महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-9

अहमिन्द्रस्य वचनात्संग्रामेऽभ्यहनं पुरा ।
पौलोमान्कालखञ्जांश्च सहस्राणि शतानि च ॥९॥

9. ahamindrasya vacanātsaṁgrāme'bhyahanaṁ purā ,
paulomānkālakhañjāṁśca sahasrāṇi śatāni ca.

9. aham indrasya vacanāt saṅgrāme abhyahanam purā
paulomān kālakhañjān ca sahasrāṇi śatāni ca

9. By the command of Indra, I previously slew the Paulomas and the Kālakhañjas, thousands upon hundreds (of them), in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इन्द्रस्य (indrasya) - of Indra

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - by the command (from the word, by the command, by the speech)

• सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle, in combat

• अभ्यहनम् (abhyahanam) - I struck, I killed, I slew

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

• पौलोमान् (paulomān) - the Paulomas (a class of asuras)

• कालखञ्जान् (kālakhañjān) - the Kālakhañjas (a class of asuras)

• च (ca) - and

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of abhyahanam.

इन्द्रस्य (indrasya) - of Indra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (name of a Vedic deity, king of gods)

Note: Possessive, connected to vacanāt.

वचनात् (vacanāt) - by the command (from the word, by the command, by the speech)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, word, utterance, command

From root vac (to speak) + ana suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Indicates reason/source.

सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṅgrāma

saṅgrāma - battle, war, combat, conflict

From sam-grāma (collection of villages, then battle).

Note: Locative of place.

अभ्यहनम् (abhyahanam) - I struck, I killed, I slew

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhihan

Imperfect 1st person singular of root han (to strike, kill) with prefix abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

पौलोमान् (paulomān) - the Paulomas (a class of asuras)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pauloma

pauloma - descendant of Puloma, a class of asuras or dānavas

From Puloman + aṇ suffix.

Note: Object of abhyahanam.

कालखञ्जान् (kālakhañjān) - the Kālakhañjas (a class of asuras)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kālakhañja

kālakhañja - name of a class of asuras

Compound of kāla (time/black) and khañja (lame).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāla+khañja)

• kāla – time, black, death
  noun (masculine)
• khañja – lame, limping
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: khañj (class 1)

Note: Object of abhyahanam.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects paulomān and kālakhañjān.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(numeral)

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects sahasrāṇi and śatāni.