महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-66, verse-18

अपरे बाहुभिर्वीरा नियुद्धकुशला युधि ।
बहुधा समसज्जन्त आयसैः परिघैरिव ॥१८॥

18. apare bāhubhirvīrā niyuddhakuśalā yudhi ,
bahudhā samasajjanta āyasaiḥ parighairiva.

18. apare bāhubhiḥ vīrāḥ niyuddhakusalāḥ yudhi
bahudhā samasajjanta āyasaiḥ parighaiḥ iva

18. apare vīrāḥ niyuddhakusalāḥ yudhi bāhubhiḥ
bahudhā samasajjanta āyasaiḥ parighaiḥ iva

18. Other brave warriors, skilled in wrestling and close combat, fiercely engaged in battle in many ways, as if they were iron maces.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others, other

• बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - by arms, with arms

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - brave ones, heroes, warriors

• नियुद्धकुसलाः (niyuddhakusalāḥ) - skilled in combat, expert in wrestling

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, variously, manifoldly

• समसज्जन्त (samasajjanta) - they engaged, they struggled, they attached themselves

• आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - with iron (ones), made of iron

• परिघैः (parighaiḥ) - with maces, with iron bars, with cudgels

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others, other

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - by arms, with arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - brave ones, heroes, warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, warrior, husband

नियुद्धकुसलाः (niyuddhakusalāḥ) - skilled in combat, expert in wrestling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niyuddhakusala

niyuddhakusala - skilled in fighting, expert in wrestling

Compound type : tatpurusha (niyuddha+kusala)

• niyuddha – fighting, combat, wrestling
  noun (neuter)
  from root yudh with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• kusala – skilled, expert, proficient, well-being
  adjective (masculine)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, variously, manifoldly

(indeclinable)

suffix -dhā added to bahu

समसज्जन्त (samasajjanta) - they engaged, they struggled, they attached themselves

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of sañj

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: The prefix 'sam' implies intensity or completeness.

आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - with iron (ones), made of iron

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āyasa

āyasa - made of iron, iron (adj.)

derived from ayas (iron)

परिघैः (parighaiḥ) - with maces, with iron bars, with cudgels

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parigha

parigha - iron bar, mace, bolt, cudgel

Prefix: pari

Root: han (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)