महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-20, verse-18

अव्यूहन्मानुषं व्यूहं दैवं गान्धर्वमासुरम् ।
दिवसे दिवसे प्राप्ते भीष्मः शांतनवोऽग्रणीः ॥१८॥

18. avyūhanmānuṣaṁ vyūhaṁ daivaṁ gāndharvamāsuram ,
divase divase prāpte bhīṣmaḥ śāṁtanavo'graṇīḥ.

18. avyūhan mānuṣam vyūham daivam gāndharvam āsuram
divase divase prāpte bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ agraṇīḥ

18. divase divase prāpte bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ agraṇīḥ
mānuṣam daivam gāndharvam āsuram vyūham avyūhan

18. Day after day, as each day arrived, Bhishma, the leader (agraṇī) and son of Śāntanu, would arrange various battle formations: human, divine, Gandharva, and demonic.

Words meanings summery:

• अव्यूहन् (avyūhan) - they arranged, they formed

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, pertaining to humans

• व्यूहम् (vyūham) - battle array, formation

• दैवम् (daivam) - divine, celestial

• गान्धर्वम् (gāndharvam) - Gandharva-like, relating to Gandharvas

• आसुरम् (āsuram) - demonic, relating to Asuras

• दिवसे (divase) - on the day, in the day

• दिवसे (divase) - on the day, in the day

• प्राप्ते (prāpte) - having arrived, having been obtained

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śāntanu

• अग्रणीः (agraṇīḥ) - leader, chief

Words meanings and morphology

अव्यूहन् (avyūhan) - they arranged, they formed

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: ūh (class 1)

Note: 'a' is the augment for the imperfect tense.

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, pertaining to humans

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, terrestrial

Root: manu

Note: Adjective modifying 'vyūham'.

व्यूहम् (vyūham) - battle array, formation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyūha

vyūha - battle array, military formation, arrangement

Prefix: vi

Root: ūh (class 1)

दैवम् (daivam) - divine, celestial

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, celestial, fate

Note: Adjective modifying 'vyūham'.

गान्धर्वम् (gāndharvam) - Gandharva-like, relating to Gandharvas

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gāndharva

gāndharva - relating to Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vyūham'.

आसुरम् (āsuram) - demonic, relating to Asuras

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āsura

āsura - demonic, relating to Asuras

Root: asu

Note: Adjective modifying 'vyūham'.

दिवसे (divase) - on the day, in the day

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of divasa

divasa - day

Root: div

Note: Repetition 'divase divase' means "day after day" or "on each day".

दिवसे (divase) - on the day, in the day

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of divasa

divasa - day

Root: div

प्राप्ते (prāpte) - having arrived, having been obtained

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, arrived, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'. Formed with suffix -ta.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a warrior), terrible, formidable

Root: bhī (class 3)

शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śāntanu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāntanava

śāntanava - descendant of Śāntanu

patronymic formation

अग्रणीः (agraṇīḥ) - leader, chief

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agraṇī

agraṇī - leader, chief

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agra+nī)

• agra – front, tip, first
  noun (neuter)
• nī – leading, leader
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'nī' (to lead).
  Root: nī (class 1)