महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-55, verse-5

तेषां च पार्थस्य महत्तदासीद्देहासुपाप्मक्षपणं सुयुद्धम् ।
त्रैलोक्यहेतोरसुरैर्यथासीद्देवस्य विष्णोर्जयतां वरस्य ॥५॥

5. teṣāṁ ca pārthasya mahattadāsī;ddehāsupāpmakṣapaṇaṁ suyuddham ,
trailokyahetorasurairyathāsī;ddevasya viṣṇorjayatāṁ varasya.

5. teṣām ca pārthasya mahat tadā āsīt
dehāsupāpmakṣapaṇam suyuddham
trailokyahetoḥ asuraiḥ yathā āsīt
devasya viṣṇoḥ jayatām varasya

5. tadā teṣām ca pārthasya mahat suyuddham dehāsupāpmakṣapaṇam āsīt,
yathā trailokyahetoḥ asuraiḥ (kṛtam) jayatām varasya devasya viṣṇoḥ (yuddham) āsīt

5. And then, their great battle, along with Partha (Arjuna), was a destruction of bodies, life-breaths, and sins (dehāsupāpmakṣapaṇam), just as the supreme god (deva) Vishnu, the best among conquerors, fought for the sake of the three worlds against the asuras.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• च (ca) - and

• पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha (Arjuna)

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• देहासुपाप्मक्षपणम् (dehāsupāpmakṣapaṇam) - destruction of bodies, life-breaths, and sins

• सुयुद्धम् (suyuddham) - a good battle, a great war

• त्रैलोक्यहेतोः (trailokyahetoḥ) - for the sake of the three worlds

• असुरैः (asuraiḥ) - by the Asuras/demons

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• देवस्य (devasya) - of the god

• विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Vishnu

• जयताम् (jayatām) - among conquerors, of those conquering

• वरस्य (varasya) - of the best, of the excellent one

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'suyuddham'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of āsīt

imperfect past 3rd singular active

Imperfect tense form from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

देहासुपाप्मक्षपणम् (dehāsupāpmakṣapaṇam) - destruction of bodies, life-breaths, and sins

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehāsupāpmakṣapaṇa

dehāsupāpmakṣapaṇa - the destruction or removal of body, life-breath, and sin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+asu+pāpman+kṣapaṇa)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• asu – life, vital breath
  noun (masculine)
• pāpman – sin, evil, vice
  noun (masculine)
• kṣapaṇa – destruction, removal, spending
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṣap (to spend, destroy)
  Root: kṣap (class 10)

सुयुद्धम् (suyuddham) - a good battle, a great war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of suyuddha

suyuddha - a good fight, a great battle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+yuddha)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)

त्रैलोक्यहेतोः (trailokyahetoḥ) - for the sake of the three worlds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of trailokyahetu

trailokyahetu - cause or reason for the three worlds, for the sake of the three worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trailokya+hetu)

• trailokya – the three worlds (heaven, earth, netherworld)
  noun (neuter)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, sake
  noun (masculine)

Note: Genitive case can express purpose 'for the sake of'.

असुरैः (asuraiḥ) - by the Asuras/demons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asura

asura - demon, evil spirit; a class of anti-gods

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of āsīt

imperfect past 3rd singular active

Imperfect tense form from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

देवस्य (devasya) - of the god

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Vishnu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Vishnu (a supreme god in Hinduism)

जयताम् (jayatām) - among conquerors, of those conquering

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jayat

jayat - conquering, victorious

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root ji (to conquer)

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Used in the sense of 'among the conquerors'.

वरस्य (varasya) - of the best, of the excellent one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, principal; boon

Note: Agrees with 'devasya' and 'viṣṇoḥ'.