महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-22, verse-22

युद्धेषु नाम दिव्येषु वर्तमानेषु संजय ।
अश्रौषं निहतान्पुत्रान्नित्यमेव च निर्जितान् ॥२२॥

22. yuddheṣu nāma divyeṣu vartamāneṣu saṁjaya ,
aśrauṣaṁ nihatānputrānnityameva ca nirjitān.

22. yuddheṣu nāma divyeṣu vartamāneṣu saṃjaya
aśrauṣam nihatān putrān nityam eva ca nirjitān

22. saṃjaya yuddheṣu nāma divyeṣu vartamāneṣu (aham)
nihatān putrān ca nityam eva nirjitān aśrauṣam

22. Sañjaya, in the ongoing, indeed divine, battles, I heard that my sons were slain and constantly defeated.

Words meanings summery:

• युद्धेषु (yuddheṣu) - in battles, in wars

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, forsooth

• दिव्येषु (divyeṣu) - divine, celestial, heavenly

• वर्तमानेषु (vartamāneṣu) - in the ongoing, in the present, while happening

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sañjaya!

• अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

• निहतान् (nihatān) - slain, killed, struck down

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons, the Kauravas. (sons)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• च (ca) - and, also

• निर्जितान् (nirjitān) - defeated, conquered

Words meanings and morphology

युद्धेषु (yuddheṣu) - in battles, in wars

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight, combat

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From the root yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, forsooth

(indeclinable)

दिव्येषु (divyeṣu) - divine, celestial, heavenly

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of divya

divya - divine, celestial, heavenly, supernatural

वर्तमानेषु (vartamāneṣu) - in the ongoing, in the present, while happening

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of vartamāna

vartamāna - being, existing, present, current, ongoing

Present Active Participle

From the root vṛt (to be, to exist, to turn), ātmanepada participle.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sañjaya!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sañjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

निहतान् (nihatān) - slain, killed, struck down

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - slain, killed, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From the root han (to strike, kill) with the prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

पुत्रान् (putrān) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons, the Kauravas. (sons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निर्जितान् (nirjitān) - defeated, conquered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nirjita

nirjita - defeated, conquered, overcome

Past Passive Participle

From the root ji (to conquer) with the prefix nir.

Prefix: nir

Root: ji (class 1)