महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-169, verse-3

ततो निवातकवचा वध्यमाना मया युधि ।
संहृत्य मायां सहसा प्राविशन्पुरमात्मनः ॥३॥

3. tato nivātakavacā vadhyamānā mayā yudhi ,
saṁhṛtya māyāṁ sahasā prāviśanpuramātmanaḥ.

3. tatas nivātakavacāḥ vadhyamānāḥ mayā yudhi
saṃhṛtya māyām sahasā prāviśan puram ātmanaḥ

3. Then, the Nivātakavacas, being slain by me in battle, swiftly withdrew their illusion (māyā) and entered their own city.

Words meanings summery:

• ततस् (tatas) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

• निवातकवचाः (nivātakavacāḥ) - the Nivātakavacas (the Nivātakavacas (a class of powerful demons))

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain (being killed, being slain)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• संहृत्य (saṁhṛtya) - having withdrawn (having withdrawn, having collected, having restrained)

• मायाम् (māyām) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, trick)

• सहसा (sahasā) - swiftly (suddenly, quickly, by force)

• प्राविशन् (prāviśan) - they entered

• पुरम् (puram) - city (city, stronghold, fortress)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (of oneself, of their own, of the self)

Words meanings and morphology

ततस् (tatas) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

निवातकवचाः (nivātakavacāḥ) - the Nivātakavacas (the Nivātakavacas (a class of powerful demons))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivātakavaca

nivātakavaca - a class of powerful demons who wear impenetrable armor

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nivāta+kavaca)

• nivāta – windless, free from wind
  adjective
  Prefix: ni
• kavaca – armor, cuirass
  noun (masculine)

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain (being killed, being slain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slain

Present Passive Participle

derived from root vadh (to strike, kill) with -yamāna suffix for passive present participle

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with nivātakavacāḥ

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

संहृत्य (saṁhṛtya) - having withdrawn (having withdrawn, having collected, having restrained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

derived from root hṛ (to take, carry) with prefix sam- and suffix -tya

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

मायाम् (māyām) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, trick)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, trick, artifice

सहसा (sahasā) - swiftly (suddenly, quickly, by force)

(indeclinable)

adverb formed from sahas (strength, force)

प्राविशन् (prāviśan) - they entered

(verb)

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

imperfect, 3rd person plural, active voice

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

पुरम् (puram) - city (city, stronghold, fortress)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, stronghold, fortress

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (of oneself, of their own, of the self)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Here used reflexively, referring to the Nivātakavacas.