महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-97

पलायतां दिशस्तेषां स्वानप्युत्सृज्य बान्धवान् ।
गोत्रनामभिरन्योन्यमाक्रन्दन्त ततो जनाः ॥९७॥

97. palāyatāṁ diśasteṣāṁ svānapyutsṛjya bāndhavān ,
gotranāmabhiranyonyamākrandanta tato janāḥ.

97. palāyatām diśaḥ teṣām svān api utsṛjya bāndhavān
gotranāmabhiḥ anyonyam ākrandanta tataḥ janāḥ

97. tataḥ janāḥ svān bāndhavān api utsṛjya teṣām
diśaḥ palāyatām anyonyam gotranāmabhiḥ ākrandanta

97. Then, abandoning even their own relatives, those people fled in all directions, crying out to each other by their family names.

Words meanings summery:

• पलायताम् (palāyatām) - let them flee, may they flee, they fled (in descriptive narrative)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• स्वान् (svān) - their own, own

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, leaving behind, giving up

• बान्धवान् (bāndhavān) - relatives, kinsmen, friends

• गोत्रनामभिः (gotranāmabhiḥ) - by family names, by lineage names

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• आक्रन्दन्त (ākrandanta) - they cried out, they wailed

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, persons

Words meanings and morphology

पलायताम् (palāyatām) - let them flee, may they flee, they fled (in descriptive narrative)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of palāyate

Imperative 3rd plural ātmanepada

Derived from root `i` (to go) with prefixes `pra` and `ā`.

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: i (class 2)

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region, point of the compass

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

स्वान् (svān) - their own, own

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, oneself, property, wealth

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, leaving behind, giving up

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Absolutive form of root `sṛj` (class 6) with prefix `ut`.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

बान्धवान् (bāndhavān) - relatives, kinsmen, friends

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman, friend

गोत्रनामभिः (gotranāmabhiḥ) - by family names, by lineage names

(noun)

Instrumental, plural of gotranāman

gotranāman - family name, lineage name

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gotra+nāman)

• gotra – family, lineage, clan
  noun (neuter)
• nāman – name, appellation, noun
  noun (neuter)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonyam

anyonyam - each other, mutually, one another

Note: Used adverbially here.

आक्रन्दन्त (ākrandanta) - they cried out, they wailed

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd plural

Imperfect form of root `krand` (class 1) with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: krand (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, creature, people