महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-98

अवादयन्दुन्दुभींश्च शतशश्चैव पुष्करान् ।
सिंहनादांश्च विविधान्विनेदुः पुरुषर्षभाः ॥९८॥

98. avādayandundubhīṁśca śataśaścaiva puṣkarān ,
siṁhanādāṁśca vividhānvineduḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ.

98. avādayan dundubhīn ca śataśaḥ ca eva puṣkarān
siṃhanādān ca vividhān vineduḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

98. puruṣarṣabhāḥ dundubhīn ca puṣkarān ca śataśaḥ
eva avādayan vividhān siṃhanādān ca vineduḥ

98. And the excellent men (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) caused hundreds of drums (dundubhi, puṣkara) to sound, and they roared various lion-like battle cries (siṃhanāda).

Words meanings summery:

• अवादयन् (avādayan) - they caused to sound, they played (music/instruments)

• दुन्दुभीन् (dundubhīn) - drums, war-drums

• च (ca) - and, also

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, also

• पुष्करान् (puṣkarān) - drums (specifically referring to a type of drum, often made of lotus leaves or associated with water drums) (drums (a kind of), lotuses, waters)

• सिंहनादान् (siṁhanādān) - lion-roars, battle cries

• च (ca) - and, also

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

• विनेदुः (vineduḥ) - they roared, they sounded, they cried out

• पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - excellent men, best among men

Words meanings and morphology

अवादयन् (avādayan) - they caused to sound, they played (music/instruments)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vad

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice (causative stem 'vādaya'); 'a' is the augment for imperfect tense

Root: vad (class 1)

दुन्दुभीन् (dundubhīn) - drums, war-drums

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dundubhi

dundubhi - drum, war-drum

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix '-śas' from 'śata' (hundred)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, also

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

पुष्करान् (puṣkarān) - drums (specifically referring to a type of drum, often made of lotus leaves or associated with water drums) (drums (a kind of), lotuses, waters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, water, sky, tip of an elephant's trunk, a type of drum

सिंहनादान् (siṁhanādān) - lion-roars, battle cries

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of siṃhanāda

siṁhanāda - lion's roar, a war-cry or battle-cry

Compound of 'siṃha' (lion) and 'nāda' (sound, roar)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (siṃha+nāda)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• nāda – sound, roar, cry, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'nad' (to sound)
  Root: nad (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

Compound (vi + vidha)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vi+vidha)

• vi – apart, asunder, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

विनेदुः (vineduḥ) - they roared, they sounded, they cried out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of nad

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. Root 'nad' with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - excellent men, best among men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men, best of men, excellent man

Compound of 'puruṣa' (man) and 'ṛṣabha' (bull, best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, human being, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ