महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-5, verse-26

दुर्योधन उवाच ।
सेनापत्येन वरये त्वामहं मातुलातुलम् ।
सोऽस्मान्पाहि युधां श्रेष्ठ स्कन्दो देवानिवाहवे ॥२६॥

26. duryodhana uvāca ,
senāpatyena varaye tvāmahaṁ mātulātulam ,
so'smānpāhi yudhāṁ śreṣṭha skando devānivāhave.

26. duryodhanaḥ uvāca senāpatyena varaye tvām aham mātula-atulam
saḥ asmān pāhi yudhām śreṣṭha skandaḥ devān iva āhave

26. duryodhanaḥ uvāca mātula-atulam aham tvām senāpatyena varaye
yudhām śreṣṭha saḥ asmān pāhi skandaḥ devān iva āhave

26. Duryodhana said: 'O unequalled maternal uncle, I choose you for the supreme command (senāpatyam). O best of warriors, protect us just as Skanda protects the gods in battle.'

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana (name of the eldest Kaurava prince)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सेनापत्येन (senāpatyena) - by generalship, with the command of the army

• वरये (varaye) - I choose, I entreat, I ask for

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मातुल-अतुलम् (mātula-atulam) - O unequalled maternal uncle, O peerless uncle

• सः (saḥ) - that (he, referring to you)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• पाहि (pāhi) - protect!

• युधाम् (yudhām) - of battles, of warriors (lit. 'of fights')

• श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O excellent one

• स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda (the war-god Kartikeya)

• देवान् (devān) - gods

• इव (iva) - like, as

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in conflict

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana (name of the eldest Kaurava prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duryodhana

duryodhana - Duryodhana (a proper name, chief of the Kauravas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सेनापत्येन (senāpatyena) - by generalship, with the command of the army

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of senāpatya

senāpatya - generalship, command of an army, office of a general

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+patya)

• senā – army, host, troop
  noun (feminine)
• patya – lordship, command, mastery
  noun (neuter)

वरये (varaye) - I choose, I entreat, I ask for

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मातुल-अतुलम् (mātula-atulam) - O unequalled maternal uncle, O peerless uncle

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mātulātula

mātulātula - unrivalled maternal uncle, peerless uncle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mātula+atula)

• mātula – maternal uncle
  noun (masculine)
• atula – unequalled, peerless, incomparable
  adjective

सः (saḥ) - that (he, referring to you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

पाहि (pāhi) - protect!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 2)

युधाम् (yudhām) - of battles, of warriors (lit. 'of fights')

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yudh

yudh - fight, battle, combat, war

श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O excellent one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, chief, principal

स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda (the war-god Kartikeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda (name of the god of war, son of Shiva, also known as Kartikeya)

देवान् (devān) - gods

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, conflict, war

Root: hve (class 1)