महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-169, verse-6

हयानां नान्तरं ह्यासीत्पदाद्विचलितुं पदम् ।
उत्पत्य सहसा तस्थुरन्तरिक्षगमास्ततः ॥६॥

6. hayānāṁ nāntaraṁ hyāsītpadādvicalituṁ padam ,
utpatya sahasā tasthurantarikṣagamāstataḥ.

6. hayānām na antaram hi āsīt padāt vicalitum padam
utpatya sahasā tasthuḥ antarikṣagamāḥ tatas

6. Indeed, there was no space for the horses to move a single step. Then, the sky-going (antarikṣagama) [demons] suddenly leaped up and stood [in the air].

Words meanings summery:

• हयानाम् (hayānām) - of the horses

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - space (space, interval, difference)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (there was, he/she/it was)

• पदात् (padāt) - from a step (from a foot, from a step)

• विचलितुम् (vicalitum) - to move (to move, to stir, to waver)

• पदम् (padam) - a single step (a step, a foot, a word)

• उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having leaped up (having sprung up, having leaped up)

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

• तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - stood (they stood, they remained)

• अन्तरिक्षगमाः (antarikṣagamāḥ) - sky-going (demons) (sky-goers, those moving through the air)

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

Words meanings and morphology

हयानाम् (hayānām) - of the horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्तरम् (antaram) - space (space, interval, difference)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - space, interval, interior, difference

Note: Subject of 'āsīt'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (there was, he/she/it was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

imperfect, 3rd person singular, active voice (past)

Root: as (class 2)

पदात् (padāt) - from a step (from a foot, from a step)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, word, position

Note: Indicates separation or origin.

विचलितुम् (vicalitum) - to move (to move, to stir, to waver)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

derived from root cal (to move) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Used as complement to 'na antaram āsīt'.

पदम् (padam) - a single step (a step, a foot, a word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, word, position

Note: Object of implicit 'to move'.

उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having leaped up (having sprung up, having leaped up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

derived from root pat (to fly, fall) with prefix ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

adverb formed from sahas (strength, force)

तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - stood (they stood, they remained)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of sthā

perfect, 3rd person plural, active voice (past)

Root: sthā (class 1)

अन्तरिक्षगमाः (antarikṣagamāḥ) - sky-going (demons) (sky-goers, those moving through the air)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antarikṣagama

antarikṣagama - moving in the air, sky-going

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antarikṣa+gama)

• antarikṣa – sky, atmosphere, middle region
  noun (neuter)
• gama – going, moving, reaching
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Nivātakavacas, who are known for their aerial capabilities.

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

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas