महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-85, verse-25

वध्यतां तत्र सैन्यानामन्योन्येन महारणे ।
प्रावर्तत नदी घोरा रुधिरौघप्रवाहिनी ॥२५॥

25. vadhyatāṁ tatra sainyānāmanyonyena mahāraṇe ,
prāvartata nadī ghorā rudhiraughapravāhinī.

25. vadhyatām tatra sainyānām anyonyena mahāraṇe
prāvartata nadī ghorā rudhiraughapravāhinī

25. tatra mahāraṇe anyonyena sainyānām vadhyatām
ghorā rudhiraughapravāhinī nadī prāvartata

25. There, in that great battle, as the armies were being mutually slaughtered, a dreadful river, streaming with torrents of blood, began to flow.

Words meanings summery:

• वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - of those being slain, slaughtered

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सैन्यानाम् (sainyānām) - of the armies, of the soldiers

• अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - by one another, mutually

• महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

• प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - began to flow, started, proceeded

• नदी (nadī) - river

• घोरा (ghorā) - dreadful, terrible

• रुधिरौघप्रवाहिनी (rudhiraughapravāhinī) - streaming with torrents of blood, flowing with masses of blood

Words meanings and morphology

वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - of those being slain, slaughtered

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadhyat

vadhyat - being killed, being slain, being slaughtered

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill), passive stem vadhy-, with -at suffix

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used here in a locative absolute construction with sainyānām.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

सैन्यानाम् (sainyānām) - of the armies, of the soldiers

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sainya

sainya - an army, troops, a soldier, military

Derived from senā (army)

अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - by one another, mutually

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anyonyena

anyonya - one another, mutual

महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāraṇa

mahāraṇa - great battle, mighty combat

Compound type : Karmadharaya (mahā+raṇa)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective (feminine)
• raṇa – battle, fight, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)

प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - began to flow, started, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

imperfect tense (laṅ)

Root vṛt (class 1), prefixed with pra, imperfect tense (laṅ), middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

घोरा (ghorā) - dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

रुधिरौघप्रवाहिनी (rudhiraughapravāhinī) - streaming with torrents of blood, flowing with masses of blood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rudhiraughapravāhinī

rudhiraughapravāhin - streaming with torrents of blood, having a flow of blood masses

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (rudhira+ogha+pravāhin)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – torrent, flood, stream, mass
  noun (masculine)
• pravāhin – flowing, streaming, carrying forward
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective from verbal root
  Derived from pra-vah (to flow forth)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)