महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-25, verse-26

धनुर्यूपो रशना ज्या शरः स्रुक्स्रुवः खड्गो रुधिरं यत्र चाज्यम् ।
रथो वेदी कामगो युद्धमग्निश्चातुर्होत्रं चतुरो वाजिमुख्याः ॥२६॥

26. dhanuryūpo raśanā jyā śaraḥ sru;ksruvaḥ khaḍgo rudhiraṁ yatra cājyam ,
ratho vedī kāmago yuddhamagni;ścāturhotraṁ caturo vājimukhyāḥ.

26. dhanuḥ yūpaḥ raśanā jyā śaraḥ sruksruvaḥ
khaḍgaḥ rudhiram yatra ca ājyam
rathaḥ vedī kāmagaḥ yuddham agniḥ
ca cāturhotram caturaḥ vājimukhyāḥ

26. yatra dhanuḥ yūpaḥ raśanā jyā śaraḥ
sruksruvaḥ khaḍgaḥ rudhiram ca ājyam
rathaḥ vedī kāmagaḥ yuddham agniḥ
ca cāturhotram caturaḥ vājimukhyāḥ

26. Where the bow serves as the sacrificial post (yūpa), the bowstring as the cord, the arrow as the sacrificial ladles (sruk-sruva), and where the sword and blood are the clarified butter (ājya). The chariot is the altar (vedī), the swift battle is the fire, and the four chief horses represent the offerings of the four priests (cāturhotra).

Words meanings summery:

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• यूपः (yūpaḥ) - sacrificial post

• रशना (raśanā) - cord, rope, rein

• ज्या (jyā) - bowstring, earth

• शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow, reed

• स्रुक्स्रुवः (sruksruvaḥ) - sacrificial ladles (sruk and sruva)

• खड्गः (khaḍgaḥ) - sword, rhinoceros

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood, red

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• आज्यम् (ājyam) - clarified butter, ghee, oblation of ghee

• रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot, car

• वेदी (vedī) - sacrificial altar

• कामगः (kāmagaḥ) - going at will, moving swiftly

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war, fight

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, sacred fire

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• चातुर्होत्रम् (cāturhotram) - the office or duties of the four hotṛ priests, their offerings

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• वाजिमुख्याः (vājimukhyāḥ) - chief horses, excellent horses

Words meanings and morphology

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

यूपः (yūpaḥ) - sacrificial post

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yūpa

yūpa - a sacrificial post to which the victim is bound, a wooden post or pillar

from yu (to join) + -pa (suffix)

Root: yu

रशना (raśanā) - cord, rope, rein

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of raśanā

raśanā - a rope, cord, rein, strap, girdle

from raśana

Root: raś

ज्या (jyā) - bowstring, earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jyā

jyā - a bowstring, the string of a bow, the earth

शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow, reed

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - an arrow, a kind of reed

Root: śṛ (class 9)

स्रुक्स्रुवः (sruksruvaḥ) - sacrificial ladles (sruk and sruva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sruksruva

sruksruva - the two sacrificial ladles (sruk and sruva)

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (sruk+sruva)

• sruk – a large sacrificial ladle (for ghee)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• sruva – a small sacrificial ladle (for butter)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

खड्गः (khaḍgaḥ) - sword, rhinoceros

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaḍga

khaḍga - a sword, a rhinoceros

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood, red

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red, ruddy

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Used as a noun here.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

from ya (relative pronoun) + -tra (suffix)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

आज्यम् (ājyam) - clarified butter, ghee, oblation of ghee

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ājya

ājya - clarified butter, ghee, oblation of ghee

from aj (to drive) + -ya, or from aj (to anoint)

Root: aj (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun here.

रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot, car

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - a car, chariot, vehicle

from ramh (to hasten) or ṛ (to go)

Root: ramh

वेदी (vedī) - sacrificial altar

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vedī

vedī - a sacrificial altar, a raised plot of ground for sacrifices

from vid (to know), or vi (to go) + da (to give)

Root: vid (class 2)

कामगः (kāmagaḥ) - going at will, moving swiftly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmaga

kāmaga - going at will, moving swiftly

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāma+ga)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, sacred fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the god of fire, sacred fire (for yajña)

Root: ag

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

चातुर्होत्रम् (cāturhotram) - the office or duties of the four hotṛ priests, their offerings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cāturhotra

cāturhotra - the office or duties of the four chief priests (Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, Udgātṛ, Brahman), the sacrificial performance by them, their offerings

derived from caturhotṛ (four priests)

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

वाजिमुख्याः (vājimukhyāḥ) - chief horses, excellent horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vājimukhya

vājimukhya - chief horses, excellent horses

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (vājin+mukhya)

• vājin – a horse, a swift horse
  noun (masculine)
  from vāja (strength, speed)
  Root: vāj
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
  from mukha (face, front)