महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-63, verse-18

तोमरैरसिभिश्चापि गदामुसलकर्पणैः ।
चचार स विनिघ्नन्वै वन्यांस्तत्र मृगद्विजान् ॥१८॥

18. tomarairasibhiścāpi gadāmusalakarpaṇaiḥ ,
cacāra sa vinighnanvai vanyāṁstatra mṛgadvijān.

18. tomaraiḥ asibhiḥ ca api gadāmusalakurpaṇaiḥ
cacāra saḥ vinighnan vai vanyān tatra mṛgadvijān

18. He, indeed, moved about there, killing the forest animals and birds with lances, swords, and also with maces, pestles, and daggers.

Words meanings summery:

• तोमरैः (tomaraiḥ) - with lances (with lances, javelins, spears)

• असिभिः (asibhiḥ) - with swords

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• गदामुसलकुर्पणैः (gadāmusalakurpaṇaiḥ) - with maces, pestles, and daggers (with maces, pestles, and daggers/scissors)

• चचार (cacāra) - moved about, roamed (moved about, roamed, performed)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Duṣyanta) (he, that)

• विनिघ्नन् (vinighnan) - killing (striking down, killing, destroying)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

• वन्यान् (vanyān) - forest (animals) (forest-dwelling, wild, belonging to the forest)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then)

• मृगद्विजान् (mṛgadvijān) - animals and birds

Words meanings and morphology

तोमरैः (tomaraiḥ) - with lances (with lances, javelins, spears)

(common noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tomara

tomara - lance, javelin, spear, dart

Note: Instrument of 'vinighnan'.

असिभिः (asibhiḥ) - with swords

(common noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asi

asi - sword, scimitar, knife

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Instrumental plural masculine.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Conjunction.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Particle emphasizing inclusivity.

गदामुसलकुर्पणैः (gadāmusalakurpaṇaiḥ) - with maces, pestles, and daggers (with maces, pestles, and daggers/scissors)

(common noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gadāmusalakurpaṇa

gadāmusalakurpaṇa - mace, pestle, and dagger/scissors (collective)

Series of weapons.

Compound type : Dvandva (gadā+musala+kurpaṇa)

• gadā – mace, club
  common noun (feminine)
• musala – pestle, club
  common noun (masculine)
• kurpaṇa – dagger, knife, scissors
  common noun (neuter)

Note: Instrumental plural.

चचार (cacāra) - moved about, roamed (moved about, roamed, performed)

(verb)

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

Perfect form (reduplicated)

Perfect (Lit) form of car.

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

सः (saḥ) - he (Duṣyanta) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject.

विनिघ्नन् (vinighnan) - killing (striking down, killing, destroying)

(verbal participle)

Note: Nominative singular masculine, agreeing with 'saḥ'.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphatic particle.

वन्यान् (vanyān) - forest (animals) (forest-dwelling, wild, belonging to the forest)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanya

vanya - belonging to the forest, wild, savage

From vana (forest) + yat suffix.

Note: Accusative plural masculine.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then)

(indeclinable)

Formed from tad + tral suffix.

Note: Adverb of place.

मृगद्विजान् (mṛgadvijān) - animals and birds

(common noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛgadvija

mṛgadvija - deer/animals and birds (collective)

Refers to both wild animals and birds, 'dvija' literally means 'twice-born' but often refers to birds (born from egg, then flight) in contexts like hunting.

Compound type : Dvandva (mṛga+dvija)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal, beast
  common noun (masculine)
• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
  common noun (masculine)
  Born (ja) a second time (dvi). In hunting context, refers to birds.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Accusative plural masculine.