महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-152, verse-24

नराणां पञ्चपञ्चाशदेषा पत्तिर्विधीयते ।
सेनामुखं च तिस्रस्ता गुल्म इत्यभिसंज्ञितः ॥२४॥

24. narāṇāṁ pañcapañcāśadeṣā pattirvidhīyate ,
senāmukhaṁ ca tisrastā gulma ityabhisaṁjñitaḥ.

24. narāṇām pañca pañcāśat eṣā pattiḥ vidhīyate
senāmukham ca tisraḥ tāḥ gulmaḥ iti abhisaṃjñitaḥ

24. eṣā pattiḥ narāṇām pañca pañcāśat vidhīyate ca tisraḥ
tāḥ senāmukham (tat senāmukham) gulmaḥ iti abhisaṃjñitaḥ

24. This 'patti' (military unit) is stated to consist of fifty-five men. Three of these (pattis) form a 'senāmukha', and that (senāmukha) is then called a 'gulma'.

Words meanings summery:

• नराणाम् (narāṇām) - consisting of men (soldiers) (of men, of human beings)

• पञ्च (pañca) - the number five (five)

• पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) - the number fifty, making 'fifty-five' together with 'pañca' (fifty)

• एषा (eṣā) - this particular 'patti' unit (this, this one (feminine))

• पत्तिः (pattiḥ) - a small military unit, usually infantry (infantry, foot-soldier, a specific military unit (1 chariot, 1 elephant, 3 horse, 5 foot))

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is defined or established to consist of (is established, is prescribed, is made, is arranged)

• सेनामुखम् (senāmukham) - a military division formed by three 'pattis' (army-front, a military division)

• च (ca) - connecting the clauses (and, also)

• तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three (referring to pattis) (three)

• ताः (tāḥ) - referring to those 'pattis' (those (feminine))

• गुल्मः (gulmaḥ) - a military division, defined as a 'senāmukha' (military division (9 pattis, 3 senāmukhas), thicket, troop)

• इति (iti) - indicating that the preceding word is a name or designation (thus, so, in this way, indicating quoted words or a concluding particle)

• अभिसंज्ञितः (abhisaṁjñitaḥ) - is named or referred to as (named, called, designated)

Words meanings and morphology

नराणाम् (narāṇām) - consisting of men (soldiers) (of men, of human beings)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, hero, male

पञ्च (pañca) - the number five (five)

(numeral)

पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) - the number fifty, making 'fifty-five' together with 'pañca' (fifty)

(numeral)

एषा (eṣā) - this particular 'patti' unit (this, this one (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

पत्तिः (pattiḥ) - a small military unit, usually infantry (infantry, foot-soldier, a specific military unit (1 chariot, 1 elephant, 3 horse, 5 foot))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patti

patti - infantry, foot-soldier, a military unit

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is defined or established to consist of (is established, is prescribed, is made, is arranged)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vidhā

Passive form

Derived from the root dhā ('to place, put') with the prefix vi ('apart, asunder, thoroughly')

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

सेनामुखम् (senāmukham) - a military division formed by three 'pattis' (army-front, a military division)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of senāmukha

senāmukha - army-front, vanguard, a military division (3 pattis)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+mukha)

• senā – army, host, forces
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front, chief
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - connecting the clauses (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three (referring to pattis) (three)

(numeral)

ताः (tāḥ) - referring to those 'pattis' (those (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

गुल्मः (gulmaḥ) - a military division, defined as a 'senāmukha' (military division (9 pattis, 3 senāmukhas), thicket, troop)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gulma

gulma - a military division, thicket, cluster, troop

इति (iti) - indicating that the preceding word is a name or designation (thus, so, in this way, indicating quoted words or a concluding particle)

(indeclinable)

अभिसंज्ञितः (abhisaṁjñitaḥ) - is named or referred to as (named, called, designated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhisaṃjñita

abhisaṁjñita - named, called, designated, understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root jñā ('to know') with prefixes abhi ('towards') and sam ('together, completely')

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: jñā (class 9)