महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-16, verse-3

अक्षौहिण्यो महाराज दशाष्टौ च समागताः ।
अष्टादशाहेन हता दशभिर्योधपुंगवैः ॥३॥

3. akṣauhiṇyo mahārāja daśāṣṭau ca samāgatāḥ ,
aṣṭādaśāhena hatā daśabhiryodhapuṁgavaiḥ.

3. akṣauhiṇyaḥ mahārāja daśa aṣṭau ca samāgatāḥ
aṣṭādaśāhena hatāḥ daśabhiḥ yodhapuṃgavaiḥ

3. mahārāja daśa aṣṭau ca akṣauhiṇyaḥ samāgatāḥ
(tāḥ) aṣṭādaśāhena daśabhiḥ yodhapuṃgavaiḥ hatāḥ

3. O great king, eighteen akshauhinis (large divisions of an army) assembled and were destroyed in eighteen days by ten foremost warriors.

Words meanings summery:

• अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - akshauhinis (a large military division)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• दश (daśa) - ten

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• च (ca) - and

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled, gathered

• अष्टादशाहेन (aṣṭādaśāhena) - in eighteen days

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, destroyed, struck down

• दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

• योधपुंगवैः (yodhapuṁgavaiḥ) - by foremost warriors, by excellent warriors

Words meanings and morphology

अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - akshauhinis (a large military division)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of akṣauhiṇī

akṣauhiṇī - an akshauhini (a large division of an army, consisting of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 horses and 109,350 foot-soldiers)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Karmadhāraya compound: 'great king'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, vast, noble
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled, gathered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, met, arrived, come together

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √gam (to go) with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अष्टादशाहेन (aṣṭādaśāhena) - in eighteen days

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aṣṭādaśāha

aṣṭādaśāha - a period of eighteen days

Dvigu compound: 'eighteen days'

Compound type : dvigu (aṣṭādaśan+ahan)

• aṣṭādaśan – eighteen
  numeral
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, destroyed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, injured

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

(numeral)

योधपुंगवैः (yodhapuṁgavaiḥ) - by foremost warriors, by excellent warriors

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yodhapuṃgava

yodhapuṁgava - foremost warrior, excellent warrior, chief among warriors

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'bull among warriors'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yodha+puṃgava)

• yodha – warrior, fighter, soldier
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √yudh (to fight)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• puṃgava – bull; chief, best, excellent (used as a suffix meaning 'chief among')
  noun (masculine)