महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-28

तासां तु तेन शब्देन समीपे क्षत्रियर्षभाः ।
क्षिप्रं च समनह्यन्त किमेतदिति चाब्रुवन् ॥२८॥

28. tāsāṁ tu tena śabdena samīpe kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ,
kṣipraṁ ca samanahyanta kimetaditi cābruvan.

28. tāsām tu tena śabdena samīpe kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ |
kṣipram ca samanahyanta kim etat iti ca abruvan

28. tu tāsām tena śabdena samīpe kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ca
kṣipram samanahyanta kim etat iti ca abruvan

28. But by that sound of theirs, the chief Kṣatriyas nearby quickly prepared themselves and said, "What is this?"

Words meanings summery:

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (women)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• तेन (tena) - by that

• शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound, with the sound

• समीपे (samīpe) - nearby, in the vicinity

• क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - the foremost Kṣatriyas, chief Kṣatriyas

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• च (ca) - and, also

• समनह्यन्त (samanahyanta) - they equipped themselves, they prepared

• किम् (kim) - what?

• एतत् (etat) - this

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying (marks direct speech)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said

Words meanings and morphology

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (women)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound, with the sound

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, voice

समीपे (samīpe) - nearby, in the vicinity

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of samīpa

samīpa - vicinity, proximity, nearness

क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - the foremost Kṣatriyas, chief Kṣatriyas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriyarṣabha

kṣatriyarṣabha - chief among Kṣatriyas, bull of Kṣatriyas

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatriya+ṛṣabha)

• kṣatriya – a member of the warrior or ruling class, Kṣatriya
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

समनह्यन्त (samanahyanta) - they equipped themselves, they prepared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of samanah

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nah (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which? why?

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

इति (iti) - thus, so saying (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)