महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-270, verse-5

तं दृष्ट्वा निहतं संख्ये प्रहस्तं क्षणदाचरम् ।
अभिदुद्राव धूम्राक्षो वेगेन महता कपीन् ॥५॥

5. taṁ dṛṣṭvā nihataṁ saṁkhye prahastaṁ kṣaṇadācaram ,
abhidudrāva dhūmrākṣo vegena mahatā kapīn.

5. tam dṛṣṭvā nihatam saṃkhye prahastam kṣaṇadācaram
abhidudrāva dhūmrākṣaḥ vegena mahatā kapīn

5. Having seen Prahasta, the night-roaming demon killed in battle, Dhūmrākṣa charged towards the monkeys with great speed.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Prahasta) (him, that)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• निहतम् (nihatam) - killed (killed, struck down, slain)

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in enumeration)

• प्रहस्तम् (prahastam) - Prahasta (Prahasta (proper name))

• क्षणदाचरम् (kṣaṇadācaram) - night-roaming demon (night-ranger, demon)

• अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - charged towards (he charged, he rushed against)

• धूम्राक्षः (dhūmrākṣaḥ) - Dhūmrākṣa (Dhūmrākṣa (proper name: 'smoky-eyed'))

• वेगेन (vegena) - with great speed (with speed, swiftly, with force)

• महता (mahatā) - great (by a great, with great)

• कपीन् (kapīn) - the monkeys (monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Prahasta) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies Dhūmrākṣa's action.

निहतम् (nihatam) - killed (killed, struck down, slain)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

past passive participle

From √han (to strike, kill) with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agreement with prahastam.

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in enumeration)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkhya

saṁkhya - battle, enumeration, number

Note: Adverbial modifier of nihatam.

प्रहस्तम् (prahastam) - Prahasta (Prahasta (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prahasta

prahasta - Prahasta (name of a Rākṣasa general)

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

क्षणदाचरम् (kṣaṇadācaram) - night-roaming demon (night-ranger, demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇadācara

kṣaṇadācara - night-ranger, demon (rākṣasa)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kṣaṇadā+cara)

• kṣaṇadā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering, going (often as a suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agreement with prahastam.

अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - charged towards (he charged, he rushed against)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dru

perfect active

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, with upasarga abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

धूम्राक्षः (dhūmrākṣaḥ) - Dhūmrākṣa (Dhūmrākṣa (proper name: 'smoky-eyed'))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhūmrākṣa

dhūmrākṣa - smoky-eyed (name of a Rākṣasa general)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhūmra+akṣa)

• dhūmra – smoke-colored, grey, dusky
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of abhidudrāva.

वेगेन (vegena) - with great speed (with speed, swiftly, with force)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, force, impulse, velocity

महता (mahatā) - great (by a great, with great)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

कपीन् (kapīn) - the monkeys (monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kapi

kapi - monkey, ape

Note: Object of abhidudrāva.