महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-106, verse-23

आगच्छतस्तान्समरे वार्योघान्प्रबलानिव ।
न्यवारयन्त संहृष्टास्तावकाः पुरुषर्षभाः ॥२३॥

23. āgacchatastānsamare vāryoghānprabalāniva ,
nyavārayanta saṁhṛṣṭāstāvakāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ.

23. āgacchataḥ tān samare vāri oghān prabalān iva
nyavārayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ tāvakāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

23. saṃhṛṣṭāḥ tāvakāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ samare āgacchataḥ
tān prabalān vāri oghān iva nyavārayanta

23. Your mighty heroes (puruṣarṣabhāḥ), greatly pleased, held back those approaching foes in battle, just as one would stop powerful floods.

Words meanings summery:

• आगच्छतः (āgacchataḥ) - those advancing (foes) (coming, approaching, advancing)

• तान् (tān) - those (foes) (them, those)

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

• वारि (vāri) - water

• ओघान् (oghān) - currents, floods, masses

• प्रबलान् (prabalān) - powerful, strong

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• न्यवारयन्त (nyavārayanta) - they held back, they stopped

• संहृष्टाः (saṁhṛṣṭāḥ) - greatly pleased, delighted, exhilarated

• तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - Your (Dhritarashtra's) warriors. (your men, your people, belonging to you)

• पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - best among men, mighty heroes, bull-like men

Words meanings and morphology

आगच्छतः (āgacchataḥ) - those advancing (foes) (coming, approaching, advancing)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āgacchat

āgacchat - coming, approaching, advancing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `gam` with prefix `ā`, ending in `śatṛ` affix.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

तान् (tān) - those (foes) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

वारि (vāri) - water

(noun)

neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

ओघान् (oghān) - currents, floods, masses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ogha

ogha - stream, current, flood, multitude

Root: vah

Note: `vāryoghān` is a tatpuruṣa compound meaning 'water-currents'.

प्रबलान् (prabalān) - powerful, strong

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prabala

prabala - strong, mighty, powerful, predominant

Derived from `bala` (strength) with prefix `pra`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

न्यवारयन्त (nyavārayanta) - they held back, they stopped

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ni-vṛ

Imperfect, causative, Ātmanepada

From root `vṛ` (to cover, to choose) with prefix `ni`. Causative form `vāray`. Imperfect `a` + `ni-vāray` + `anta`.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

संहृष्टाः (saṁhṛṣṭāḥ) - greatly pleased, delighted, exhilarated

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃhṛṣṭa

saṁhṛṣṭa - delighted, glad, joyful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `hṛṣ` (to be excited, to rejoice) with prefix `sam`.

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - Your (Dhritarashtra's) warriors. (your men, your people, belonging to you)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - yours, relating to you, your followers

Derived from `tava` (your) + `ka` suffix.

पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - best among men, mighty heroes, bull-like men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - best among men, excellent man (lit. man-bull)

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound meaning 'best among men'.