महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-28, verse-13

सैन्यक्षयकरं चैव प्राणानां संशयाय च ।
चक्रे तस्य हि साहाय्यं भगवान्हव्यवाहनः ॥१३॥

13. sainyakṣayakaraṁ caiva prāṇānāṁ saṁśayāya ca ,
cakre tasya hi sāhāyyaṁ bhagavānhavyavāhanaḥ.

13. sainyakṣayakaram ca eva prāṇānām saṃśayāya ca
cakre tasya hi sāhāyyam bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ

13. Indeed, that battle caused the destruction of armies and endangered lives. The divine carrier of oblations (havyavāhana), Agni, surely gave him (Sahadeva) assistance.

Words meanings summery:

• सैन्यक्षयकरम् (sainyakṣayakaram) - describing the battle as causing army destruction (causing the destruction of armies)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of lives, of breaths, of vital airs

• संशयाय (saṁśayāya) - for danger, for risk, for doubt

• च (ca) - and

• चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did, he waged

• तस्य (tasya) - to Sahadeva (to him, for him, of him, his)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• साहाय्यम् (sāhāyyam) - help, assistance

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine, glorious, revered

• हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - Agni, the fire god (carrier of oblations)

Words meanings and morphology

सैन्यक्षयकरम् (sainyakṣayakaram) - describing the battle as causing army destruction (causing the destruction of armies)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sainyakṣayakara

sainyakṣayakara - causing the destruction of troops

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sainya+kṣaya+kara)

• sainya – army, troops, military
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, loss, decrease
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• kara – maker, doer, causing
  noun (masculine)
  kṛt suffix
  agent noun formed from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of lives, of breaths, of vital airs

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, living being

संशयाय (saṁśayāya) - for danger, for risk, for doubt

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, danger, risk

derived from √śī (to lie) with sam- prefixed

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did, he waged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्य (tasya) - to Sahadeva (to him, for him, of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

साहाय्यम् (sāhāyyam) - help, assistance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāhāyya

sāhāyya - help, aid, assistance

भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine, glorious, revered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, revered

possessive suffix -vat

हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - Agni, the fire god (carrier of oblations)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - carrier of oblations (an epithet for Agni, the fire god)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, sacrificial offering
  noun (neuter)
• vāhana – carrier, bearer, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  formed from √vah (to carry, bear)
  Root: vah (class 1)