महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-31, verse-46

ध्रुवमेषु निमित्तेषु भूमिमावृत्य पार्थिवाः ।
स्वप्स्यन्ति निहताः कर्ण शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥४६॥

46. dhruvameṣu nimitteṣu bhūmimāvṛtya pārthivāḥ ,
svapsyanti nihatāḥ karṇa śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

46. dhruvam eṣu nimitteṣu bhūmim āvṛtya pārthivāḥ
svapsyanti nihatāḥ karṇa śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

46. karṇa dhruvam eṣu nimitteṣu bhūmim āvṛtya pārthivāḥ
nihatāḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ svapsyanti

46. O Karna, these omens surely indicate that kings, filling the earth, will lie dead, slain by hundreds and thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixedly

• एषु (eṣu) - in these

• निमित्तेषु (nimitteṣu) - in omens, in signs, in causes

• भूमिम् (bhūmim) - the earth, the ground

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, having surrounded, occupying

• पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings, princes, rulers

• स्वप्स्यन्ति (svapsyanti) - they will lie dead (they will sleep)

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, slain

• कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds

• अथ (atha) - then, and, now

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands

Words meanings and morphology

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

एषु (eṣu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Modifies 'nimitteṣu'.

निमित्तेषु (nimitteṣu) - in omens, in signs, in causes

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nimitta

nimitta - sign, omen, cause, motive

Root: mā (class 3)

भूमिम् (bhūmim) - the earth, the ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil, land

Note: Object of 'āvṛtya'.

आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, having surrounded, occupying

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root 'vṛ' with prefix 'ā', with suffix '-tya' for absolutives with prefixes.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Relates to 'pārthivāḥ'.

पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings, princes, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial; a king, prince, ruler (as lord of the earth)

Derived from 'pṛthivī' (earth).

Note: Subject of 'svapsyanti'.

स्वप्स्यन्ति (svapsyanti) - they will lie dead (they will sleep)

(verb)

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

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Euphemism for 'will die'.

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, struck down

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'pārthivāḥ'.

कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name); ear

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds

(indeclinable)

From 'śata' (hundred) with suffix '-śaḥ'.

अथ (atha) - then, and, now

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands

(indeclinable)

From 'sahasra' (thousand) with suffix '-śaḥ'.