महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-124, verse-5

यावन्न चरते मार्गान्पृतनामभिहर्षयन् ।
यावन्न शातयत्याजौ शिरांसि गजयोधिनाम् ॥५॥

5. yāvanna carate mārgānpṛtanāmabhiharṣayan ,
yāvanna śātayatyājau śirāṁsi gajayodhinām.

5. yāvat na carate mārgān pṛtanām abhiharṣayan
yāvat na śātayati ājau śirāṃsi gajayodhinām

5. Let this slaughter cease until (the implied warrior) marches along the paths, delighting the armies, and until he severs the heads of elephant-warriors in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as much as)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• चरते (carate) - marches (moves, roams, goes)

• मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths (paths, roads, ways)

• पृतनाम् (pṛtanām) - army (army, battle, host)

• अभिहर्षयन् (abhiharṣayan) - delighting (gladdening, delighting, causing joy to)

• यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as much as)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शातयति (śātayati) - severs (cuts down, severs, destroys)

• आजौ (ājau) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

• गजयोधिनाम् (gajayodhinām) - of elephant-warriors

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as much as)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

चरते (carate) - marches (moves, roams, goes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of car

Present tense, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular

Root: car (class 1)

मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths (paths, roads, ways)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, course

Root: mṛj

पृतनाम् (pṛtanām) - army (army, battle, host)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛtanā

pṛtanā - army, battle, host, body of troops

Root: pṛt

अभिहर्षयन् (abhiharṣayan) - delighting (gladdening, delighting, causing joy to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhiharṣayant

abhiharṣayant - gladdening, delighting, causing joy

Present Active Participle

From abhi + causative root hṛṣ (to be delighted)

Prefix: abhi

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Derived from a causative verb.

यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as much as)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शातयति (śātayati) - severs (cuts down, severs, destroys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śātaya

Causative formation

From root śat (to fall, to cut) in causative form. Present tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: śat (class 10)

आजौ (ājau) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āji

āji - battle, conflict, struggle, race

Root: aj

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

Note: Object of śātayati.

गजयोधिनाम् (gajayodhinām) - of elephant-warriors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gajayodhin

gajayodhin - one who fights on elephants, elephant-warrior

Derived from gaja (elephant) and yodhin (fighter).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+yodhin)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• yodhin – fighter, warrior
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root yudh (to fight) + ṇinī pratyaya
  Root: yudh (class 4)