महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-13, verse-35

अनारमन्तो निघ्नन्तो महास्त्रैः शतघातिभिः ।
न हन्याम वयं तस्य त्रिभिर्वर्षशतैर्बलम् ॥३५॥

35. anāramanto nighnanto mahāstraiḥ śataghātibhiḥ ,
na hanyāma vayaṁ tasya tribhirvarṣaśatairbalam.

35. anāramantaḥ nighnantaḥ mahāstraiḥ śataghātibhiḥ
na hanyāma vayam tasya tribhiḥ varṣaśataiḥ balam

35. Even if we were to continuously engage in battle, striking with powerful weapons that can slay hundreds, we would still not be able to destroy his army (balam) even in three hundred years.

Words meanings summery:

• अनारमन्तः (anāramantaḥ) - without stopping the fight (not stopping, not resting, without ceasing)

• निघ्नन्तः (nighnantaḥ) - striking, killing, slaying

• महास्त्रैः (mahāstraiḥ) - by great weapons, by mighty missiles

• शतघातिभिः (śataghātibhiḥ) - (weapons) capable of killing hundreds (by those killing hundreds, by hundred-slaying (weapons))

• न (na) - not

• हन्याम (hanyāma) - we would kill, we would destroy

• वयम् (vayam) - the Yadavas (Kṛṣṇa speaking for his people) (we)

• तस्य (tasya) - Jarāsaṃdha's (his, its)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

• वर्षशतैः (varṣaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of years

• बलम् (balam) - his military force, his army (army, strength, force)

Words meanings and morphology

अनारमन्तः (anāramantaḥ) - without stopping the fight (not stopping, not resting, without ceasing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anāramat

anāramat - not stopping, not resting

Present Active Participle

From root ram (to stop/rest) with upasarga ā, and negative prefix an-.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+āramat)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• āramat – stopping, resting, beginning
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root ram with upasarga ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vayam'.

निघ्नन्तः (nighnantaḥ) - striking, killing, slaying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nighnat

nighnat - striking, killing, destroying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with upasarga ni, with reduplication and nasalization.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'vayam'.

महास्त्रैः (mahāstraiḥ) - by great weapons, by mighty missiles

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of mahāstra

mahāstra - great weapon, mighty missile

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+astra)

• mahat – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root as (to throw) with suffix -tra.
  Root: as (class 4)

Note: Instrument of 'nighnantaḥ'.

शतघातिभिः (śataghātibhiḥ) - (weapons) capable of killing hundreds (by those killing hundreds, by hundred-slaying (weapons))

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śataghātin

śataghātin - killing hundreds, hundred-slaying

Derived from root han with śata as prefix, and suffix -in.

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (śata+ghātin)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• ghātin – killer, slayer, destroying
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun suffix -in
  Derived from root han (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agreement with 'mahāstraiḥ'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हन्याम (hanyāma) - we would kill, we would destroy

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of han

Optative Mood

First person plural optative form of root han.

Root: han (class 2)

वयम् (vayam) - the Yadavas (Kṛṣṇa speaking for his people) (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I, we (plural form of 'I')

Note: Subject of 'hanyāma'.

तस्य (tasya) - Jarāsaṃdha's (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'balam'.

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'varṣaśataiḥ'.

वर्षशतैः (varṣaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of years

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - a hundred years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Denotes 'in three hundred years' or 'within a period of three hundred years'.

बलम् (balam) - his military force, his army (army, strength, force)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

Root: bal (class 1)