महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-18, verse-17

पादाताश्चाग्रतोऽगच्छन्धनुश्चर्मासिपाणयः ।
अनेकशतसाहस्रा नखरप्रासयोधिनः ॥१७॥

17. pādātāścāgrato'gacchandhanuścarmāsipāṇayaḥ ,
anekaśatasāhasrā nakharaprāsayodhinaḥ.

17. pādātāḥ ca agrataḥ agacchan dhanuḥ carma asi
pāṇayaḥ anekasatasāhasrāḥ nakharaprāsayodhinaḥ

17. anekaśatasāhasrāḥ dhanuḥ carma asi pāṇayaḥ
nakharaprāsayodhinaḥ pādātāḥ ca agrataḥ agacchan

17. Many hundreds of thousands of infantrymen advanced forward, carrying bows, shields, and swords, and fighting with nail-like weapons and spears.

Words meanings summery:

• पादाताः (pādātāḥ) - foot soldiers, infantry

• च (ca) - and

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead, before

• अगच्छन् (agacchan) - they went, they marched

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• चर्म (carma) - shield (shield, skin, hide)

• असि (asi) - sword

• पाणयः (pāṇayaḥ) - those holding (weapons) in their hands (those having hands, hands)

• अनेकसतसाहस्राः (anekasatasāhasrāḥ) - many hundreds of thousands

• नखरप्रासयोधिनः (nakharaprāsayodhinaḥ) - warriors fighting with claws/nails and spears/javelins

Words meanings and morphology

पादाताः (pādātāḥ) - foot soldiers, infantry

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pādāta

pādāta - foot soldier, infantryman

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead, before

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'agra' with the suffix 'tas'

अगच्छन् (agacchan) - they went, they marched

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Used here in a compound 'dhanuḥ carma asi pāṇayaḥ'

चर्म (carma) - shield (shield, skin, hide)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of carman

carman - skin, hide, shield

Note: Used here in a compound 'dhanuḥ carma asi pāṇayaḥ'

असि (asi) - sword

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asi

asi - sword, knife

Note: Used here in a compound 'dhanuḥ carma asi pāṇayaḥ'

पाणयः (pāṇayaḥ) - those holding (weapons) in their hands (those having hands, hands)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇin

pāṇin - having hands, hand

From 'pāṇi' (hand) + 'in' suffix

Note: Part of bahuvrihi compound 'dhanuḥ carma asi pāṇayaḥ' - 'those whose hands hold bows, shields, and swords'

अनेकसतसाहस्राः (anekasatasāhasrāḥ) - many hundreds of thousands

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anekasatasāhasra

anekasatasāhasra - many hundreds of thousands

Compound type : bahuvrihi (aneka+śata+sāhasra)

• aneka – many, not one
  adjective
  negative of 'eka'
  Prefix: an
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sāhasra – thousand, consisting of a thousand
  numeral
  from 'sahasra' (thousand)

नखरप्रासयोधिनः (nakharaprāsayodhinaḥ) - warriors fighting with claws/nails and spears/javelins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nakharaprāsayodhin

nakharaprāsayodhin - warrior fighting with nail-weapons and spears

Compound type : dvandva (nakhara+prāsa+yodhin)

• nakhara – nail, claw, a kind of weapon/missile
  noun (masculine)
• prāsa – spear, javelin, dart
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'as' with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: as (class 4)
• yodhin – warrior, fighter
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'yudh' (to fight) + suffix 'in'
  Root: yudh (class 4)