महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-2, verse-29

तेषां मध्ये स्थिता यत्र हन्यन्ते मम पुत्रकाः ।
व्यायच्छमानाः समरे किमन्यद्भागधेयतः ॥२९॥

29. teṣāṁ madhye sthitā yatra hanyante mama putrakāḥ ,
vyāyacchamānāḥ samare kimanyadbhāgadheyataḥ.

29. teṣām madhye sthitāḥ yatra hanyante mama putrakāḥ
vyāyacchamānāḥ samare kim anyat bhāgadheyataḥ

29. mama putrakāḥ yatra teṣām madhye sthitāḥ samare
vyāyacchamānāḥ hanyante kim anyat bhāgadheyataḥ

29. My sons, who stand among them and exert themselves in battle, are getting killed. What else can this be but destiny (bhāgadheyataḥ)?

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, among

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing, situated

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• हन्यन्ते (hanyante) - are killed, are being slain

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - sons, little sons (affectionate or diminutive)

• व्यायच्छमानाः (vyāyacchamānāḥ) - striving, exerting themselves, fighting

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

• भागधेयतः (bhāgadheyataḥ) - from destiny, due to fate

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, them

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, among

(indeclinable)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, present

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

हन्यन्ते (hanyante) - are killed, are being slain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of han

Root: han (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - sons, little sons (affectionate or diminutive)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putraka

putraka - son (diminutive/affectionate)

व्यायच्छमानाः (vyāyacchamānāḥ) - striving, exerting themselves, fighting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyāyacchamāna

vyāyacchamāna - striving, exerting oneself, struggling

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root yat (to strive) with prefixes vi and ā.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: yat (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

भागधेयतः (bhāgadheyataḥ) - from destiny, due to fate

(indeclinable)

The suffix -taḥ indicates 'from' or 'due to'.