महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-6

ततः पुत्रसहस्रं तु कद्रूर्जिह्मं चिकीर्षती ।
आज्ञापयामास तदा वाला भूत्वाञ्जनप्रभाः ॥६॥

6. tataḥ putrasahasraṁ tu kadrūrjihmaṁ cikīrṣatī ,
ājñāpayāmāsa tadā vālā bhūtvāñjanaprabhāḥ.

6. tataḥ putrasahasram tu kadrūḥ jihmam cīkīrṣatī
ājñāpayāmāsa tadā vālāḥ bhūtvā añjanaprabhāḥ

6. Then, Kadru, intending to act deceitfully, commanded her thousand sons at that time to become like black hairs.

Words meanings summery:

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

• पुत्रसहस्रम् (putrasahasram) - her thousand sons (a thousand sons)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however (particle))

• कद्रूः (kadrūḥ) - Kadru (Kadru (a proper noun))

• जिह्मम् (jihmam) - deceitfully (crooked, deceitful; crookedly, deceitfully)

• चीकीर्षती (cīkīrṣatī) - intending to act (deceitfully) (intending to do, desiring to act)

• आज्ञापयामास (ājñāpayāmāsa) - she commanded

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

• वालाः (vālāḥ) - hairs (hairs (plural))

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

• अञ्जनप्रभाः (añjanaprabhāḥ) - like black hairs / having the luster of collyrium (having the luster/appearance of collyrium (black pigment))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

पुत्रसहस्रम् (putrasahasram) - her thousand sons (a thousand sons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of putrasahasra

putrasahasra - a thousand sons

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+sahasra)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Here, sahasra often functions as an adjective meaning 'a thousand' or 'numerous', but grammatically it takes the number and case of the modified noun, so putra-sahasram is a compound

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however (particle))

(indeclinable)

कद्रूः (kadrūḥ) - Kadru (Kadru (a proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kadrū

kadrū - Kadru (name of a mythological serpent-mother)

जिह्मम् (jihmam) - deceitfully (crooked, deceitful; crookedly, deceitfully)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jihma

jihma - crooked, oblique, dishonest, deceitful

Note: Used adverbially here.

चीकीर्षती (cīkīrṣatī) - intending to act (deceitfully) (intending to do, desiring to act)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cikīrṣat

cikīrṣat - desiring to do or make, intending to do

desiderative present participle

Desiderative of √kṛ, present participle, feminine

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आज्ञापयामास (ājñāpayāmāsa) - she commanded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of ājñāpayāmas

periphrastic perfect (causative)

Formed from causative stem ājñāpaya- + ām + perfect 3rd singular of √as (āsa)

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

वालाः (vālāḥ) - hairs (hairs (plural))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāla

vāla - hair (especially of tail or mane), tail

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

अञ्जनप्रभाः (añjanaprabhāḥ) - like black hairs / having the luster of collyrium (having the luster/appearance of collyrium (black pigment))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of añjanaprabhā

añjanaprabhā - having the luster of collyrium, black like collyrium

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (añjana+prabhā)

• añjana – collyrium, black pigment, black powder
  noun (neuter)
• prabhā – light, splendor, luster, appearance
  noun (feminine)