महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-54, verse-24

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
रथानां शकटानां च हयानां चायुतानि मे ।
युक्तानामेव तिष्ठन्ति वाहैरुच्चावचैर्वृताः ॥२४॥

24. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
rathānāṁ śakaṭānāṁ ca hayānāṁ cāyutāni me ,
yuktānāmeva tiṣṭhanti vāhairuccāvacairvṛtāḥ.

24. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca rathānām śakaṭānām ca hayānām ca
ayutāni me yuktānām eva tiṣṭhanti vāhaiḥ uccāvacaiḥ vṛtāḥ

24. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "I possess tens of thousands of chariots, carts, and horses. They stand ready, yoked and attended by various drivers."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - eldest of the Pāṇḍavas (Yudhiṣṭhira)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

• शकटानाम् (śakaṭānām) - of carts, of wagons

• च (ca) - and

• हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

• च (ca) - and

• अयुतानि (ayutāni) - tens of thousands (of chariots, carts, and horses) (tens of thousands)

• मे (me) - dative/genitive of possession: 'belonging to me' (my, mine, to me)

• युक्तानाम् (yuktānām) - referring to the chariots, carts, and horses that are yoked or prepared (of those yoked, of those employed)

• एव (eva) - emphatic particle, 'indeed they stand' (indeed, only, just)

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand ready/prepared (they stand, they exist, they remain)

• वाहैः (vāhaiḥ) - by the charioteers or horse-keepers (by drivers, by bearers)

• उच्चावचैः (uccāvacaiḥ) - describing the drivers as various or of different kinds/ranks (diverse, various, high and low)

• वृताः (vṛtāḥ) - attended by various drivers (surrounded, covered, attended, chosen)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - eldest of the Pāṇḍavas (Yudhiṣṭhira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle, steadfast in war; proper noun: name of the eldest Pāṇḍava

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

शकटानाम् (śakaṭānām) - of carts, of wagons

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of śakaṭa

śakaṭa - cart, wagon, vehicle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

Root: hi (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अयुतानि (ayutāni) - tens of thousands (of chariots, carts, and horses) (tens of thousands)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ayuta

ayuta - ten thousand, myriad

मे (me) - dative/genitive of possession: 'belonging to me' (my, mine, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, my, me (first person pronoun)

युक्तानाम् (yuktānām) - referring to the chariots, carts, and horses that are yoked or prepared (of those yoked, of those employed)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yukta

yukta - yoked, joined, connected, prepared, appointed, proper

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root yuj (to yoke, join)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agreeing with an implied 'of them' or modifying 'ayutāni'

एव (eva) - emphatic particle, 'indeed they stand' (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand ready/prepared (they stand, they exist, they remain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

वाहैः (vāhaiḥ) - by the charioteers or horse-keepers (by drivers, by bearers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāha

vāha - carrier, bearer, driver; current, stream

Root: vah (class 1)

उच्चावचैः (uccāvacaiḥ) - describing the drivers as various or of different kinds/ranks (diverse, various, high and low)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of uccāvaca

uccāvaca - high and low, diverse, various, unequal

Compound type : dvandva (ucca+avaca)

• ucca – high, tall, loud
  adjective (masculine)
• avaca – low, small, inferior
  adjective (masculine)

वृताः (vṛtāḥ) - attended by various drivers (surrounded, covered, attended, chosen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, covered, chosen, appointed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root vṛ (to cover, surround, choose)

Root: vṛ (class 1)