महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-8, verse-1

संजय उवाच ।
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कुरूणां भयवर्धनम् ।
सृञ्जयैः सह राजेन्द्र घोरं देवासुरोपमम् ॥१॥

1. saṁjaya uvāca ,
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṁ kurūṇāṁ bhayavardhanam ,
sṛñjayaiḥ saha rājendra ghoraṁ devāsuropamam.

1. saṃjayaḥ uvāca tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ
bhayavardhanam sṛñjayaiḥ saha rājendra ghoraṃ devāsurupamam

1. saṃjayaḥ uvāca rājendra tataḥ kurūṇāṃ sṛñjayaiḥ saha
bhayavardhanam ghoraṃ devāsurupamam yuddhaṃ pravavṛte

1. Saṃjaya said: O King, then a dreadful battle commenced, terrifying for the Kurus, along with the Sṛñjayas, a conflict resembling that between gods and asuras.

Words meanings summery:

• संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Saṃjaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• प्रववृते (pravavṛte) - it commenced, it began

• युद्धं (yuddhaṁ) - battle, war

• कुरूणां (kurūṇāṁ) - of the Kurus

• भयवर्धनम् (bhayavardhanam) - fear-increasing, terrifying

• सृञ्जयैः (sṛñjayaiḥ) - by the Sṛñjayas, with the Sṛñjayas

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king (of kings), O mighty king

• घोरं (ghoraṁ) - dreadful, terrible

• देवासुरुपमम् (devāsurupamam) - like that between gods and asuras (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Saṃjaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Saṃjaya (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active 3rd Singular

from root vac, perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas denoting 'from that'

प्रववृते (pravavṛte) - it commenced, it began

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of vṛt

Perfect Middle 3rd Singular

pra (prefix) + vṛt (root), perfect tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

युद्धं (yuddhaṁ) - battle, war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

derived from root yudh 'to fight'

Root: yudh

कुरूणां (kurūṇāṁ) - of the Kurus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants, the Kurus)

भयवर्धनम् (bhayavardhanam) - fear-increasing, terrifying

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhayavardhana

bhayavardhana - increasing fear, terrifying, causing dread

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+vardhana)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• vardhana – increasing, augmenting, causing to grow
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/verbal adjective from vṛdh
  from root vṛdh 'to grow, increase'
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

सृञ्जयैः (sṛñjayaiḥ) - by the Sṛñjayas, with the Sṛñjayas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sṛñjaya

sṛñjaya - Sṛñjaya (name of a tribe, allies of the Pāṇḍavas)

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king (of kings), O mighty king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king of kings, emperor, O best of kings (vocative)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (name of the chief of gods); chief, best
  noun (masculine)

घोरं (ghoraṁ) - dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, awful

देवासुरुपमम् (devāsurupamam) - like that between gods and asuras (demons)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of devāsurupama

devāsurupama - resembling (a conflict between) gods and asuras

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+asura+upama)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, titan, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, resemblance; like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)