महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-152, verse-2

नरहस्तिरथाश्वानां सारं मध्यं च फल्गु च ।
सर्वेष्वेतेष्वनीकेषु संदिदेश महीपतिः ॥२॥

2. narahastirathāśvānāṁ sāraṁ madhyaṁ ca phalgu ca ,
sarveṣveteṣvanīkeṣu saṁdideśa mahīpatiḥ.

2. nara-hasti-ratha-aśvānām sāram madhyam ca phalgu
ca sarveṣu eteṣu anīkeṣu saṃdideśa mahīpatiḥ

2. mahīpatiḥ nara-hasti-ratha-aśvānām sāram madhyam
ca phalgu ca sarveṣu eteṣu anīkeṣu saṃdideśa

2. The king assigned the excellent, mediocre, and inferior (quality troops) of men, elephants, chariots, and horses to all these army divisions.

Words meanings summery:

• नर-हस्ति-रथ-अश्वानाम् (nara-hasti-ratha-aśvānām) - of men, elephants, chariots, and horses

• सारम् (sāram) - excellent (quality troops) (excellent, best part, essence)

• मध्यम् (madhyam) - mediocre (quality troops) (middle, mediocre, average)

• च (ca) - and

• फल्गु (phalgu) - inferior (quality troops) (inferior, worthless, insignificant)

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all

• एतेषु (eteṣu) - in these

• अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in armies, in divisions, in forces

• संदिदेश (saṁdideśa) - assigned, commanded, distributed, directed

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, ruler of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

नर-हस्ति-रथ-अश्वानाम् (nara-hasti-ratha-aśvānām) - of men, elephants, chariots, and horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nara-hasti-ratha-aśva

nara-hasti-ratha-aśva - men, elephants, chariots, and horses (as a collective)

Compound type : dvandva (nara+hastin+ratha+aśva)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

सारम् (sāram) - excellent (quality troops) (excellent, best part, essence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, best part, strength, substance

Note: Used here as an adjective or an implicit noun referring to a division's quality.

मध्यम् (madhyam) - mediocre (quality troops) (middle, mediocre, average)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, intermediate, mediocre

Note: Used here as an adjective or an implicit noun referring to a division's quality.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

फल्गु (phalgu) - inferior (quality troops) (inferior, worthless, insignificant)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phalgu

phalgu - worthless, insignificant, trivial, inferior

Note: Used here as an adjective or an implicit noun referring to a division's quality.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'anīkeṣu'.

एतेषु (eteṣu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'anīkeṣu'.

अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in armies, in divisions, in forces

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, troop, division

संदिदेश (saṁdideśa) - assigned, commanded, distributed, directed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of diś

Perfect tense, 3rd singular, root diś (class 6). Reduplicated form.

Prefix: sam

Root: diś (class 6)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, ruler of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)