महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-103, verse-9

ते वध्यमानास्त्रिदशैर्दानवा भीमनिस्वनाः ।
चक्रुः सुतुमुलं युद्धं मुहूर्तमिव भारत ॥९॥

9. te vadhyamānāstridaśairdānavā bhīmanisvanāḥ ,
cakruḥ sutumulaṁ yuddhaṁ muhūrtamiva bhārata.

9. te vadhyamānāḥ tridaśaiḥ dānavāḥ bhīmanisvanāḥ
cakruḥ sutumulam yuddham muhūrtam iva bhārata

9. O Bhārata, those Dānavas, who were being slain by the gods, and whose roars were terrifying, engaged in an exceedingly fierce battle for a short while.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those, they

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

• त्रिदशैः (tridaśaiḥ) - by the gods, by the divinities

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Dānavas (a class of demons)

• भीमनिस्वनाः (bhīmanisvanāḥ) - having terrifying roars, of terrible sound

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they engaged in (a battle) (they made, they did, they performed)

• सुतुमुलम् (sutumulam) - very tumultuous, exceedingly fierce

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - a moment, a short time

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to dānavāḥ.

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slain

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to kill), passive voice, with suffix -māna.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies dānavāḥ.

त्रिदशैः (tridaśaiḥ) - by the gods, by the divinities

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tridaśa

tridaśa - god, deity

Note: Agent of vadhyamānāḥ.

दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Dānavas (a class of demons)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - son of Danu, demon

Patronymic from Danu.

Note: Subject of cakruḥ.

भीमनिस्वनाः (bhīmanisvanāḥ) - having terrifying roars, of terrible sound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīmanisvana

bhīmanisvana - having terrifying sounds, of terrible roar (bhīma: terrible, nisvana: sound/roar)

Bahuvrīhi compound: bhīmaḥ nisvanaḥ yeṣāṃ te (those whose roar is terrible).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhīma+nisvana)

• bhīma – terrible, dreadful, fearful
  adjective (masculine)
• nisvana – sound, roar, noise
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: niḥ
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Qualifies dānavāḥ.

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they engaged in (a battle) (they made, they did, they performed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Reduplicated perfect.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सुतुमुलम् (sutumulam) - very tumultuous, exceedingly fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sutumula

sutumula - very tumultuous, exceedingly violent/fierce (su: very, tumula: tumultuous)

Compound with intensifying prefix su-.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+tumula)

• su – good, well, very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
  Intensifying prefix
• tumula – tumultuous, noisy, violent
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Qualifies yuddham.

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle (from yudh) used as a noun.

From yudh + kta.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of cakruḥ.

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - a moment, a short time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, a short period of time (a specific unit of time in ancient India, approx 48 minutes)

Note: Adverbial accusative, indicating duration.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata

Patronymic.

Note: Used as an address.