महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-8, verse-55

वृष्णियोधाश्च ते सर्वे गजाश्वरथयायिनः ।
न शेकुरावर्तयितुं ह्रियमाणं च तं जनम् ॥५५॥

55. vṛṣṇiyodhāśca te sarve gajāśvarathayāyinaḥ ,
na śekurāvartayituṁ hriyamāṇaṁ ca taṁ janam.

55. vṛṣṇiyodhāḥ ca te sarve gajāśvarathayāyinaḥ
na śekuḥ āvartayitum hriyamāṇam ca tam janam

55. te sarve vṛṣṇiyodhāḥ gajāśvarathayāyinaḥ
hriyamāṇam tam janam āvartayitum na ca śekuḥ

55. All those Vrishni warriors, though mounted on elephants, horses, and chariots, were unable to retrieve the people who were being carried away.

Words meanings summery:

• वृष्णियोधाः (vṛṣṇiyodhāḥ) - Vrishni warriors

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ते (te) - those

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

• गजाश्वरथयायिनः (gajāśvarathayāyinaḥ) - those mounted on elephants, horses, and chariots (those who ride elephants, horses, and chariots)

• न (na) - not

• शेकुः (śekuḥ) - they were able

• आवर्तयितुम् (āvartayitum) - to retrieve (to turn back, to bring back)

• ह्रियमाणम् (hriyamāṇam) - being carried away (being carried away, being taken)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तम् (tam) - that

• जनम् (janam) - multitude of people (person, people, multitude)

Words meanings and morphology

वृष्णियोधाः (vṛṣṇiyodhāḥ) - Vrishni warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇiyodha

vṛṣṇiyodha - Vrishni warrior

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛṣṇi+yodha)

• vṛṣṇi – name of a Yadava clan
  proper noun (masculine)
• yodha – warrior, fighter
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'yudh' (to fight), with suffix 'a' (ghañ/ac)
  Root: yudh (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

गजाश्वरथयायिनः (gajāśvarathayāyinaḥ) - those mounted on elephants, horses, and chariots (those who ride elephants, horses, and chariots)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gajāśvarathayāyin

gajāśvarathayāyin - one who rides elephants, horses, and chariots

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (gaja+aśva+ratha+yāyin)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• yāyin – one who goes, rider
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root 'yā' (to go) with suffix 'ṇini'
  Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शेकुः (śekuḥ) - they were able

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of śak

perfect tense

Root 'śak', 3rd plural, active voice, perfect tense (liṭ)

Root: śak (class 5)

आवर्तयितुम् (āvartayitum) - to retrieve (to turn back, to bring back)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the causative of ā-√vṛt (to turn)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used here as an object of 'śak'.

ह्रियमाणम् (hriyamāṇam) - being carried away (being carried away, being taken)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hriyamāṇa

hriyamāṇa - being carried, being taken, being stolen

present passive participle

From root 'hṛ' (to carry, steal) with 'śānac' suffix in passive voice

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Adjectival participle modifying 'janam'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

जनम् (janam) - multitude of people (person, people, multitude)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature, multitude

From root 'jan' (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)