महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-1

सूत उवाच ।
अथावरणमुख्यानि नानाप्रहरणानि च ।
प्रगृह्याभ्यद्रवन्देवान्सहिता दैत्यदानवाः ॥१॥

1. sūta uvāca ,
athāvaraṇamukhyāni nānāpraharaṇāni ca ,
pragṛhyābhyadravandevānsahitā daityadānavāḥ.

1. sūtaḥ uvāca atha āvaraṇamukhyāni nānāprāharaṇāni ca
pragṛhya abhyadravan devān sahitāḥ daityadānavāḥ

1. Sūta said: Then, having seized their principal shields and various weapons, the Daityas and Dānavas, united, rushed towards the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, a charioteer; a speaker in epics))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

• अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

• आवरणमुख्यानि (āvaraṇamukhyāni) - their main shields (principal coverings/shields)

• नानाप्राहरणानि (nānāprāharaṇāni) - various weapons

• च (ca) - and

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized (having seized, having taken)

• अभ्यद्रवन् (abhyadravan) - they rushed towards (they rushed towards, attacked)

• देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods)

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united (as a group) (accompanied, united, together)

• दैत्यदानवाः (daityadānavāḥ) - the Daityas and Dānavas (Daityas and Dānavas)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, a charioteer; a speaker in epics))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

आवरणमुख्यानि (āvaraṇamukhyāni) - their main shields (principal coverings/shields)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of āvaraṇamukhya

āvaraṇamukhya - principal coverings/shields

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āvaraṇa+mukhya)

• āvaraṇa – covering, shield, armor
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root vṛ with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• mukhya – chief, principal, main
  adjective

नानाप्राहरणानि (nānāprāharaṇāni) - various weapons

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nānāprāharaṇa

nānāprāharaṇa - various weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānā+prāharaṇa)

• nānā – various, diverse
  indeclinable
• prāharaṇa – weapon, implement for striking
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root hṛ with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized (having seized, having taken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root grah with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

अभ्यद्रवन् (abhyadravan) - they rushed towards (they rushed towards, attacked)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-dru

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united (as a group) (accompanied, united, together)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied, united, joined with

past participle passive

from root sah

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with daityadānavāḥ

दैत्यदानवाः (daityadānavāḥ) - the Daityas and Dānavas (Daityas and Dānavas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daityadānava

daityadānava - Daityas and Dānavas (classes of demons)

Compound type : dvandva (daitya+dānava)

• daitya – a descendant of Diti, a class of demons
  noun (masculine)
• dānava – a descendant of Danu, a class of demons
  noun (masculine)