महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-10

हृतोत्तमाङ्गाः केचित्तु तथैवोद्यतकार्मुकाः ।
प्रगृहीतायुधाश्चापि तस्थुः पुरुषसत्तमाः ॥१०॥

10. hṛtottamāṅgāḥ kecittu tathaivodyatakārmukāḥ ,
pragṛhītāyudhāścāpi tasthuḥ puruṣasattamāḥ.

10. hṛta-uttama-aṅgāḥ kecit tu tathā eva udyata-kārmukāḥ
| pragṛhīta-āyudhāḥ ca api tasthuḥ puruṣa-sattamāḥ

10. kecit tu puruṣa-sattamāḥ hṛta-uttama-aṅgāḥ tathā
eva udyata-kārmukāḥ ca api pragṛhīta-āyudhāḥ tasthuḥ

10. Some of the best among men, though their heads were severed, still stood with bows raised and weapons grasped.

Words meanings summery:

• हृत-उत्तम-अङ्गाः (hṛta-uttama-aṅgāḥ) - headless, whose heads were severed (whose excellent limbs (heads) were taken/severed)

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, yet

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, truly

• उद्यत-कार्मुकाः (udyata-kārmukāḥ) - with bows raised, having raised bows

• प्रगृहीत-आयुधाः (pragṛhīta-āyudhāḥ) - with weapons grasped, having taken up weapons

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - they stood, they remained

• पुरुष-सत्तमाः (puruṣa-sattamāḥ) - best among men, foremost of men

Words meanings and morphology

हृत-उत्तम-अङ्गाः (hṛta-uttama-aṅgāḥ) - headless, whose heads were severed (whose excellent limbs (heads) were taken/severed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hṛta-uttama-aṅga

hṛta-uttama-aṅga - one whose head is severed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hṛta+uttama-aṅga)

• hṛta – taken, carried off, removed, stolen, seized
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √hṛ (to take, carry) with suffix -ta
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• uttama-aṅga – best limb, head
  noun (neuter)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of keci

keci - some, certain ones

masculine nominative plural of kim + cit

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, truly

(indeclinable)

उद्यत-कार्मुकाः (udyata-kārmukāḥ) - with bows raised, having raised bows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udyata-kārmuka

udyata-kārmuka - having a raised bow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udyata+kārmuka)

• udyata – raised, uplifted, ready, prepared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √yam (to hold, restrain) with prefix ud- and suffix -ta
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yam (class 1)
• kārmuka – bow, made of wood
  noun (neuter)

प्रगृहीत-आयुधाः (pragṛhīta-āyudhāḥ) - with weapons grasped, having taken up weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pragṛhīta-āyudha

pragṛhīta-āyudha - having grasped weapons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pragṛhīta+āyudha)

• pragṛhīta – grasped, seized, held, taken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √grah (to seize) with prefix pra- and suffix -īta
  Prefix: pra
  Root: grah (class 9)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - they stood, they remained

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

पुरुष-सत्तमाः (puruṣa-sattamāḥ) - best among men, foremost of men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa-sattama

puruṣa-sattama - best among men, excellent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+sattama)

• puruṣa – man, male, human being, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama