महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-143, verse-9

न चापश्यन्त तेऽन्योन्यं तमसा हतचक्षुषः ।
आकृष्यमाणा वातेन साश्मचूर्णेन भारत ॥९॥

9. na cāpaśyanta te'nyonyaṁ tamasā hatacakṣuṣaḥ ,
ākṛṣyamāṇā vātena sāśmacūrṇena bhārata.

9. na ca apaśyanta te anyonyam tamasā hata-cakṣuṣaḥ
ākṛṣyamāṇāḥ vātena sāśmacūrṇena bhārata

9. O Bhārata, their eyes were blinded by darkness, so they could not see each other, as they were dragged by a wind carrying stone-dust.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they could see (they saw)

• ते (te) - they

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

• तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness, by gloom

• हत-चक्षुषः (hata-cakṣuṣaḥ) - whose eyes are struck/blinded

• आकृष्यमाणाः (ākṛṣyamāṇāḥ) - being dragged, being pulled

• वातेन (vātena) - by the wind, by air

• साश्मचूर्णेन (sāśmacūrṇena) - by the wind carrying stone dust (by that which is with stone dust)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (as addressed in the Mahābhārata) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they could see (they saw)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

root of the present stem for dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyonyam

anyonyam - each other, one another, mutually

तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness, by gloom

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia

हत-चक्षुषः (hata-cakṣuṣaḥ) - whose eyes are struck/blinded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata-cakṣus

hata-cakṣus - whose eyes are damaged, blinded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+cakṣus)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, blind
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• cakṣus – eye, sight
  noun (neuter)

आकृष्यमाणाः (ākṛṣyamāṇāḥ) - being dragged, being pulled

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ākṛṣyamāṇa

ākṛṣyamāṇa - being pulled, being dragged, being attracted

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛṣ with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

वातेन (vātena) - by the wind, by air

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air, vital air (vāyu)

Root: vā (class 2)

साश्मचूर्णेन (sāśmacūrṇena) - by the wind carrying stone dust (by that which is with stone dust)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sāśmacūrṇa

sāśmacūrṇa - accompanied by stone-dust, having stone-dust

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+aśmacūrṇa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• aśmacūrṇa – stone-dust, stone powder
  noun (neuter)

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (as addressed in the Mahābhārata) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, India

Derived from Bharata