महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-58, verse-34

स गजान्गदया निघ्नन्व्यचरत्समरे बली ।
भीमसेनो महाबाहुः सवज्र इव वासवः ॥३४॥

34. sa gajāngadayā nighnanvyacaratsamare balī ,
bhīmaseno mahābāhuḥ savajra iva vāsavaḥ.

34. saḥ gajān gadayā nighnan vyacarat samare balī
bhīmasenaḥ mahābāhuḥ savajraḥ iva vāsavaḥ

34. saḥ mahābāhuḥ balī bhīmasenaḥ gajān gadayā
nighnan savajraḥ vāsavaḥ iva samare vyacarat

34. That mighty-armed, powerful Bhīmasena, striking elephants with his mace, ranged about in battle like Indra (Vāsava) wielding his thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (one)

• गजान् (gajān) - elephants

• गदया (gadayā) - by the mace, with the mace

• निघ्नन् (nighnan) - striking, killing, smiting

• व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - he moved about, he ranged, he behaved

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• बली (balī) - powerful, strong, mighty one

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava)

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

• सवज्रः (savajraḥ) - with a thunderbolt, having a thunderbolt

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra (king of gods)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गजान् (gajān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

गदया (gadayā) - by the mace, with the mace

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

निघ्नन् (nighnan) - striking, killing, smiting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nighnan

han - to strike, to kill, to destroy

Present Active Participle

from prefix 'ni-' + root 'han' (to strike, kill), present stem 'nighna-'. 'nighnan' is the nominative singular masculine form.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - he moved about, he ranged, he behaved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vyacar

imperfect 3rd person singular

from prefix 'vi-' + root 'car' (to move, go)

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat

बली (balī) - powerful, strong, mighty one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - powerful, strong, mighty

from 'bala' (strength) + suffix '-in'

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhīma+sena)

• bhīma – terrible, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
• sena – army, host
  noun (masculine)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, great-armed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

सवज्रः (savajraḥ) - with a thunderbolt, having a thunderbolt

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savajra

savajra - with a thunderbolt, having a thunderbolt

from prefix 'sa-' (with) + 'vajra' (thunderbolt)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+vajra)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra (king of gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra, chief of the gods

patronymic from Vasu (class of deities) + aṇ suffix