महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-2, verse-60

केऽरक्षन्दक्षिणं चक्रं मद्रराजस्य संयुगे ।
वामं च योद्धुकामस्य के वा वीरस्य पृष्ठतः ॥६०॥

60. ke'rakṣandakṣiṇaṁ cakraṁ madrarājasya saṁyuge ,
vāmaṁ ca yoddhukāmasya ke vā vīrasya pṛṣṭhataḥ.

60. ke arakṣan dakṣiṇam cakram madrarājasya saṃyuge
vāmam ca yoddhukāmasya ke vā vīrasya pṛṣṭhataḥ

60. saṃyuge ke madrarājasya dakṣiṇam cakram arakṣan
ca yoddhukāmasya vīrasya vāmam ca ke vā pṛṣṭhataḥ

60. Who protected the right wheel of the king of Madras (Śalya) in battle? And who (guarded) the left (wheel) of that warrior (vīra) eager to fight, and who, indeed, stood behind him?

Words meanings summery:

• के (ke) - who (who?)

• अरक्षन् (arakṣan) - protected (protected, guarded)

• दक्षिणम् (dakṣiṇam) - right (wheel) (right, southern, skillful)

• चक्रम् (cakram) - wheel (wheel, discus, circle)

• मद्रराजस्य (madrarājasya) - of the king of Madras (Śalya) (of the king of Madras)

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in conflict, in conjunction)

• वामम् (vāmam) - left (wheel) (left, beautiful, adverse)

• च (ca) - and

• योद्धुकामस्य (yoddhukāmasya) - of the warrior eager to fight (of one desirous to fight, eager to fight)

• के (ke) - who (who?)

• वा (vā) - indeed (emphasizing the question) (or, indeed, alternatively)

• वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of that warrior (of the hero, of the warrior)

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind (him) (from behind, behind)

Words meanings and morphology

के (ke) - who (who?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

अरक्षन् (arakṣan) - protected (protected, guarded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of rakṣ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

दक्षिणम् (dakṣiṇam) - right (wheel) (right, southern, skillful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - right, southern, skillful, clever

चक्रम् (cakram) - wheel (wheel, discus, circle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle, army corps

मद्रराजस्य (madrarājasya) - of the king of Madras (Śalya) (of the king of Madras)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of madrarāja

madrarāja - king of the Madras

Compound: 'madra' (name of a people/country) + 'rāja' (king).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madra+rāja)

• madra – name of a country and its people
  proper noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in conflict, in conjunction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - conjunction, union, encounter, battle

From root 'yuj' (to join) with prefix 'sam-' (together).

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

वामम् (vāmam) - left (wheel) (left, beautiful, adverse)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāma

vāma - left, adverse, beautiful, lovely

Note: Implied 'cakram'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

योद्धुकामस्य (yoddhukāmasya) - of the warrior eager to fight (of one desirous to fight, eager to fight)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yoddhukāma

yoddhukāma - desirous of fighting, eager for battle

Compound: 'yoddhu' (infinitive stem of 'yudh', implying 'to fight') + 'kāma' (desire).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yoddhu+kāma)

• yoddhu – to fight (infinitive stem)
  noun (neuter)
  infinitive stem
  Derived from root 'yudh' (to fight).
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

के (ke) - who (who?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - indeed (emphasizing the question) (or, indeed, alternatively)

(indeclinable)

वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of that warrior (of the hero, of the warrior)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind (him) (from behind, behind)

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'pṛṣṭha' (back) + suffix '-tas'.