महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-152, verse-18

तेषां स मार्गान्विविधान्महात्मा निहत्य शस्त्राणि च शात्रवाणाम् ।
यथाप्रवीरान्निजघान वीरः परःशतान्पुष्करिणीसमीपे ॥१८॥

18. teṣāṁ sa mārgānvividhānmahātmā; nihatya śastrāṇi ca śātravāṇām ,
yathāpravīrānnijaghāna vīraḥ; paraḥśatānpuṣkariṇīsamīpe.

18. teṣām saḥ mārgān vividhān mahātmā
nihatya śastrāṇi ca śātravāṇām
yathāpravīrān nijaghāna
vīraḥ paraḥśatān puṣkariṇīsamīpe

18. The great-souled hero (mahātmā), having destroyed their various strategies and the enemies' weapons, slew hundreds of their principal warriors near the lotus pond.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the enemies (referring to the opponents) (of them, their)

• सः (saḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist) (he, that one)

• मार्गान् (mārgān) - strategies, approaches (paths, ways, means)

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various (strategies/approaches) (various, manifold)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled hero (great-souled, noble, a great person)

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having destroyed (the strategies/weapons) (having killed, having destroyed)

• शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - enemies' weapons (weapons)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of the enemies (of enemies, hostile)

• यथाप्रवीरान् (yathāpravīrān) - principal warriors (chief warriors, as many as were brave)

• निजघान (nijaghāna) - slew (he killed, he struck down)

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist, in apposition to mahātmā) (hero, brave man)

• परःशतान् (paraḥśatān) - hundreds (of principal warriors) (hundreds, exceeding a hundred)

• पुष्करिणीसमीपे (puṣkariṇīsamīpe) - near the lotus pond (near a lotus pond)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the enemies (referring to the opponents) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine/neuter genitive plural

सः (saḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मार्गान् (mārgān) - strategies, approaches (paths, ways, means)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mārga

mārga - road, path, way, means, method, course

विविधान् (vividhān) - various (strategies/approaches) (various, manifold)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

Note: Agrees with mārgān

महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled hero (great-souled, noble, a great person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble; a great person, an exalted person

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: refers to the main hero

निहत्य (nihatya) - having destroyed (the strategies/weapons) (having killed, having destroyed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

prefix ni + root han + suffix -tya

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - enemies' weapons (weapons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, tool

Note: Also nominative plural form. Accusative here, object of nihatya.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of the enemies (of enemies, hostile)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śātrava

śātrava - hostile, belonging to an enemy; an enemy

यथाप्रवीरान् (yathāpravīrān) - principal warriors (chief warriors, as many as were brave)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yathāpravīra

yathāpravīra - chief warrior; as brave as

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yathā+pravīra)

• yathā – as, according to, in such a manner as
  indeclinable
• pravīra – chief, leader, excellent warrior
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra

Note: Object of nijaghāna

निजघान (nijaghāna) - slew (he killed, he struck down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of han

perfect active

root han, 3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Derived from ni + han

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist, in apposition to mahātmā) (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

परःशतान् (paraḥśatān) - hundreds (of principal warriors) (hundreds, exceeding a hundred)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paraḥśata

paraḥśata - exceeding a hundred, hundreds of

Compound type : tatpurusha (paras+śata)

• paras – beyond, over, more than
  indeclinable
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies yathāpravīrān.

पुष्करिणीसमीपे (puṣkariṇīsamīpe) - near the lotus pond (near a lotus pond)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṣkariṇīsamīpa

puṣkariṇīsamīpa - near a lotus pond

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣkariṇī+samīpa)

• puṣkariṇī – lotus pond, pond with lotuses
  noun (feminine)
• samīpa – near, proximity, vicinity
  noun (neuter)