महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-271, verse-27

शतशो नैरृतान्वन्या जघ्नुर्वन्यांश्च नैरृताः ।
नैरृतास्तत्र वध्यन्ते प्रायशो न तु वानराः ॥२७॥

27. śataśo nairṛtānvanyā jaghnurvanyāṁśca nairṛtāḥ ,
nairṛtāstatra vadhyante prāyaśo na tu vānarāḥ.

27. śataśaḥ nairṛtān vanyāḥ jaghnuḥ vanyān ca nairṛtāḥ
nairṛtāḥ tatra vadhyante prāyaśaḥ na tu vānarāḥ

27. Hundreds of forest-dwellers killed Rākṣasas, and Rākṣasas, in turn, killed forest-dwellers. In that battle, mostly the Rākṣasas were being killed, but not the monkeys (vānarās).

Words meanings summery:

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds of (by hundreds, hundreds of)

• नैरृतान् (nairṛtān) - Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas, demons, descendants of Nirṛti)

• वन्याः (vanyāḥ) - forest-dwellers (vānarās) (forest dwellers, wild animals)

• जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - they killed (they killed, struck, hurt)

• वन्यान् (vanyān) - forest-dwellers (vānarās) (forest dwellers, wild ones)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• नैरृताः (nairṛtāḥ) - Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas, demons, descendants of Nirṛti)

• नैरृताः (nairṛtāḥ) - Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas, demons, descendants of Nirṛti)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that battle (there, in that place, in that case)

• वध्यन्ते (vadhyante) - were being killed (they are killed, slain)

• प्रायशः (prāyaśaḥ) - mostly (mostly, for the most part, generally)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys (vānarās) (monkeys, forest dwellers)

Words meanings and morphology

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds of (by hundreds, hundreds of)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas indicating distribution 'by hundreds'

नैरृतान् (nairṛtān) - Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas, demons, descendants of Nirṛti)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nairṛta

nairṛta - relating to Nirṛti, a demon, Rākṣasa, a devil

Derived from Nirṛti (goddess of decay/dissolution) with a patronymic suffix.

वन्याः (vanyāḥ) - forest-dwellers (vānarās) (forest dwellers, wild animals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanya

vanya - belonging to the forest, wild, forest-dweller, savage

Derived from vana (forest)

जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - they killed (they killed, struck, hurt)

(verb)

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

Perfect, 3rd Person Plural (reduplicated root)

Root: han (class 2)

वन्यान् (vanyān) - forest-dwellers (vānarās) (forest dwellers, wild ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanya

vanya - belonging to the forest, wild, forest-dweller, savage

Derived from vana (forest)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

नैरृताः (nairṛtāḥ) - Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas, demons, descendants of Nirṛti)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nairṛta

nairṛta - relating to Nirṛti, a demon, Rākṣasa, a devil

Derived from Nirṛti (goddess of decay/dissolution) with a patronymic suffix.

नैरृताः (nairṛtāḥ) - Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas, demons, descendants of Nirṛti)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nairṛta

nairṛta - relating to Nirṛti, a demon, Rākṣasa, a devil

Derived from Nirṛti (goddess of decay/dissolution) with a patronymic suffix.

तत्र (tatra) - in that battle (there, in that place, in that case)

(indeclinable)

वध्यन्ते (vadhyante) - were being killed (they are killed, slain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of han

Present Passive, 3rd Person Plural. Root han becomes vadh in passive.

Root: han (class 2)

प्रायशः (prāyaśaḥ) - mostly (mostly, for the most part, generally)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas indicating 'mostly'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys (vānarās) (monkeys, forest dwellers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape, belonging to the forest