महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-22, verse-3

निवृत्ताः सहसा योधास्तव पुत्रप्रियैषिणः ।
संनिवृत्तेषु तेष्वेवं युद्धमासीत्सुदारुणम् ॥३॥

3. nivṛttāḥ sahasā yodhāstava putrapriyaiṣiṇaḥ ,
saṁnivṛtteṣu teṣvevaṁ yuddhamāsītsudāruṇam.

3. nivṛttāḥ sahasā yodhāḥ tava putrapriyaiṣiṇaḥ |
saṃnivṛtteṣu teṣu evam yuddham āsīt sudāruṇam

3. tava putrapriyaiṣiṇaḥ yodhāḥ sahasā nivṛttāḥ
teṣu evam saṃnivṛtteṣu yuddham sudāruṇam āsīt

3. Your warriors, who desired the welfare of your sons, suddenly retreated. When they had thus fully withdrawn, the battle among them became exceedingly fierce.

Words meanings summery:

• निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - retreated, returned, ceased, withdrawn

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, at once, quickly

• योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पुत्रप्रियैषिणः (putrapriyaiṣiṇaḥ) - those desiring welfare for sons, well-wishers of sons

• संनिवृत्तेषु (saṁnivṛtteṣu) - among those who had retreated, when they had retreated

• तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - very terrible, exceedingly fierce, extremely dreadful

Words meanings and morphology

निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - retreated, returned, ceased, withdrawn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - retreated, returned, ceased, withdrawn, turned back

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, at once, quickly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter, combatant

Derived from root yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you (pronoun)

Second person pronoun.

पुत्रप्रियैषिणः (putrapriyaiṣiṇaḥ) - those desiring welfare for sons, well-wishers of sons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putrapriyaiṣin

putrapriyaiṣin - desiring good for sons, well-wisher of sons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (putra+priya+eṣin)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• priya – dear, beloved, favorite; welfare, good
  adjective (masculine)
• eṣin – desiring, wishing, seeking
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root iṣ (to desire, to wish) with suffix -in.
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

संनिवृत्तेषु (saṁnivṛtteṣu) - among those who had retreated, when they had retreated

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of saṃnivṛtta

saṁnivṛtta - completely retreated, fully withdrawn, entirely ceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt with prefixes sam and ni.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the warriors.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Derived from root yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect third person singular

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - very terrible, exceedingly fierce, extremely dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very terrible, exceedingly fierce, extremely dreadful

Compound with 'su-' (very, exceedingly).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, excellent, well, very
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating intensity or goodness.
• dāruṇa – terrible, dreadful, fierce, cruel
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with yuddham.