महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-6, verse-20

भीष्मद्रोणावतिरथौ हतौ सेनापती मम ।
सेनापतिर्भवानस्तु ताभ्यां द्रविणवत्तरः ॥२०॥

20. bhīṣmadroṇāvatirathau hatau senāpatī mama ,
senāpatirbhavānastu tābhyāṁ draviṇavattaraḥ.

20. bhīṣmadroṇau atirathau hatau senāpatī mama
senāpatiḥ bhavān astu tābhyām draviṇavattaraḥ

20. mama atirathau senāpatī bhīṣmadroṇau hatau
bhavān tābhyām draviṇavattaraḥ senāpatiḥ astu

20. My two great chariot-warriors (atiratha), Bhishma and Drona, who were my commanders, have been slain. May Your Honor become the commander, more powerful than those two.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मद्रोणौ (bhīṣmadroṇau) - Bhishma and Drona

• अतिरथौ (atirathau) - great chariot-warriors (referring to Bhishma and Drona) (great chariot-warriors)

• हतौ (hatau) - killed, slain

• सेनापती (senāpatī) - commanders (referring to Bhishma and Drona) (commanders, generals)

• मम (mama) - my

• सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander, general

• भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (respectful)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - than those two (Bhishma and Drona) (than those two, to/by those two)

• द्रविणवत्तरः (draviṇavattaraḥ) - more powerful, more wealthy, more valiant

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मद्रोणौ (bhīṣmadroṇau) - Bhishma and Drona

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhīṣmadroṇa

bhīṣmadroṇa - Bhishma and Drona

Compound type : dvandva (bhīṣma+droṇa)

• bhīṣma – Bhishma (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• droṇa – Drona (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

अतिरथौ (atirathau) - great chariot-warriors (referring to Bhishma and Drona) (great chariot-warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of atiratha

atiratha - great chariot-warrior, a warrior who can fight with 10,000 archers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati+ratha)

• ati – over, beyond, exceeding, great
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ratha – chariot, warrior (often implying a charioteer/warrior in a chariot)
  noun (masculine)

हतौ (hatau) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck

past passive participle

from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for Bhishma and Drona.

सेनापती (senāpatī) - commanders (referring to Bhishma and Drona) (commanders, generals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, commander
  noun (masculine)

मम (mama) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive for 'senāpatī'.

सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander, general

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, commander
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhavān'.

भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite address), being, becoming

present active participle

present active participle of bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'astu'.

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

imperative, 3rd person singular

root as, class 2, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used politely with 'bhavān' for a wish or command.

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - than those two (Bhishma and Drona) (than those two, to/by those two)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Used with comparative 'draviṇavattaraḥ'.

द्रविणवत्तरः (draviṇavattaraḥ) - more powerful, more wealthy, more valiant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of draviṇavattara

draviṇavattara - more powerful, more wealthy, more valiant

comparative of draviṇavat (powerful, wealthy, valiant)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'bhavān'.