महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-167, verse-8

शतं शतास्ते हरयस्तस्मिन्युक्ता महारथे ।
तदा मातलिना यत्ता व्यचरन्नल्पका इव ॥८॥

8. śataṁ śatāste harayastasminyuktā mahārathe ,
tadā mātalinā yattā vyacarannalpakā iva.

8. śatam śatāḥ te harayaḥ tasmin yuktāḥ mahārathe
tadā mātalinā yattāḥ vyacaran alpakāḥ iva

8. Hundreds upon hundreds of those horses, yoked to that great chariot, though vigilant due to Mātali, then moved about as if they were mere tiny creatures.

Words meanings summery:

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• शताः (śatāḥ) - hundreds

• ते (te) - those horses (those)

• हरयः (harayaḥ) - Indra's horses (horses (often golden/tawny colored))

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that great chariot (in that)

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - yoked (to the chariot) (yoked, joined, connected)

• महारथे (mahārathe) - in the great chariot

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• मातलिना (mātalinā) - by Mātali

• यत्ताः (yattāḥ) - vigilant due to Mātali's control (assiduous, careful, prepared, vigilant)

• व्यचरन् (vyacaran) - they moved about, wandered

• अल्पकाः (alpakāḥ) - small ones, tiny ones

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

शताः (śatāḥ) - hundreds

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `harayaḥ`. This is 'hundreds of hundreds'.

ते (te) - those horses (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with `harayaḥ`.

हरयः (harayaḥ) - Indra's horses (horses (often golden/tawny colored))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hari

hari - reddish-brown, tawny, golden; horse, lion, Vishnu

From root hṛ 'to carry'

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of `vyacaran`.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that great chariot (in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with `mahārathe`.

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - yoked (to the chariot) (yoked, joined, connected)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta

yukta - yoked, joined, connected; attentive

Past Passive Participle

PPP of yuj 'to yoke, to join'

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with `harayaḥ`.

महारथे (mahārathe) - in the great chariot

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - great chariot, great warrior

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahat+ratha)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From tad with suffix -dā

मातलिना (mātalinā) - by Mātali

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - name of Indra's charioteer

Note: Agent of `yattāḥ`.

यत्ताः (yattāḥ) - vigilant due to Mātali's control (assiduous, careful, prepared, vigilant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yatta

yatta - assiduous, careful, prepared

Past Passive Participle

PPP of yam 'to restrain, exert'

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `harayaḥ`.

व्यचरन् (vyacaran) - they moved about, wandered

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

अल्पकाः (alpakāḥ) - small ones, tiny ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alpaka

alpaka - small, little

From `alpa` with suffix `ka`

Note: Agrees with `harayaḥ` (implied by `iva`).

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)