महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-8

तेषां चानुगता ये च क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ ।
तांश्च सर्वानवामृद्नाद्रामः प्रहरतां वरः ॥८॥

8. teṣāṁ cānugatā ye ca kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha ,
tāṁśca sarvānavāmṛdnādrāmaḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ.

8. teṣām ca anugatāḥ ye ca kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha
tān ca sarvān avāmṛdnāt rāmaḥ praharatām varaḥ

8. O best of kṣatriyas, Rāma, the foremost of warriors, annihilated all those kṣatriyas (warriors) who had followed them (Kārtavīrya's sons).

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the sons of Kārtavīrya (of them, their)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अनुगताः (anugatāḥ) - those who followed, followers

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• च (ca) - and, also

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, members of the warrior class (kṣatriya)

• क्षत्रियर्षभ (kṣatriyarṣabha) - O best of warriors (O best of kṣatriyas, O bull among kṣatriyas)

• तान् (tān) - those followers (them, those)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, entire

• अवामृद्नात् (avāmṛdnāt) - he crushed, annihilated, destroyed

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Paraśurāma (Rāma (Paraśurāma))

• प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - of those who strike, of warriors

• वरः (varaḥ) - best, excellent, choicest

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the sons of Kārtavīrya (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Plural genitive, referring to Kārtavīrya's sons.

Note: Refers to the sons of Kārtavīrya.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects clauses.

अनुगताः (anugatāḥ) - those who followed, followers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anugata

anugata - followed, gone after, accompanied by, follower

Past Passive Participle

Formed from prefix anu- + root gam (to go) + kta (P.P.P. suffix).

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies ye kṣatriyāḥ; active in meaning here.

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Masculine nominative plural, referring to kṣatriyāḥ.

Note: Relative pronoun for kṣatriyāḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects anugatāḥ ye to the preceding teṣām.

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, members of the warrior class (kṣatriya)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, member of the kṣatriya class, ruler

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Subject of the relative clause.

क्षत्रियर्षभ (kṣatriyarṣabha) - O best of warriors (O best of kṣatriyas, O bull among kṣatriyas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣatriyarṣabha

kṣatriyarṣabha - best of kṣatriyas, foremost warrior

Compound kṣatriya (warrior) + ṛṣabha (bull, best).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kṣatriya+ṛṣabha)

• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the kṣatriya class
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: An address to the narrator/listener.

तान् (tān) - those followers (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Masculine accusative plural, referring to anugatāḥ ye kṣatriyāḥ.

Note: Object of avāmṛdnāt.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Reinforces the previous enumeration.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, entire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Emphasizes tān.

अवामृद्नात् (avāmṛdnāt) - he crushed, annihilated, destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of mṛd

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

From prefix ava- + root mṛd (class 9) + laṅ (imperfect suffix).

Prefix: ava

Root: mṛd (class 9)

Note: Main finite verb of the sentence.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Paraśurāma (Rāma (Paraśurāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of Paraśurāma, or Balarāma, or Rāmachandra), pleasing, dark-colored

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: The agent of crushing.

प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - of those who strike, of warriors

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of praharat

hṛ - to strike, to attack, to carry

Present Active Participle

From prefix pra- + root hṛ (to take, to strike) + śatṛ suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Used in a comparison, 'best of X'.

वरः (varaḥ) - best, excellent, choicest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choicest, boon, bridegroom

From root vṛ (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of the phrase praharatām varaḥ.