महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-99, verse-23

हविर्धानं तु तस्याहुः परेषां वाहिनीमुखम् ।
कुञ्जराणां हयानां च वर्मिणां च समुच्चयः ।
अग्निः श्येनचितो नाम तस्य यज्ञे विधीयते ॥२३॥

23. havirdhānaṁ tu tasyāhuḥ pareṣāṁ vāhinīmukham ,
kuñjarāṇāṁ hayānāṁ ca varmiṇāṁ ca samuccayaḥ ,
agniḥ śyenacito nāma tasya yajñe vidhīyate.

23. havir_dhānam tu tasya āhuḥ pareṣām
vāhinī_mukham kuñjarāṇām hayānām
ca varmiṇām ca samuccayaḥ agniḥ
śyenacitaḥ nāma tasya yajñe vidhīyate

23. te tasya havir_dhānam tu pareṣām
vāhinī_mukham āhuḥ kuñjarāṇām hayānām
ca varmiṇām ca samuccayaḥ tasya
yajñe śyenacitaḥ nāma agniḥ vidhīyate

23. They call the front of the enemy army its 'place of offerings' (havirdhāna). It is a collection of elephants, horses, and armored warriors. The fire altar known as Śyenacita is prescribed for his Vedic ritual (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• हविर्_धानम् (havir_dhānam) - the symbolic 'place of offerings' in the war-ritual, referring to the enemy front (place for offerings, vessel for oblations)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तस्य (tasya) - of this war-ritual (of him, its)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

• परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of the enemy army (of others, of enemies)

• वाहिनी_मुखम् (vāhinī_mukham) - front of the army

• कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

• हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

• च (ca) - and, also

• वर्मिणाम् (varmiṇām) - of armored ones, of warriors in armor

• च (ca) - and, also

• समुच्चयः (samuccayaḥ) - collection, aggregation, multitude

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - the symbolic fire altar in the war-ritual (fire, fire-god, fire altar)

• श्येनचितः (śyenacitaḥ) - piled in the shape of a falcon (a type of fire altar)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, named

• तस्य (tasya) - of this war-ritualist / his (Vedic ritual) (of him, its)

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual, in the sacrifice

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is enjoined, is performed

Words meanings and morphology

हविर्_धानम् (havir_dhānam) - the symbolic 'place of offerings' in the war-ritual, referring to the enemy front (place for offerings, vessel for oblations)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of havir_dhāna

havir_dhāna - receptacle for the oblation, place for keeping the clarified butter

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (havis+dhāna)

• havis – oblation, offering
  noun (neuter)
  from √hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• dhāna – holding, placing, receptacle
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  from √dhā (to place, hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of this war-ritual (of him, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine or neuter genitive singular of tad

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ah

perfect active

from √ah (to say); 3rd person plural perfect active (irregular)

Root: ah (class 2)

परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of the enemy army (of others, of enemies)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of para

para - other, alien, enemy

वाहिनी_मुखम् (vāhinī_mukham) - front of the army

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāhinī_mukha

vāhinī_mukha - the front of an army, van of a host

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāhinī+mukha)

• vāhinī – army, host
  noun (feminine)
  from √vah (to carry, lead)
  Root: vah (class 1)
• mukha – mouth, face, front, main part
  noun (neuter)

कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

from √hi (to go, run)

Root: hi (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वर्मिणाम् (varmiṇām) - of armored ones, of warriors in armor

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of varmin

varmin - armored, clad in mail, a man in armor

from varman (armor) + -in (possessive suffix)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

समुच्चयः (samuccayaḥ) - collection, aggregation, multitude

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samuccaya

samuccaya - collection, accumulation, aggregate, multitude

verbal noun

from sam-ut-√ci (to gather, collect)

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: ci (class 5)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - the symbolic fire altar in the war-ritual (fire, fire-god, fire altar)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, fire-god, sacrificial fire, fire altar

श्येनचितः (śyenacitaḥ) - piled in the shape of a falcon (a type of fire altar)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śyenacita

śyenacita - piled in the shape of a falcon (a specific type of Vedic fire altar)

past passive participle (used as noun/adjective)

bahuvrihi compound: 'whose piling is of the shape of a falcon' or tatpuruṣa: 'piled as a falcon'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śyena+cita)

• śyena – falcon, eagle
  noun (masculine)
• cita – piled, heaped up, constructed
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √ci (to pile, arrange)
  Root: ci (class 5)

नाम (nāma) - by name, named

(indeclinable)

used here as an indeclinable particle meaning 'by name, named'

तस्य (tasya) - of this war-ritualist / his (Vedic ritual) (of him, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine or neuter genitive singular of tad

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual, in the sacrifice

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship, sacrifice

from √yaj (to worship, sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is enjoined, is performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vidhā

present passive

from vi-√dhā (to arrange, prescribe); 3rd person singular present passive

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)