महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-2, verse-52

यं यं सेनाप्रणेतारं युधि कुर्वन्ति मामकाः ।
अचिरेणैव कालेन तं तं निघ्नन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥५२॥

52. yaṁ yaṁ senāpraṇetāraṁ yudhi kurvanti māmakāḥ ,
acireṇaiva kālena taṁ taṁ nighnanti pāṇḍavāḥ.

52. yam yam senāpraṇetāram yudhi kurvanti māmakāḥ
acireṇa eva kālena tam tam nighnanti pāṇḍavāḥ

52. māmakāḥ yudhi yam yam senāpraṇetāram kurvanti
pāṇḍavāḥ tam tam acireṇa eva kālena nighnanti

52. Whomever among the army's leaders my people (māmakāḥ) appoint in battle, the Pāṇḍavas slay that very one within a very short time.

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whom, which

• यम् (yam) - whom, which

• सेनाप्रणेतारम् (senāpraṇetāram) - leader of the army, commander-in-chief

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war, in combat

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they make, they do, they appoint

• मामकाः (māmakāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's own sons, the Kauravas (my people, my sons)

• अचिरेण (acireṇa) - quickly, without delay, in a short time

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, within a period of time

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• निघ्नन्ति (nighnanti) - they kill, they strike down, they destroy

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Reduplicated 'yam yam' implies 'whichever' or 'every one that'.

यम् (yam) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Reduplicated 'yam yam' implies 'whichever' or 'every one that'.

सेनाप्रणेतारम् (senāpraṇetāram) - leader of the army, commander-in-chief

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of senāpraṇetṛ

senāpraṇetṛ - leader of the army, commander-in-chief

Agent noun

Derived from 'senā' (army) and 'praṇetṛ' (leader, from √nī with pra-)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (senā+praṇetṛ)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• praṇetṛ – leader, guide
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root √nī (to lead) with prefix pra- and agent suffix -tṛ.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: nī (class 1)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war, in combat

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war, fight

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they make, they do, they appoint

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मामकाः (māmakāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's own sons, the Kauravas (my people, my sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māmaka

māmaka - my, mine (adjective); my kinsmen, my people (noun)

Derived from 'mama' (my)

अचिरेण (acireṇa) - quickly, without delay, in a short time

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of acira

acira - not long, short, swift

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+cira)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• cira – long (time), lasting, ancient
  adjective (masculine/neuter)

Note: Used adverbially, qualifying 'kālena'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, within a period of time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, duration, period

Note: Instrumental case indicating 'within' or 'by means of time'.

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yam yam', indicating 'that very one'.

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yam yam', indicating 'that very one'.

निघ्नन्ति (nighnanti) - they kill, they strike down, they destroy

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of han

Present stem 'ghnā' formed with reduplication and prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - a descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Patronymic derived from Pāṇḍu