महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-230, verse-15

ते वध्यमाना गन्धर्वाः सूतपुत्रेण धीमता ।
भूय एवाभ्यवर्तन्त शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥१५॥

15. te vadhyamānā gandharvāḥ sūtaputreṇa dhīmatā ,
bhūya evābhyavartanta śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

15. te vadhyamānāḥ gandharvāḥ sūtaputreṇa dhīmatā
bhūyaḥ eva abhyavartanta śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

15. Those Gandharvas, despite being attacked by the skilled son of the charioteer (Karṇa), again advanced in hundreds and thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those, they

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being attacked

• गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas

• सूतपुत्रेण (sūtaputreṇa) - by Karṇa (by the son of the charioteer)

• धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the intelligent, by the wise, by the skilled

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly, only

• अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - approached, attacked, advanced

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'gandharvāḥ'.

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being attacked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being slain, being killed, being attacked

Present Passive Participle

From root √vadh (to strike, to kill) in the passive voice, present participle.

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'gandharvāḥ'.

गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharva

gandharva - a Gandharva (celestial musician/demigod)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सूतपुत्रेण (sūtaputreṇa) - by Karṇa (by the son of the charioteer)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer (epithet for Karṇa)

Compound of `sūta` (charioteer) and `putra` (son).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer, bard
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of 'vadhyamānāḥ'.

धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the intelligent, by the wise, by the skilled

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, skilled

Possessive adjective formed with suffix -mat.

Note: Qualifies 'sūtaputreṇa'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

From root √bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - approached, attacked, advanced

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-ava-√vṛt

Imperfect

Imperfect (laṅ) form of √vṛt with prefixes abhi- and ava-. Middle voice.

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: vṛt (class 1)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -śas.

अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -śas.