महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-113, verse-3

अश्वा नाश्वैरयुध्यन्त न गजा गजयोधिभिः ।
महान्व्यतिकरो रौद्रः सेनयोः समपद्यत ॥३॥

3. aśvā nāśvairayudhyanta na gajā gajayodhibhiḥ ,
mahānvyatikaro raudraḥ senayoḥ samapadyata.

3. aśvāḥ na aśvaiḥ ayudhyanta na gajāḥ gajayodhibhiḥ
mahān vyatikaraḥ raudraḥ senayoḥ samapadyata

3. senayoḥ aśvāḥ aśvaiḥ na ayudhyanta gajāḥ gajayodhibhiḥ
na (ayudhyanta) mahān raudraḥ vyatikaraḥ samapadyata

3. It was not that horses fought exclusively with horses, nor did elephants fight solely with elephant-warriors. Instead, a great and dreadful intermingling (of all types of combatants) took place between the two armies.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वाः (aśvāḥ) - horses

• न (na) - not, nor

• अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses, with horses

• अयुध्यन्त (ayudhyanta) - they fought

• न (na) - not, nor

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

• गजयोधिभिः (gajayodhibhiḥ) - by elephant-warriors, with elephant-riders

• महान् (mahān) - great, large

• व्यतिकरः (vyatikaraḥ) - dreadful intermingling of combatants, chaos (intermingling, confusion, calamity, slaughter)

• रौद्रः (raudraḥ) - dreadful, terrible, fierce

• सेनयोः (senayoḥ) - of the two armies, between the two armies

• समपद्यत (samapadyata) - it occurred, it happened, it came to be

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वाः (aśvāḥ) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses, with horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

अयुध्यन्त (ayudhyanta) - they fought

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of yudh

Imperfect middle 3rd plural

Root: yudh (class 4)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

गजयोधिभिः (gajayodhibhiḥ) - by elephant-warriors, with elephant-riders

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gajayodhin

gajayodhin - one who fights on an elephant, elephant-warrior

Compound: gaja + yodhin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+yodhin)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• yodhin – fighter, warrior
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root yudh (to fight)
  Root: yudh (class 4)

महान् (mahān) - great, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

व्यतिकरः (vyatikaraḥ) - dreadful intermingling of combatants, chaos (intermingling, confusion, calamity, slaughter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyatikara

vyatikara - intermingling, confusion, close combat, slaughter

Prefixes vi + ati + root kṛ

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: kṛ (class 8)

रौद्रः (raudraḥ) - dreadful, terrible, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raudra

raudra - terrible, dreadful, fierce, belonging to Rudra

सेनयोः (senayoḥ) - of the two armies, between the two armies

(noun)

feminine, dual of senā

senā - army, host

Note: Here used in the sense of 'between' the two armies.

समपद्यत (samapadyata) - it occurred, it happened, it came to be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of pad

Imperfect middle 3rd singular

Prefixes: sam+a

Root: pad (class 4)