महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-8, verse-17

वयं तु शस्त्राण्यादाय रथानास्थाय दंशिताः ।
गच्छामः सहिता हन्तुं पाण्डवान्वनगोचरान् ॥१७॥

17. vayaṁ tu śastrāṇyādāya rathānāsthāya daṁśitāḥ ,
gacchāmaḥ sahitā hantuṁ pāṇḍavānvanagocarān.

17. vayam tu śastrāṇi ādāya rathān āsthāya daṃśitāḥ
gacchāmaḥ sahitāḥ hantum pāṇḍavān vanagocarān

17. But we, having taken up our weapons, mounted our chariots, and armored, let us go together to kill the Pāṇḍavas, who are now forest-dwellers.

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - our weapons (weapons)

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken up (having taken up, having accepted, having grasped)

• रथान् (rathān) - our chariots (chariots)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted (having mounted, having ascended, having occupied)

• दंशिताः (daṁśitāḥ) - armored (armored, equipped with armor, bitten)

• गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go (we go, we proceed)

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together (together, accompanied, united)

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, to strike, to slay

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

• वनगोचरान् (vanagocarān) - who are now forest-dwellers (forest-dwellers, moving in the forest)

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - our weapons (weapons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, arm, sword

Root: śas (class 2)

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken up (having taken up, having accepted, having grasped)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'dā' with the prefix 'ā', forming an absolutive suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

रथान् (rathān) - our chariots (chariots)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

Root: ram (class 1)

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted (having mounted, having ascended, having occupied)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'sthā' with the prefix 'ā', forming an absolutive suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

दंशिताः (daṁśitāḥ) - armored (armored, equipped with armor, bitten)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daṃśita

daṁśita - armored, equipped with mail, bitten

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'daṃś' with the suffix '-ita'.

Root: daṃś (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vayam' (implied).

गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go (we go, we proceed)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Active

Root 'gam' in present tense (laṭ-lakāra), 1st person plural. Can also function as a hortative in this context.

Root: gam (class 1)

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together (together, accompanied, united)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, together with, united

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sah' with prefix 'sa' and suffix '-ita'. Or from 'saha' + '-ita'.

Prefix: sa

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vayam' (implied).

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, to strike, to slay

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'han'.

Root: han (class 2)

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Patronymic derived from Pāṇḍu.

वनगोचरान् (vanagocarān) - who are now forest-dwellers (forest-dwellers, moving in the forest)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanagocara

vanagocara - forest-dweller, moving in the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gocara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gocara – range, pasture, sphere of activity; moving in, dwelling in
  noun (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Pāṇḍavān'.