महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-5, verse-62

अन्तरेण हतावेतौ छलेन च विशेषतः ।
अश्रौषमहमेतद्वै भीष्मद्रोणौ निपातितौ ॥६२॥

62. antareṇa hatāvetau chalena ca viśeṣataḥ ,
aśrauṣamahametadvai bhīṣmadroṇau nipātitau.

62. antareṇa hatau etau chalena ca viśeṣataḥ
aśrauṣam aham etat vai bhīṣma-droṇau nipātitau

62. aham etad vai aśrauṣam: etau bhīṣma-droṇau antareṇa
chalena ca viśeṣataḥ hatau nipātitau (āsītām)

62. These two were killed unfairly, by deceit, and particularly so. I indeed heard this, that Bhishma and Drona were felled.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तरेण (antareṇa) - unfairly, due to a lapse or opportune moment (unfairly, by means of an interval/opportunity, in the middle of)

• हतौ (hatau) - these two (Bhishma and Drona) were killed (killed (two))

• एतौ (etau) - these two (Bhishma and Drona) (these two)

• छलेन (chalena) - by deceitful means (by deceit, by trickery)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - particularly so (especially, particularly, specifically)

• अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

• अहम् (aham) - I (Sañjaya) (I)

• एतत् (etat) - this (fact of their killing) (this)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, verily)

• भीष्म-द्रोणौ (bhīṣma-droṇau) - Bhishma and Drona

• निपातितौ (nipātitau) - felled, killed (Bhishma and Drona) (felled, caused to fall, killed (two))

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तरेण (antareṇa) - unfairly, due to a lapse or opportune moment (unfairly, by means of an interval/opportunity, in the middle of)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to imply an unfair or opportune manner of killing.

हतौ (hatau) - these two (Bhishma and Drona) were killed (killed (two))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'etau' and refers to Bhishma and Drona.

एतौ (etau) - these two (Bhishma and Drona) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etas

etas - this, these

Note: Refers to Bhishma and Drona.

छलेन (chalena) - by deceitful means (by deceit, by trickery)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of chala

chala - deceit, trick, fraud, pretext

Root: chal (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means of killing.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - particularly so (especially, particularly, specifically)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'viśeṣa' (distinction, specialty) with suffix -tas.

अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

(verb)

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

Aorist

Root aorist, sigmatic aorist form.

Root: śru (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I (Sañjaya) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Refers to Sañjaya, the narrator.

एतत् (etat) - this (fact of their killing) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, these

Note: Object of 'aśrauṣam'.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, verily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis.

भीष्म-द्रोणौ (bhīṣma-droṇau) - Bhishma and Drona

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhīṣma-droṇa

bhīṣma-droṇa - Bhishma and Drona (a dvandva compound referring to the two great warriors)

Compound type : dvandva (bhīṣma+droṇa)

• bhīṣma – Bhishma (proper name of the patriarch of the Kuru dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• droṇa – Drona (proper name of a warrior, preceptor)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb, referring to the two warriors who were felled.

निपातितौ (nipātitau) - felled, killed (Bhishma and Drona) (felled, caused to fall, killed (two))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nipātita

nipātita - felled, caused to fall, killed

Causative Past Passive Participle

From the causative stem of root 'pat' (to fall) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhīṣma-droṇau'.