महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-268, verse-5

मुसलालातनाराचतोमरासिपरश्वधैः ।
अन्विताश्च शतघ्नीभिः समधूच्छिष्टमुद्गराः ॥५॥

5. musalālātanārācatomarāsiparaśvadhaiḥ ,
anvitāśca śataghnībhiḥ samadhūcchiṣṭamudgarāḥ.

5. musalālātanārācatomarāsiparaśvadhaiḥ anvitāḥ
ca śataghnībhiḥ samadhūcchiṣṭamudgarāḥ

5. They were equipped with maces, firebrands, iron arrows, javelins, swords, axes, *śataghnī*s, and mallets smeared with beeswax.

Words meanings summery:

• मुसलालातनाराचतोमरासिपरश्वधैः (musalālātanārācatomarāsiparaśvadhaiḥ) - with maces, firebrands, iron arrows, javelins, swords, and axes

• अन्विताः (anvitāḥ) - equipped with, accompanied by, furnished with

• च (ca) - and, also

• शतघ्नीभिः (śataghnībhiḥ) - with cannons/catapults (a weapon described as 'killer of hundreds') (with *śataghnī*s)

• समधूच्छिष्टमुद्गराः (samadhūcchiṣṭamudgarāḥ) - with mallets smeared with beeswax

Words meanings and morphology

मुसलालातनाराचतोमरासिपरश्वधैः (musalālātanārācatomarāsiparaśvadhaiḥ) - with maces, firebrands, iron arrows, javelins, swords, and axes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of musalālātanārācatomarāsiparaśvadha

musalālātanārācatomarāsiparaśvadha - maces, firebrands, iron arrows, javelins, swords, and axes (as a collective compound)

Compound type : dvandva (musala+ālāta+nārāca+tomara+asi+paraśvadha)

• musala – mace, club
  noun (masculine)
• ālāta – firebrand, half-burnt wood
  noun (neuter)
• nārāca – iron arrow, dart
  noun (masculine)
• tomara – javelin, lance, spear
  noun (masculine)
• asi – sword
  noun (masculine)
• paraśvadha – axe, hatchet
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is a collective dvandva compound, declined in the instrumental plural.

अन्विताः (anvitāḥ) - equipped with, accompanied by, furnished with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anvita

anvita - equipped with, accompanied by, furnished with, joined, connected

Past Passive Participle

From upasarga 'anu' and root 'i' (to go), with kta suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective referring to implied guards/soldiers.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शतघ्नीभिः (śataghnībhiḥ) - with cannons/catapults (a weapon described as 'killer of hundreds') (with *śataghnī*s)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of śataghnī

śataghnī - a weapon, a type of cannon or machine for killing hundreds, a club studded with iron, a catapult

From 'śata' (hundred) and root 'han' (to strike/kill), with suffix 'in' (feminine form 'ghnī').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+ghnī)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• ghnī – killing, slayer (feminine form)
  adjective (feminine)
  agent noun
  Feminine form derived from root 'han' (to kill) with agent suffix.
  Root: han (class 2)

समधूच्छिष्टमुद्गराः (samadhūcchiṣṭamudgarāḥ) - with mallets smeared with beeswax

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samadhūcchiṣṭamudgara

samadhūcchiṣṭamudgara - mallets with beeswax, wax-smeared mallets

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+madhūcchiṣṭa+mudgara)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating association.
• madhūcchiṣṭa – beeswax, honey residue
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'madhu' (honey) and 'ucchiṣṭa' (residue).
• mudgara – mallet, hammer, club
  noun (masculine)

Note: A Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'those who have (sa) wax-smeared mallets', acting as an adjective.