महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-66, verse-12

अयं स द्विषतां मध्ये मृगाणामिव केसरी ।
अचरद्रथवृन्देषु निघ्नंस्तेषां वरान्वरान् ॥१२॥

12. ayaṁ sa dviṣatāṁ madhye mṛgāṇāmiva kesarī ,
acaradrathavṛndeṣu nighnaṁsteṣāṁ varānvarān.

12. ayam saḥ dviṣatām madhye mṛgāṇām iva kesarī
acarat rathavṛndeṣu nighnan teṣām varān varān

12. He, like a lion among deer, moved amidst the throngs of chariots, striking down the foremost of his enemies.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• द्विषताम् (dviṣatām) - of enemies, of hostile ones

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

• मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer, of wild animals

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

• केसरी (kesarī) - lion

• अचरत् (acarat) - he moved, he roamed

• रथवृन्देषु (rathavṛndeṣu) - among the throngs of chariots, in the chariot multitudes

• निघ्नन् (nighnan) - striking, killing, slaying

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• वरान् (varān) - the foremost enemies (the best ones, excellent ones)

• वरान् (varān) - the foremost enemies (repetition for emphasis) (the best ones, excellent ones)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्विषताम् (dviṣatām) - of enemies, of hostile ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dviṣat

dviṣat - hating, hostile, enemy

present active participle

From root √dviṣ (to hate)

Root: dviṣ (class 2)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

(indeclinable)

Locative singular of 'madhya' used as an indeclinable

मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer, of wild animals

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)

केसरी (kesarī) - lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kesarin

kesarin - lion (one having a mane), horse

अचरत् (acarat) - he moved, he roamed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √car

Imperfect (Laṅ) 3rd person singular

Root √car, class 1, parasmaipada. Form 'acarat' (imperfect, 3rd singular active).

Root: car (class 1)

रथवृन्देषु (rathavṛndeṣu) - among the throngs of chariots, in the chariot multitudes

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of rathavṛnda

rathavṛnda - throng of chariots, chariot multitude

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+vṛnda)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• vṛnda – multitude, throng, group
  noun (neuter)

निघ्नन् (nighnan) - striking, killing, slaying

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nighnat

nighnat - striking, killing, destroying

present active participle

From root √han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वरान् (varān) - the foremost enemies (the best ones, excellent ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice

वरान् (varān) - the foremost enemies (repetition for emphasis) (the best ones, excellent ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice

Note: Repetition for emphasis, meaning 'the very best ones'.