महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-152, verse-18

नानारूपविकाराश्च नानाकवचशस्त्रिणः ।
पदातिनो नरास्तत्र बभूवुर्हेममालिनः ॥१८॥

18. nānārūpavikārāśca nānākavacaśastriṇaḥ ,
padātino narāstatra babhūvurhemamālinaḥ.

18. nānārūpavikārāḥ ca nānākavacaśastriṇaḥ
padātinaḥ narāḥ tatra babhūvuḥ hemamālinaḥ

18. tatra narāḥ padātinaḥ nānārūpavikārāḥ ca
nānākavacaśastriṇaḥ hemamālinaḥ babhūvuḥ

18. There were men (narās) serving as foot soldiers (padātinaḥ) who exhibited various appearances, were equipped with diverse armors and weapons, and were adorned with golden garlands.

Words meanings summery:

• नानारूपविकाराः (nānārūpavikārāḥ) - having various forms, transformations of various forms, disfigured in various ways

• च (ca) - and, also, furthermore

• नानाकवचशस्त्रिणः (nānākavacaśastriṇaḥ) - possessing various armors and weapons, equipped with diverse armors and weapons

• पदातिनः (padātinaḥ) - foot soldiers, infantrymen

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, males

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were, they became, they existed

• हेममालिनः (hemamālinaḥ) - adorned with golden garlands, wearing golden wreaths

Words meanings and morphology

नानारूपविकाराः (nānārūpavikārāḥ) - having various forms, transformations of various forms, disfigured in various ways

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānārūpavikāra

nānārūpavikāra - having various forms, transformations of various forms, disfigured in various ways

nānā acts as an indeclinable meaning 'various', 'manifold'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+rūpa+vikāra)

• nānā – various, manifold
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape
  noun (neuter)
• vikāra – change, transformation, alteration, disfigurement
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective agreeing with narāḥ.

च (ca) - and, also, furthermore

(indeclinable)

नानाकवचशस्त्रिणः (nānākavacaśastriṇaḥ) - possessing various armors and weapons, equipped with diverse armors and weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānākavacaśastrin

nānākavacaśastrin - possessing various armors and weapons

Derived from nānākavacaśastra + suffix -in.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+kavaca+śastrin)

• nānā – various, manifold
  indeclinable
• kavaca – armor, cuirass
  noun (neuter)
• śastrin – armed, possessing weapons
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from śastra (weapon) + -in (suffix of possession).

Note: Adjective agreeing with narāḥ.

पदातिनः (padātinaḥ) - foot soldiers, infantrymen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padātin

padātin - foot soldier, infantryman

From padā (on foot) + suffix -tin.

Note: Predicative nominative referring to narāḥ.

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, males

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human, person, male

Note: Subject of the verb babhūvuḥ.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were, they became, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect active

Root bhū, 3rd person plural, perfect active, parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

हेममालिनः (hemamālinaḥ) - adorned with golden garlands, wearing golden wreaths

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hemamālin

hemamālin - adorned with golden garlands, wearing golden wreaths

Derived from hemamālā (golden garland) + -in (suffix of possession).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hema+mālin)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• mālin – wearing a garland, garlanded
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from mālā (garland) + -in (suffix of possession).

Note: Adjective agreeing with narāḥ.