महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-22

तमेकं समरे शूरं पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयास्तथा ।
अनेकशतसाहस्रं समपश्यन्त लाघवात् ॥२२॥

22. tamekaṁ samare śūraṁ pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayāstathā ,
anekaśatasāhasraṁ samapaśyanta lāghavāt.

22. tam ekam samare śūram pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayāḥ tathā
anekasatasaahasram samapasyanta lāghavāt

22. pāṇḍavāḥ tathā sṛñjayāḥ samare tam ekam śūram
lāghavāt anekasatasaahasram samapasyanta

22. Due to his agility, the Pāṇḍavas and Sañjayas perceived that single hero in battle as if he were countless hundreds of thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Bhīṣma (that one, him (masculine))

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• शूरम् (śūram) - Bhīṣma (heroic, brave one, warrior)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

• सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - a confederation of warriors allied with the Pāṇḍavas (the Sañjayas)

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

• अनेकसतसअहस्रम् (anekasatasaahasram) - as if he were many hundreds and thousands (countless hundreds and thousands, innumerable)

• समपस्यन्त (samapasyanta) - they saw, they perceived

• लाघवात् (lāghavāt) - from/due to lightness, from/due to dexterity

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Bhīṣma (that one, him (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एकम् (ekam) - one, single

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Modifies 'śūram'

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, combat, war

Root: mṛ (class 1)

शूरम् (śūram) - Bhīṣma (heroic, brave one, warrior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - hero, warrior, brave, valiant

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu, descendant of Pāṇḍu

Derived from Pāṇḍu (name of a king) with suffix -a

सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - a confederation of warriors allied with the Pāṇḍavas (the Sañjayas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sṛñjaya

sṛñjaya - name of a people, a king, or a clan allied with the Pāṇḍavas

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

अनेकसतसअहस्रम् (anekasatasaahasram) - as if he were many hundreds and thousands (countless hundreds and thousands, innumerable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anekasatasaahasra

anekasatasaahasra - many hundreds and thousands, innumerable

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aneka+śata+sāhasra)

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

Note: Functions as an adverbial accusative or predicative adjective.

समपस्यन्त (samapasyanta) - they saw, they perceived

(verb)

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

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The prefix 'sam-' intensifies or implies 'completely' or 'together'.

लाघवात् (lāghavāt) - from/due to lightness, from/due to dexterity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of lāghava

lāghava - lightness, dexterity, agility, quickness

Derived from laghu (light)

Note: Indicates the reason or cause.