महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-85, verse-8

वध्यमानेषु तेष्वाजौ गान्धारेषु समन्ततः ।
स राजा शकुनेः पुत्रः पाण्डवं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥८॥

8. vadhyamāneṣu teṣvājau gāndhāreṣu samantataḥ ,
sa rājā śakuneḥ putraḥ pāṇḍavaṁ pratyavārayat.

8. vadhyamāneṣu teṣu ājau gāndhāreṣu samantataḥ
saḥ rājā śakuneḥ putraḥ pāṇḍavam pratyavārayat

8. ājau samantataḥ teṣu gāndhāreṣu vadhyamāneṣu
saḥ rājā śakuneḥ putraḥ pāṇḍavam pratyavārayat

8. As those Gandharas were being slain on all sides in battle, that king, the son of Śakuni, resisted the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna).

Words meanings summery:

• वध्यमानेषु (vadhyamāneṣu) - while being struck down, when they were being killed

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among those

• आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in combat

• गान्धारेषु (gāndhāreṣu) - among the Gandharas

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, from all sides, everywhere

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• राजा (rājā) - king

• शकुनेः (śakuneḥ) - of Śakuni

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Arjuna (the Pāṇḍava)

• प्रत्यवारयत् (pratyavārayat) - he obstructed, he resisted, he stopped

Words meanings and morphology

वध्यमानेषु (vadhyamāneṣu) - while being struck down, when they were being killed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being struck, being attacked

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) by substitution of vadh, with present passive participle suffix -māna.

Root: han (class 2)

तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among those

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āji

āji - battle, fight, combat, race

गान्धारेषु (gāndhāreṣu) - among the Gandharas

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of gāndhāra

gāndhāra - an inhabitant of Gandhāra, a Gandhara warrior

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, from all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

शकुनेः (śakuneḥ) - of Śakuni

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - Śakuni (name of a Gandhara king, uncle of Duryodhana)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Arjuna (the Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

प्रत्यवारयत् (pratyavārayat) - he obstructed, he resisted, he stopped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (past) (laṅ) of pratyavāray

Causative verb

Causative form derived from prati-ava- (prefixes) + vṛ (to ward off, restrain) with causative suffix -ay.

Prefixes: prati+ava

Root: vṛ (class 5)