महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-80, verse-41

ततो राज्ञां बहुशतैर्गजाश्वरथयायिभिः ।
संवृतं समरे भीष्मं देवैरपि दुरासदम् ॥४१॥

41. tato rājñāṁ bahuśatairgajāśvarathayāyibhiḥ ,
saṁvṛtaṁ samare bhīṣmaṁ devairapi durāsadam.

41. tataḥ rājñām bahuśataiḥ gajāśvarathayāyibhiḥ
saṃvṛtam samare bhīṣmam devaiḥ api durāsadam

41. tataḥ bhīṣmam samare rājñām bahuśataiḥ
gajāśvarathayāyibhiḥ saṃvṛtam devaiḥ api durāsadam

41. Then, Bhishma, surrounded in battle by many hundreds of kings who were mounted on elephants, horses, and chariots, was difficult to approach even for the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thereupon, from that)

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

• बहुशतैः (bahuśataiḥ) - by many hundreds

• गजाश्वरथयायिभिः (gajāśvarathayāyibhiḥ) - by those riding elephants, horses, and chariots (by those moving on elephants, horses, and chariots)

• संवृतम् (saṁvṛtam) - surrounded (surrounded, covered, enclosed)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (proper noun) (Bhishma)

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods (by gods, by deities)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach (difficult to approach, inaccessible)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rājan

बहुशतैः (bahuśataiḥ) - by many hundreds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bahuśata

bahuśata - many hundreds, a great number of hundreds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bahu+śata)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

गजाश्वरथयायिभिः (gajāśvarathayāyibhiḥ) - by those riding elephants, horses, and chariots (by those moving on elephants, horses, and chariots)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gajāśvarathayāyin

gajāśvarathayāyin - going on elephants, horses, and chariots; a rider of elephants, horses, and chariots

derived from yā 'to go' + -in suffix, compound of gaja, aśva, ratha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+aśva+ratha+yāyin)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• yāyin – going, riding, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  suffix -in added to root yā
  Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the kings

संवृतम् (saṁvṛtam) - surrounded (surrounded, covered, enclosed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvṛta

saṁvṛta - surrounded, covered, enclosed

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛ 'to cover, choose' with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies Bhīṣmam

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (proper noun) (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; Bhishma (name of a Kuru elder)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of the implied verb 'seeing' in the following verse

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods (by gods, by deities)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach (difficult to approach, inaccessible)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, formidable

from dur 'difficult' + ā-sada 'to approach'

Compound type : pradi (dur+āsada)

• dur – difficult, bad, hard
  indeclinable
• āsada – approaching, reaching
  noun (masculine)
  from ā + sad
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Modifies Bhīṣmam