महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-167, verse-5

अन्ये मामभ्यधावन्त निवातकवचा युधि ।
शितशस्त्रायुधा रौद्राः कालरूपाः प्रहारिणः ॥५॥

5. anye māmabhyadhāvanta nivātakavacā yudhi ,
śitaśastrāyudhā raudrāḥ kālarūpāḥ prahāriṇaḥ.

5. anye mām abhyadhāvanta nivātakavacāḥ yudhi
śitaśastrāyudhāḥ raudrāḥ kālarūpāḥ prahāriṇaḥ

5. Others, the Nivātakavachas, rushed towards me in battle. They were fierce, wielding sharp weapons and instruments, appearing like manifestations of death, and were formidable assailants.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

• माम् (mām) - me, to me

• अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - they rushed towards, they attacked

• निवातकवचाः (nivātakavacāḥ) - the Nivātakavachas (a race of powerful asuras)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

• शितशस्त्रायुधाः (śitaśastrāyudhāḥ) - having sharp weapons and instruments, armed with sharp weapons

• रौद्राः (raudrāḥ) - fierce, terrible, dreadful

• कालरूपाः (kālarūpāḥ) - having the form of time/death, resembling death

• प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - attackers, strikers, assaulters

Words meanings and morphology

अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

माम् (mām) - me, to me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - they rushed towards, they attacked

(verb)

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

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: dhāv (class 1)

निवातकवचाः (nivātakavacāḥ) - the Nivātakavachas (a race of powerful asuras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivātakavaca

nivātakavaca - a class of powerful asuras, literally 'having impenetrable armour'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nivāta+kavaca)

• nivāta – impenetrable, windless
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vā (class 2)
• kavaca – armor, mail
  noun (neuter)

Note: The actual word in the verse is `nivātakavacā` (visarga dropped due to sandhi).

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight

Root: yudh (class 4)

शितशस्त्रायुधाः (śitaśastrāyudhāḥ) - having sharp weapons and instruments, armed with sharp weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śitaśastrāyudha

śitaśastrāyudha - having sharp weapons and instruments

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śita+śastra+āyudha)

• śita – sharpened, keen
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of śo 'to sharpen'
  Root: śo (class 4)
• śastra – weapon, knife
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śas (class 2)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: The actual word in the verse is `śitaśastrāyudhā` (visarga dropped due to sandhi).

रौद्राः (raudrāḥ) - fierce, terrible, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of raudra

raudra - fierce, terrible, dreadful; belonging to Rudra

Root: rud (class 2)

कालरूपाः (kālarūpāḥ) - having the form of time/death, resembling death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālarūpa

kālarūpa - having the form of time/death

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāla+rūpa)

• kāla – time, death, black
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kal (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rūp (class 1)

प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - attackers, strikers, assaulters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahārin

prahārin - striker, assaulter

Agent Noun

Agent noun from pra-hṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)