महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-269, verse-1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
ततो निविशमानांस्तान्सैनिकान्रावणानुगाः ।
अभिजग्मुर्गणानेके पिशाचक्षुद्ररक्षसाम् ॥१॥

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
tato niviśamānāṁstānsainikānrāvaṇānugāḥ ,
abhijagmurgaṇāneke piśācakṣudrarakṣasām.

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ niviśamānān tān sainikān
rāvaṇānugāḥ abhijagmuḥ gaṇāḥ eke piśācakṣudra-rakṣasām

1. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, as those soldiers were settling down, various hordes of piśācas (ghouls) and petty rākṣasas (demons), who were followers of Rāvaṇa, attacked them.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• निविशमानान् (niviśamānān) - those who were settling down, entering

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• सैनिकान् (sainikān) - soldiers, armies

• रावणानुगाः (rāvaṇānugāḥ) - followers of Rāvaṇa

• अभिजग्मुः (abhijagmuḥ) - attacked, went towards

• गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - hordes, groups, troops

• एके (eke) - some, many, various

• पिशाचक्षुद्र-रक्षसाम् (piśācakṣudra-rakṣasām) - of piśācas (ghouls) and petty rākṣasas (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

निविशमानान् (niviśamānān) - those who were settling down, entering

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niviśamāna

niviśamāna - settling down, entering, reclining

Present Middle Participle

From root 'viś' (to enter) with prefix 'ni', formed with śānac suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'tān sainikān'.

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

सैनिकान् (sainikān) - soldiers, armies

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sainika

sainika - soldier

Note: Refers to the soldiers who were attacked.

रावणानुगाः (rāvaṇānugāḥ) - followers of Rāvaṇa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rāvaṇānuga

rāvaṇānuga - follower of Rāvaṇa

Tatpuruṣa compound: Rāvaṇa + anuga

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāvaṇa+anuga)

• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• anuga – follower, attendant
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'anu'.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: In apposition to 'gaṇāḥ'.

अभिजग्मुः (abhijagmuḥ) - attacked, went towards

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of abhigam

From root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - hordes, groups, troops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaṇa

gaṇa - horde, group, troop

Note: Subject of the verb 'abhijagmuḥ'. The Devanagari 'गणानेके' is interpreted as 'gaṇāḥ eke' for semantic coherence, assuming an irregular sandhi or variant reading.

एके (eke) - some, many, various

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, some, many, various

Note: Qualifies 'gaṇāḥ'. The Devanagari 'गणानेके' is interpreted as 'gaṇāḥ eke' for semantic coherence, assuming an irregular sandhi or variant reading.

पिशाचक्षुद्र-रक्षसाम् (piśācakṣudra-rakṣasām) - of piśācas (ghouls) and petty rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of piśācakṣudra-rakṣas

piśācakṣudra-rakṣas - piśācas and petty rākṣasas

Dvandva compound of 'piśāca' and 'kṣudra-rakṣas'.

Compound type : dvandva (piśāca+kṣudra-rakṣas)

• piśāca – ghoul, demon
  noun (masculine)
• kṣudra-rakṣas – petty demon
  compound (masculine)
  Karma-dhāraya compound: kṣudra + rakṣas

Note: Modifies 'gaṇāḥ'.