महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-17, verse-4

ते तु शूरा महाराज कृतचित्ताः स्म योधने ।
धनुःशब्दं महत्कृत्वा सहायुध्यन्त पाण्डवैः ॥४॥

4. te tu śūrā mahārāja kṛtacittāḥ sma yodhane ,
dhanuḥśabdaṁ mahatkṛtvā sahāyudhyanta pāṇḍavaiḥ.

4. te tu śūrāḥ mahārāja kṛtacittāḥ sma yodhane
dhanuḥśabdaṃ mahat kṛtvā saha ayudhyanta pāṇḍavaiḥ

4. mahārāja te śūrāḥ tu yodhane kṛtacittāḥ sma mahat
dhanuḥśabdaṃ kṛtvā pāṇḍavaiḥ saha ayudhyanta

4. O great King, those brave warriors, resolute in battle, made a loud sound with their bows and fought with the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those, they

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave ones, heroes, warriors

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• कृतचित्ताः (kṛtacittāḥ) - resolute in battle (resolute, determined, having made up their minds)

• स्म (sma) - (past tense marker), indeed

• योधने (yodhane) - in battle, in fighting

• धनुःशब्दं (dhanuḥśabdaṁ) - sound of bows, bow-sound

• महत् (mahat) - great, loud, mighty

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• अयुध्यन्त (ayudhyanta) - they fought

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Subject of ayudhyanta.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave ones, heroes, warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, heroic, a hero, a warrior

Note: Appositive to te.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound of mahat (great) and rājan (king)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra by Sañjaya.

कृतचित्ताः (kṛtacittāḥ) - resolute in battle (resolute, determined, having made up their minds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtacitta

kṛtacitta - resolute, determined, having a fixed mind

Compound of kṛta (made, done) and citta (mind, thought)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+citta)

• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• citta – mind, thought, intention
  noun (neuter)
  From √cit (to perceive, think)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śūrāḥ.

स्म (sma) - (past tense marker), indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: It attaches to the nominal predication kṛtacittāḥ to denote a past state.

योधने (yodhane) - in battle, in fighting

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yodhana

yodhana - fighting, battle, war

From √yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Location of the resolution.

धनुःशब्दं (dhanuḥśabdaṁ) - sound of bows, bow-sound

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanuḥśabda

dhanuḥśabda - bow-sound, twang of a bow

Compound of dhanus (bow) and śabda (sound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhanus+śabda)

• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• śabda – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Object of kṛtvā.

महत् (mahat) - great, loud, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agrees with dhanuḥśabdaṃ.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √kṛ (to do, make) + ktvā suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

अयुध्यन्त (ayudhyanta) - they fought

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of yudh

Imperfect Middle

From √yudh (to fight), middle voice

Root: yudh (class 4)

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - a descendant of Pāṇḍu, one of the Pāṇḍavas

Note: Accompaniment, governed by saha.