁ nadīvegamivārṇavāt ,
avadhyaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ manye yena te vikramo hataḥ.

54. vyāvartaye tatra ratham nadīvegam iva arṇavāt
avadhyam brāhmaṇam manye yena te vikramaḥ hataḥ

54. tatra arṇavāt nadīvegam iva ratham vyāvartaye yena te vikramaḥ hataḥ,
tam brāhmaṇam avadhyam manye

54. In that situation, I turn back the chariot, just as the ocean repels the force of a river. I consider a Brahmin to be invulnerable, by whom your valor was indeed destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यावर्तये (vyāvartaye) - I turn back, I deflect, I repel

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that situation

• रथम् (ratham) - chariot

• नदीवेगम् (nadīvegam) - river current, force of a river

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean, from the sea

• अवध्यम् (avadhyam) - not to be killed, inviolable, invulnerable

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

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

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• ते (te) - your

• विक्रमः (vikramaḥ) - valor, prowess, might

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, destroyed, struck down

Words meanings and morphology

व्यावर्तये (vyāvartaye) - I turn back, I deflect, I repel

(verb)

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

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that situation

(indeclinable)

adverb of place derived from tad (that)

रथम् (ratham) - chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot

नदीवेगम् (nadīvegam) - river current, force of a river

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nadīvega

nadīvega - current of a river, speed of a river

compound of nadī (river) and vega (speed, force)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+vega)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• vega – speed, velocity, impulse, current, force
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean, from the sea

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood

अवध्यम् (avadhyam) - not to be killed, inviolable, invulnerable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avadhya

avadhya - not to be killed, inviolable, invulnerable

Gerundive

Gerundive of vadh (to kill) with negative prefix a-

Root: vadh (class 1)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, priest, relating to Brahman

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

(verb)

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

Root: man (class 4)

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

विक्रमः (vikramaḥ) - valor, prowess, might

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikrama

vikrama - valor, prowess, might, courage, heroic stride

from vi-kram (to step forth, be powerful)

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, destroyed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)