महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-2, verse-40

पुत्राश्च मे विनिहताः पौत्राश्चैव महाबलाः ।
वयस्या भ्रातरश्चैव किमन्यद्भागधेयतः ॥४०॥

40. putrāśca me vinihatāḥ pautrāścaiva mahābalāḥ ,
vayasyā bhrātaraścaiva kimanyadbhāgadheyataḥ.

40. putrāḥ ca me vinihatāḥ pautrāḥ ca eva mahābalāḥ
vayasyāḥ bhrātaraḥ ca eva kim anyat bhāgadheyataḥ

40. me putrāḥ ca vinihatāḥ ca eva mahābalāḥ pautrāḥ
ca eva vayasyāḥ bhrātaraḥ kim anyat bhāgadheyataḥ

40. My sons were utterly slain, and my mighty grandsons as well; my friends and brothers too (were killed); what else could it be but due to destiny (bhāgadheya)?

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• च (ca) - and; also; moreover

• मे (me) - my; of me

• विनिहताः (vinihatāḥ) - utterly killed; completely destroyed; slain

• पौत्राः (pautrāḥ) - grandsons

• च (ca) - and; also; moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; just; also

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - very strong; mighty; powerful

• वयस्याः (vayasyāḥ) - friends; companions of the same age

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• च (ca) - and; also; moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; just; also

• किम् (kim) - what?; why?; how?

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other; another; different

• भागधेयतः (bhāgadheyataḥ) - by destiny; from fate; by lot; due to one's share

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son; child

च (ca) - and; also; moreover

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my; of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun, enclitic form for genitive or dative case.

विनिहताः (vinihatāḥ) - utterly killed; completely destroyed; slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinihata

vinihata - utterly killed; completely destroyed; slain; struck down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni'.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

पौत्राः (pautrāḥ) - grandsons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pautra

pautra - grandson; son of a son

च (ca) - and; also; moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; just; also

(indeclinable)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - very strong; mighty; powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - very strong; mighty; powerful

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great; large; mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bala – strength; power; force; army
  noun (neuter)

वयस्याः (vayasyāḥ) - friends; companions of the same age

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vayasya

vayasya - friend; companion; contemporary (of the same age)

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

च (ca) - and; also; moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; just; also

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?; why?; how?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?; why?; how?

Interrogative pronoun (neuter nominative/accusative singular).

अन्यत् (anyat) - other; another; different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other; another; different; distinct

भागधेयतः (bhāgadheyataḥ) - by destiny; from fate; by lot; due to one's share

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'bhāga' (share) and 'dheya' (to be given). The suffix '-tas' indicates 'from, by, due to'.