महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-111

मध्यकायान्नरानन्यांश्चिच्छेदान्यांश्च कर्णतः ।
अंसदेशे निहत्यान्यान्काये प्रावेशयच्छिरः ॥१११॥

111. madhyakāyānnarānanyāṁścicchedānyāṁśca karṇataḥ ,
aṁsadeśe nihatyānyānkāye prāveśayacchiraḥ.

111. madhyakāyān narān anyān ciccheda anyān ca karṇataḥ
aṃsadeśe nihatya anyān kāye prāveśayat śiras

111. (saḥ) anyān narān madhyakāyān ciccheda anyān ca karṇataḥ
(ciccheda) anyān aṃsadeśe nihatya śiras kāye prāveśayat

111. He cut other men through their midsections, and others at their ears. Striking some others in the shoulder region, he drove their heads into their bodies.

Words meanings summery:

• मध्यकायान् (madhyakāyān) - through their midsections (at the middle of the body, mid-bodied)

• नरान् (narān) - men

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other, others

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he severed

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other, others

• च (ca) - and, also

• कर्णतः (karṇataḥ) - from the ear, at the ear

• अंसदेशे (aṁsadeśe) - at the shoulder region

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down, having killed

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other, others

• काये (kāye) - into the body, in the body

• प्रावेशयत् (prāveśayat) - he made enter, he caused to enter, he drove in

• शिरस् (śiras) - head

Words meanings and morphology

मध्यकायान् (madhyakāyān) - through their midsections (at the middle of the body, mid-bodied)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of madhyakāya

madhyakāya - middle of the body, midsection

`madhya` (middle) + `kāya` (body). Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhya+kāya)

• madhya – middle, central
  adjective (neuter)
• kāya – body, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From root `ci` (to collect) with `aṇ` suffix.
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Appears as an accusative noun of location/direction for the action of `ciccheda`, or modifying 'men'.

नरान् (narān) - men

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, hero

Note: Object of `ciccheda`.

अन्यान् (anyān) - other, others

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Modifies `narān`.

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he severed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of chid

Perfect tense, third person singular

Reduplicated perfect active of root `chid`.

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Main verb.

अन्यान् (anyān) - other, others

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Modifies implied 'men'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

कर्णतः (karṇataḥ) - from the ear, at the ear

(indeclinable)

From `karṇa` (ear) with the suffix `tas` (indicating 'from' or 'in the manner of').

Note: Adverbial use, indicating location of cutting.

अंसदेशे (aṁsadeśe) - at the shoulder region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṃsadeśa

aṁsadeśa - shoulder region, area of the shoulder

`aṃsa` (shoulder) + `deśa` (region). Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṃsa+deśa)

• aṃsa – shoulder, part
  noun (masculine)
• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Location for the action of `nihatya`.

निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down, having killed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From root `han` (to strike, to kill) with prefix `ni`.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Gerund, modifying the action of `prāveśayat`.

अन्यान् (anyān) - other, others

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Modifies implied 'men'.

काये (kāye) - into the body, in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, collection

From root `ci` (to collect) with `aṇ` suffix.

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Location where the heads were made to enter.

प्रावेशयत् (prāveśayat) - he made enter, he caused to enter, he drove in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of viś

Imperfect tense, third person singular, causative

Causative form of root `viś` (to enter) with prefix `pra`. `veśayat` is causative stem, then imperfect.

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Causative verb.

शिरस् (śiras) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top

S-stem noun.

Note: Object of `prāveśayat`.