महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-77, verse-16

दशाश्वानां सहस्राणि दन्तिनां च तथैव च ।
रथानामयुतं चापि पुत्राश्च तव दंशिताः ।
चित्रसेनादयः शूरा अभ्यरक्षन्पितामहम् ॥१६॥

16. daśāśvānāṁ sahasrāṇi dantināṁ ca tathaiva ca ,
rathānāmayutaṁ cāpi putrāśca tava daṁśitāḥ ,
citrasenādayaḥ śūrā abhyarakṣanpitāmaham.

16. daśa aśvānām sahasrāṇi dantinām ca
tathaiva ca rathānām ayutam ca api
putrāḥ ca tava daṃśitāḥ citrasenā
ādayaḥ śūrāḥ abhyarakṣan pitāmaham

16. daśa sahasrāṇi aśvānām,
ca tathaiva ca dantinām; ca api ayutam rathānām; ca tava daṃśitāḥ citrasenā ādayaḥ śūrāḥ putrāḥ pitāmaham abhyarakṣan

16. Ten thousand horses, and similarly ten thousand elephants, and also ten thousand chariots (were there). And your sons, armored, brave ones like Citrasena and others, protected the grandfather (Bhishma).

Words meanings summery:

• दश (daśa) - ten

• अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• दन्तिनाम् (dantinām) - of elephants

• च (ca) - and

• तथैव (tathaiva) - similarly, just so

• च (ca) - and, also

• रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

• अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten thousand, myriad

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - your sons (Kauravas) (sons)

• च (ca) - and

• तव (tava) - your, yours

• दंशिताः (daṁśitāḥ) - armored (armored, arrayed, equipped (for battle))

• चित्रसेना (citrasenā) - Citrasena (proper name)

• आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and others (like Citrasena) (and others, beginning with)

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave ones, heroes

• अभ्यरक्षन् (abhyarakṣan) - they protected

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - Bhishma (the great-grandfather of the Kuru dynasty) (grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Adjective for sahasrāṇi.

अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

Note: Used with sahasrāṇi to mean 'thousands of horses'.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Subject of an implied verb 'were'.

दन्तिनाम् (dantinām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dantin

dantin - elephant (lit. 'having teeth/tusks')

derived from danta (tooth) + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: Genitive plural, referring to 'thousands of elephants'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

conjunction

Note: Connects aśvānām sahasrāṇi and dantinām.

तथैव (tathaiva) - similarly, just so

(indeclinable)

formed from tathā (thus) + eva (indeed)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

Note: Reinforces the connection, often translatable as 'and also'.

रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car, vehicle

Root: ram

Note: Genitive plural, referring to 'ten thousand chariots'.

अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten thousand, myriad

(numeral)

Note: Used as a noun referring to the number.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

conjunction

Note: Connects previous enumeration with ayutam rathānām.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

particle

Note: Emphasizes inclusion.

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - your sons (Kauravas) (sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

Note: Subject of abhyarakṣan. Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

conjunction

Note: Connects the description of forces with the action of the sons.

तव (tava) - your, yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

genitive singular form of yuṣmad

Note: Possessive pronoun for putrāḥ.

दंशिताः (daṁśitāḥ) - armored (armored, arrayed, equipped (for battle))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daṃśita

daṁśita - armored, equipped, bitten, stung

Past Passive Participle

derived from root daṃś (to bite, to arm)

Root: daṃś (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying putrāḥ.

चित्रसेना (citrasenā) - Citrasena (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citrasena

citrasena - Citrasena (name of a warrior, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citra+senā)

• citra – bright, clear, variegated, wonderful
  adjective (neuter)
• senā – army, host, weapon
  noun (feminine)
  Root: si (class 5)

Note: Part of citrasenādayaḥ.

आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and others (like Citrasena) (and others, beginning with)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādi

ādi - beginning, start, first, etc. (used in compounds to mean 'and others')

Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Forms an adjective with citrasenā meaning 'Citrasena and others'.

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave ones, heroes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, heroic, hero, warrior

Root: śū

Note: Adjective modifying putrāḥ.

अभ्यरक्षन् (abhyarakṣan) - they protected

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Imperfect (Laṅ-lakāra), 3rd person plural, active voice. Root rakṣ with prefix abhi (towards).

Prefix: abhi

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Verb for putrāḥ.

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - Bhishma (the great-grandfather of the Kuru dynasty) (grandfather)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, great-grandfather (literally 'father's father')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+mahat)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• mahat – great, venerable
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Object of abhyarakṣan. Refers to Bhishma.