महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-31, verse-15

शतानीकः शतं हत्वा विशालाक्षश्चतुःशतम् ।
प्रविष्टौ महतीं सेनां त्रिगर्तानां महारथौ ।
आर्च्छेतां बहुसंरब्धौ केशाकेशि नखानखि ॥१५॥

15. śatānīkaḥ śataṁ hatvā viśālākṣaścatuḥśatam ,
praviṣṭau mahatīṁ senāṁ trigartānāṁ mahārathau ,
ārcchetāṁ bahusaṁrabdhau keśākeśi nakhānakhi.

15. śatānīkaḥ śatam hatvā viśālākṣaḥ
catuḥśatam praviṣṭau mahatīm senām
trigartānām mahārathau ārcchētām
bahusaṃrabdhau keśākeśi nakhānakhi

15. Having slain a hundred (foes), Śatānīka, and four hundred, Viśālākṣa, these two great warriors (mahāratha) entered the vast army of the Trigartas. Greatly enraged, they fought in close combat, pulling hair (keśākeśi) and tearing with nails (nakhānakhi).

Words meanings summery:

• शतानीकः (śatānīkaḥ) - Śatānīka (Śatānīka (name of a warrior, son of Nakula))

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (foes/chariots) (a hundred, hundred)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having struck)

• विशालाक्षः (viśālākṣaḥ) - Viśālākṣa (Viśālākṣa (proper name))

• चतुःशतम् (catuḥśatam) - four hundred (foes/chariots) (four hundred)

• प्रविष्टौ (praviṣṭau) - entered (having entered, entered)

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - vast (great, large, vast, mighty)

• सेनाम् (senām) - army (army, host, battle array)

• त्रिगर्तानाम् (trigartānām) - of the Trigartas (the people of the Trigarta country) (of the Trigartas (a people/country))

• महारथौ (mahārathau) - two great warriors (two great warriors, two great charioteers)

• आर्च्छेताम् (ārcchētām) - they fought, they attacked (they reached, they went, they attacked, they fought)

• बहुसंरब्धौ (bahusaṁrabdhau) - greatly enraged (greatly enraged, very furious)

• केशाकेशि (keśākeśi) - fighting by pulling hair (hair-to-hair combat, fighting by seizing each other's hair)

• नखानखि (nakhānakhi) - fighting by tearing with nails (nail-to-nail combat, fighting by using nails)

Words meanings and morphology

शतानीकः (śatānīkaḥ) - Śatānīka (Śatānīka (name of a warrior, son of Nakula))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatānīka

śatānīka - Śatānīka (a proper name)

Note: One of the subjects performing the action.

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (foes/chariots) (a hundred, hundred)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred

Note: Object of hatvā.

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having struck)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā from root han.

Root: han (class 2)

विशालाक्षः (viśālākṣaḥ) - Viśālākṣa (Viśālākṣa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśālākṣa

viśālākṣa - broad-eyed, having large eyes (a proper name)

Compound: viśāla (broad/large) + akṣa (eye).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśāla+akṣa)

• viśāla – large, broad, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: The other subject performing the action.

चतुःशतम् (catuḥśatam) - four hundred (foes/chariots) (four hundred)

(numeral)

Compound type : dvigu (catur+śata)

• catur – four
  numeral
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of implied hatvā.

प्रविष्टौ (praviṣṭau) - entered (having entered, entered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root viś with prefix pra-. Formed with suffix -ta.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with śatānīkaḥ and viśālākṣaḥ (implied subjects).

महतीम् (mahatīm) - vast (great, large, vast, mighty)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Feminine form of mahat.

Root: mah

Note: Agrees with senām.

सेनाम् (senām) - army (army, host, battle array)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, battle array

त्रिगर्तानाम् (trigartānām) - of the Trigartas (the people of the Trigarta country) (of the Trigartas (a people/country))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of trigarta

trigarta - a country/people often associated with three valleys or rivers (a proper name)

Note: Possessive, referring to whose army it is.

महारथौ (mahārathau) - two great warriors (two great warriors, two great charioteers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great warrior, a great charioteer

Compound: mahā (great) + ratha (chariot/warrior).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (often one who fights from a chariot)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rath

Note: Refers to both Śatānīka and Viśālākṣa.

आर्च्छेताम् (ārcchētām) - they fought, they attacked (they reached, they went, they attacked, they fought)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of ṛcch

Imperfect Past Tense (Laṅ)

Root ṛcch (from ṛ), third person dual, middle voice (ātmanepada). ā is augment for imperfect.

Root: ṛcch (class 6)

Note: Refers to the action of the two warriors.

बहुसंरब्धौ (bahusaṁrabdhau) - greatly enraged (greatly enraged, very furious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bahusaṃrabdha

bahusaṁrabdha - greatly agitated, very furious, highly enraged

Compound: bahu (much, very) + saṃrabdha (enraged, agitated, PPP of sam-rabh).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+saṃrabdha)

• bahu – much, many, very
  adjective
• saṃrabdha – enraged, agitated, seized
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rabh with prefix sam-. Formed with suffix -ta.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śatānīkaḥ and viśālākṣaḥ.

केशाकेशि (keśākeśi) - fighting by pulling hair (hair-to-hair combat, fighting by seizing each other's hair)

(indeclinable)

Iterative compound (vyatīhāra bahuvrīhi or kṛta-vyatīhāra).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (keśa+keśa)

• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the manner of fighting.

नखानखि (nakhānakhi) - fighting by tearing with nails (nail-to-nail combat, fighting by using nails)

(indeclinable)

Iterative compound (vyatīhāra bahuvrīhi or kṛta-vyatīhāra).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nakha+nakha)

• nakha – nail, claw
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the manner of fighting, similar to keśākeśi.