महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-65

वरान्वरान्विनिघ्नन्तं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकान् ।
युगान्तमिव कुर्वाणं भीष्मं यौधिष्ठिरे बले ॥६५॥

65. varānvarānvinighnantaṁ pāṇḍuputrasya sainikān ,
yugāntamiva kurvāṇaṁ bhīṣmaṁ yaudhiṣṭhire bale.

65. varān varān vinighnantaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya sainikān
yugāntam iva kurvāṇaṃ bhīṣmam yauhiṣṭhire bale

65. bhīṣmam yauhiṣṭhire bale pāṇḍuputrasya varān
varān sainikān vinighnantaṃ yugāntam iva kurvāṇaṃ

65. Bhīṣma, in Yudhiṣṭhira's army, was slaying the best of the Pāṇḍava's soldiers, as if bringing about a cosmic dissolution (yugānta).

Words meanings summery:

• वरान् (varān) - excellent soldiers (excellent ones, best ones, boons)

• वरान् (varān) - excellent soldiers (excellent ones, best ones, boons)

• विनिघ्नन्तं (vinighnantaṁ) - striking down, killing

• पाण्डुपुत्रस्य (pāṇḍuputrasya) - of the son of Pāṇḍu

• सैनिकान् (sainikān) - soldiers

• युगान्तम् (yugāntam) - cosmic dissolution (end of an age, dissolution of an epoch)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• कुर्वाणं (kurvāṇaṁ) - bringing about (doing, making)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhīṣma

• यौहिष्ठिरे (yauhiṣṭhire) - in Yudhiṣṭhira's

• बले (bale) - in strength, in the army

Words meanings and morphology

वरान् (varān) - excellent soldiers (excellent ones, best ones, boons)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, suitor

From root √vṛ (to choose, to cover).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to the soldiers, repeated for emphasis.

वरान् (varān) - excellent soldiers (excellent ones, best ones, boons)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, suitor

From root √vṛ (to choose, to cover).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to the soldiers, repeated for emphasis.

विनिघ्नन्तं (vinighnantaṁ) - striking down, killing

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vinighnat

vinighnat - striking down, killing, destroying

Present Active Participle

From prefix vi + prefix ni + root √han (to strike, kill).

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with Bhīṣma.

पाण्डुपुत्रस्य (pāṇḍuputrasya) - of the son of Pāṇḍu

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pāṇḍu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira or any Pāṇḍava.

सैनिकान् (sainikān) - soldiers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sainika

sainika - soldier, military man

Derived from senā (army) + suffix ika.

Note: Object of 'vinighnantaṃ'.

युगान्तम् (yugāntam) - cosmic dissolution (end of an age, dissolution of an epoch)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yugānta

yugānta - end of an age, end of a yuga, universal dissolution

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+anta)

• yuga – age, epoch, yoke
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, limit, destruction
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'kurvāṇaṃ'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

कुर्वाणं (kurvāṇaṁ) - bringing about (doing, making)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - doing, making, performing

Present Middle Participle

From root √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with Bhīṣma.

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (name of a Kuru warrior), terrible, formidable

Note: Modified by the participles 'vinighnantaṃ' and 'kurvāṇaṃ'.

यौहिष्ठिरे (yauhiṣṭhire) - in Yudhiṣṭhira's

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of yauhiṣṭhira

yauhiṣṭhira - relating to Yudhiṣṭhira, belonging to Yudhiṣṭhira

Derived from Yudhiṣṭhira with a patronymic/possessive suffix.

Note: Agrees with 'bale'.

बले (bale) - in strength, in the army

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, army, force

Note: Locative case indicating location.