महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-4, verse-88

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
हतप्रवीरे सैन्येऽस्मिन्मामके वदतां वर ।
अहताञ्शंस मे सूत येऽत्र जीवन्ति केचन ॥८८॥

88. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
hatapravīre sainye'sminmāmake vadatāṁ vara ,
ahatāñśaṁsa me sūta ye'tra jīvanti kecana.

88. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca hatapravīre sainye asmin māmake
vadatām vara ahatān śaṃsa me sūta ye atra jīvanti kecana

88. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca sūta vadatām vara me śaṃsa ahatān
ye kecana atra jīvanti asmin māmake hatapravīre sainye

88. Dhritarashtra said: 'O best among speakers (vara), O charioteer (sūta), tell me about those who are unslain and still live here in this army of mine, in which the chief warriors are slain.'

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हतप्रवीरे (hatapravīre) - referring to the army (sainye) (in which the chief warriors are slain, whose heroes are killed)

• सैन्ये (sainye) - in the army

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (army) (in this)

• मामके (māmake) - in my (army) (in my, in mine)

• वदताम् (vadatām) - among (those who are) speakers (of speakers, among speakers)

• वर (vara) - O best (of speakers), referring to Sanjaya (O best, O excellent one)

• अहतान् (ahatān) - those who are unslain (unslain, unharmed)

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare, relate

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• सूत (sūta) - O Sanjaya (Dhritarashtra's charioteer and narrator) (O charioteer)

• ये (ye) - who (plural)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they survive

• केचन (kecana) - some, any

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (a character in the Mahabharata, king of Hastinapura)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, irregular form

Root: vac (class 2)

हतप्रवीरे (hatapravīre) - referring to the army (sainye) (in which the chief warriors are slain, whose heroes are killed)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of hatapravīra

hatapravīra - whose chief warriors are slain

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+pravīra)

• hata – slain, killed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root han
  Root: han (class 2)
• pravīra – chief hero, valiant warrior
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra

सैन्ये (sainye) - in the army

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, military

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (army) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

मामके (māmake) - in my (army) (in my, in mine)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of māmaka

māmaka - my, mine, belonging to me

Possessive adjective derived from asmad

वदताम् (vadatām) - among (those who are) speakers (of speakers, among speakers)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, talking (present participle)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vad

Root: vad (class 1)

वर (vara) - O best (of speakers), referring to Sanjaya (O best, O excellent one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice

अहतान् (ahatān) - those who are unslain (unslain, unharmed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ahata

ahata - unslain, unharmed, unstruck

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Negated form of Past Passive Participle of root han

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hata)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• hata – slain, killed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root han
  Root: han (class 2)

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare, relate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

सूत (sūta) - O Sanjaya (Dhritarashtra's charioteer and narrator) (O charioteer)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald

ये (ye) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they survive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

केचन (kecana) - some, any

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka-cana

ka-cana - some, any, whoever

Indefinite pronoun formed by ka (interrogative) + cana (suffix)