महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-50, verse-27

ततोऽब्रवीत्सुराञ्शक्रो न मे शक्या महासुराः ।
ऋतेऽस्थिभिर्दधीचस्य निहन्तुं त्रिदशद्विषः ॥२७॥

27. tato'bravītsurāñśakro na me śakyā mahāsurāḥ ,
ṛte'sthibhirdadhīcasya nihantuṁ tridaśadviṣaḥ.

27. tataḥ abravīt surān śakraḥ na me śakyāḥ mahāsurāḥ
ṛte asthibhiḥ dadhīcasya nihantum tridaśadviṣaḥ

27. śakraḥ tataḥ surān abravīt - me dadhīcasya asthibhiḥ
ṛte mahāsurāḥ tridaśadviṣaḥ nihantum na śakyāḥ

27. Then Indra addressed the gods, saying, "The great asuras, these enemies of the gods, cannot be slain by me without the bones of Dadhīci."

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he (Indra) said (he said, he spoke)

• सुरान् (surān) - the gods (gods)

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (the king of gods) (Indra, powerful one)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• मे (me) - by me (agent of 'śakyāḥ') (to me, by me, for me, my)

• शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - possible (for me to kill them) (able, possible, capable)

• महासुराः (mahāsurāḥ) - the great demons (great asuras, powerful demons)

• ऋते (ṛte) - without (without, except for, unless)

• अस्तिभिः (astibhiḥ) - by means of the bones (by bones, with bones)

• दधीचस्य (dadhīcasya) - of the sage Dadhīci (of Dadhīci)

• निहन्तुम् (nihantum) - to slay (to kill, to destroy)

• त्रिदशद्विषः (tridaśadviṣaḥ) - the enemies of the gods (enemies of the gods, enemies of the three times ten (gods))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he (Indra) said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

3rd person singular active, root brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: From root √brū (to speak), 2nd class.

सुरान् (surān) - the gods (gods)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (the king of gods) (Indra, powerful one)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, powerful, able

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (agent of 'śakyāḥ') (to me, by me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Here 'me' is used in a dative sense indicating the agent with 'śakyāḥ'.

शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - possible (for me to kill them) (able, possible, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakya

śakya - possible, able, capable, practicable

Gerundive

Derived from root √śak with suffix -ya

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'mahasurāḥ' and 'tridaśadviṣaḥ'.

महासुराः (mahāsurāḥ) - the great demons (great asuras, powerful demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāsura

mahāsura - great asura, powerful demon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+asura)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'śakyāḥ'.

ऋते (ṛte) - without (without, except for, unless)

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition governing the instrumental 'astibhiḥ'.

अस्तिभिः (astibhiḥ) - by means of the bones (by bones, with bones)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of asthi

asthi - bone

Note: Governed by 'ṛte'.

दधीचस्य (dadhīcasya) - of the sage Dadhīci (of Dadhīci)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dadhīci

dadhīci - name of a sage

Note: Possessive, modifying 'astibhiḥ'.

निहन्तुम् (nihantum) - to slay (to kill, to destroy)

(verb)

infinitive of han

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root √han with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses purpose or capability with 'śakyāḥ'.

त्रिदशद्विषः (tridaśadviṣaḥ) - the enemies of the gods (enemies of the gods, enemies of the three times ten (gods))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tridaśadviṣ

tridaśadviṣ - enemy of the gods

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tridaśa+dviṣ)

• tridaśa – thirty, a god (as there are thirty gods)
  noun (masculine)
• dviṣ – enemy, hater
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'mahasurāḥ'.