महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-154, verse-17

वृष्णिमुख्यैरभिगतैर्व्याघ्रैरिव बलोत्कटैः ।
अभिगुप्तो महाबाहुर्मरुद्भिरिव वासवः ॥१७॥

17. vṛṣṇimukhyairabhigatairvyāghrairiva balotkaṭaiḥ ,
abhigupto mahābāhurmarudbhiriva vāsavaḥ.

17. vṛṣṇimukhyaiḥ abhigataiḥ vyāghraiḥ iva balotkaṭaiḥ
abhigaptaḥ mahābāhuḥ marudbhiḥ iva vāsavaḥ

17. mahābāhuḥ vṛṣṇimukhyaiḥ abhigataiḥ balotkaṭaiḥ
vyāghraiḥ iva abhigaptaḥ vāsavaḥ marudbhiḥ iva

17. The mighty-armed one (Kṛṣṇa), attended by the chief Vṛṣṇis, who were as powerful as tigers, was protected just as Indra is by the Maruts.

Words meanings summery:

• वृष्णिमुख्यैः (vṛṣṇimukhyaiḥ) - by the chief Vṛṣṇis, by the principal Vṛṣṇis

• अभिगतैः (abhigataiḥ) - by those who attended (by those who have approached, surrounded, attended)

• व्याघ्रैः (vyāghraiḥ) - by tigers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बलोत्कटैः (balotkaṭaiḥ) - by the exceedingly powerful, by the mighty

• अभिगप्तः (abhigaptaḥ) - protected, guarded

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed one (Kṛṣṇa) (the mighty-armed one, great-armed)

• मरुद्भिः (marudbhiḥ) - by the Maruts (wind gods)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra (lord of the Vasus)

Words meanings and morphology

वृष्णिमुख्यैः (vṛṣṇimukhyaiḥ) - by the chief Vṛṣṇis, by the principal Vṛṣṇis

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇimukhya

vṛṣṇimukhya - chief of the Vṛṣṇis, principal Vṛṣṇi

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛṣṇi+mukhya)

• vṛṣṇi – Vṛṣṇi (name of an ancient Yadava clan)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

अभिगतैः (abhigataiḥ) - by those who attended (by those who have approached, surrounded, attended)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of abhigata

abhigata - approached, attained, attended, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam- 'to go' with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

व्याघ्रैः (vyāghraiḥ) - by tigers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

बलोत्कटैः (balotkaṭaiḥ) - by the exceedingly powerful, by the mighty

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of balotkaṭa

balotkaṭa - exceedingly strong, mighty, powerful

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+utkaṭa)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• utkaṭa – excessive, intense, strong, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: kaṭ (class 1)

अभिगप्तः (abhigaptaḥ) - protected, guarded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhigupta

abhigupta - protected, guarded, kept secret

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gup- 'to protect' with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: gup (class 1)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed one (Kṛṣṇa) (the mighty-armed one, great-armed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - one with mighty arms, mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

मरुद्भिः (marudbhiḥ) - by the Maruts (wind gods)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of marut

marut - wind, god of wind, Marut (a group of storm deities)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra (lord of the Vasus)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra, belonging to the Vasus

Derived from Vasu