महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-38, verse-20

स विचर्मा महाराज खड्गपाणिरुपाद्रवत् ।
कृपस्य वशमापन्नो मृत्योरास्यमिवातुरः ॥२०॥

20. sa vicarmā mahārāja khaḍgapāṇirupādravat ,
kṛpasya vaśamāpanno mṛtyorāsyamivāturaḥ.

20. sa vicarmā mahārāja khaḍgapāṇiḥ upādravat
kṛpasya vaśam āpannaḥ mṛtyoḥ āsyām iva āturaḥ

20. mahārāja saḥ vicarmā khaḍgapāṇiḥ kṛpasya vaśam
āpannaḥ āturaḥ mṛtyoḥ āsyām iva upādravat

20. O great king, he, now without a shield but sword in hand, rushed forward. Having fallen into Kṛpa's power, he was like a distressed man entering the mouth of death.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• विचर्मा (vicarmā) - shieldless, without a shield

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king!

• खड्गपाणिः (khaḍgapāṇiḥ) - sword in hand, armed with a sword

• उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - he rushed towards, he attacked

• कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kṛpa

• वशम् (vaśam) - power, control, will

• आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having obtained, fallen into, reached

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

• आस्याम् (āsyām) - mouth, face

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• आतुरः (āturaḥ) - distressed, afflicted, sick

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विचर्मा (vicarmā) - shieldless, without a shield

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicarman

vicarman - without skin; shieldless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+carman)

• vi – without, lacking
  indeclinable
• carman – skin, hide, shield
  noun (neuter)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

खड्गपाणिः (khaḍgapāṇiḥ) - sword in hand, armed with a sword

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaḍgapāṇi

khaḍgapāṇi - having a sword in hand, sword-handed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (khaḍga+pāṇi)

• khaḍga – sword, scimitar
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - he rushed towards, he attacked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dru

From root 'dru' (to run) with prefixes 'upa' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dru (class 1)

कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kṛpa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛpa

kṛpa - Kṛpa (a name of a warrior, an acharya in the Mahābhārata)

वशम् (vaśam) - power, control, will

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, power, control, authority

आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having obtained, fallen into, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āpanna

āpanna - obtained, reached, fallen into, distressed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'pad' (to go, fall) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death; the god of death (Yama)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

आस्याम् (āsyām) - mouth, face

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

आतुरः (āturaḥ) - distressed, afflicted, sick

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātura

ātura - afflicted, distressed, sick, suffering