महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-4, verse-35

तदभून्मुसलं घोरं वज्रकल्पमयोमयम् ।
जघान तेन कृष्णस्तान्येऽस्य प्रमुखतोऽभवन् ॥३५॥

35. tadabhūnmusalaṁ ghoraṁ vajrakalpamayomayam ,
jaghāna tena kṛṣṇastānye'sya pramukhato'bhavan.

35. tat abhūt musalam ghoram vajrakalpam ayomayam
jaghāna tena kṛṣṇaḥ tān ye asya pramukhataḥ abhavan

35. tat ghoram vajrakalpam ayomayam musalam abhūt
kṛṣṇaḥ tena tān ye asya pramukhataḥ abhavan jaghāna

35. That (iron piece) became a terrible mace, resembling a thunderbolt and made of iron. Kṛṣṇa struck with it those who appeared before him.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - refers to the iron piece mentioned previously (that, it)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - became, was

• मुसलम् (musalam) - mace, pestle

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• वज्रकल्पम् (vajrakalpam) - resembling a thunderbolt, like a thunderbolt

• अयोमयम् (ayomayam) - made of iron

• जघान (jaghāna) - he struck, he killed

• तेन (tena) - refers to the mace ('musalam') (by that, with that)

• कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa

• तान् (tān) - refers to the adversaries (those, them)

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• अस्य (asya) - refers to Kṛṣṇa (of him, his)

• प्रमुखतः (pramukhataḥ) - in front of, before

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they were, they became

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - refers to the iron piece mentioned previously (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अभूत् (abhūt) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist 3rd singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

मुसलम् (musalam) - mace, pestle

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of musala

musala - mace, pestle

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce

Note: Agrees with 'musalam'.

वज्रकल्पम् (vajrakalpam) - resembling a thunderbolt, like a thunderbolt

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vajrakalpa

vajrakalpa - resembling a thunderbolt, like a thunderbolt

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vajra+kalpa)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
• kalpa – like, resembling, almost
  indeclinable
  Suffix -kalpa

Note: Agrees with 'musalam'.

अयोमयम् (ayomayam) - made of iron

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ayomaya

ayomaya - made of iron

Suffix -maya

Note: Agrees with 'musalam'.

जघान (jaghāna) - he struck, he killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of han

Perfect 3rd singular

Root: han (class 2)

तेन (tena) - refers to the mace ('musalam') (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa

तान् (tān) - refers to the adversaries (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, it

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the people being struck.

अस्य (asya) - refers to Kṛṣṇa (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

प्रमुखतः (pramukhataḥ) - in front of, before

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas

अभवन् (abhavan) - they were, they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect 3rd plural

Root: bhū (class 1)