महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-18, verse-15

अनीकं दशसाहस्रं कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम् ।
मागधो येन नृपतिस्तद्रथानीकमन्वयात् ॥१५॥

15. anīkaṁ daśasāhasraṁ kuñjarāṇāṁ tarasvinām ,
māgadho yena nṛpatistadrathānīkamanvayāt.

15. anīkam daśasāhasram kuñjarāṇām tarasvinām
māgadhaḥ yena nṛpatiḥ tat rathānīkam anvayāt

15. māgadhaḥ nṛpatiḥ daśasāhasram
tarasvinām kuñjarāṇām anīkam
(sahitaḥ āsīt) yena (tena nṛpatinā
saha) tat rathānīkam anvayāt

15. The Magadha king, accompanied by an army of ten thousand mighty elephants, was present, and that chariot division (of the twelve janapadas) followed him.

Words meanings summery:

• अनीकम् (anīkam) - army (army, host, division)

• दशसाहस्रम् (daśasāhasram) - ten thousand

• कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty (elephants) (of the powerful, swift ones)

• मागधः (māgadhaḥ) - the Magadha king (the king of Magadha, a native of Magadha)

• येन (yena) - with him (referring to the king) (by which, with whom, wherefore)

• नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king (king, ruler)

• तत् (tat) - that (aforementioned) (that, that one)

• रथानीकम् (rathānīkam) - chariot division (chariot army, division of chariots)

• अन्वयात् (anvayāt) - followed (followed, went after, joined)

Words meanings and morphology

अनीकम् (anīkam) - army (army, host, division)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anīka

anīka - face, front, van; army, host, division

Note: It is here the subject of an implied 'was' or object of 'had'.

दशसाहस्रम् (daśasāhasram) - ten thousand

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daśasāhasra

daśasāhasra - ten thousand

Compound of daśa (ten) and sāhasra (thousand).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśa+sāhasra)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• sāhasra – thousand; relating to a thousand
  adjective
  Derived from sahasra (thousand) + aṇ pratyaya.

Note: Agrees with anīkam.

कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

Note: Possessive, specifying what the army consists of.

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty (elephants) (of the powerful, swift ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - swift, quick, strong, powerful

Derived from taras (swiftness, power).

Note: Agrees with kuñjarāṇām.

मागधः (māgadhaḥ) - the Magadha king (the king of Magadha, a native of Magadha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māgadha

māgadha - a native of Magadha, belonging to Magadha; a bard, minstrel

Derived from Magadha (region name).

Note: Part of the subject 'Magadha king'.

येन (yena) - with him (referring to the king) (by which, with whom, wherefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to māgadhaḥ nṛpatiḥ, meaning "with whom" or "by whose presence".

नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Compound of nṛ (man) and pati (lord).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, male
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Forms māgadhaḥ nṛpatiḥ, the Magadha king.

तत् (tat) - that (aforementioned) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the chariot army of the 12 janapadas mentioned in the previous verse.

रथानीकम् (rathānīkam) - chariot division (chariot army, division of chariots)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rathānīka

rathānīka - chariot army, division of chariots

Compound of ratha (chariot) and anīka (army).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+anīka)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• anīka – army, host, division
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the verb anvayāt.

अन्वयात् (anvayāt) - followed (followed, went after, joined)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of anu-i

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Derived from root i (to go) with anu prefix.