महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-89, verse-31

प्रेषिताश्च महामात्रैर्वारणाः परवारणाः ।
अभिघ्नन्ति विषाणाग्रैर्वारणानेव संयुगे ॥३१॥

31. preṣitāśca mahāmātrairvāraṇāḥ paravāraṇāḥ ,
abhighnanti viṣāṇāgrairvāraṇāneva saṁyuge.

31. preṣitāḥ ca mahāmātraiḥ vāraṇāḥ paravāraṇāḥ
| abhighnanti viṣāṇāgraiḥ vāraṇān eva saṃyuge

31. mahāmātraiḥ preṣitāḥ ca paravāraṇāḥ vāraṇāḥ
viṣāṇāgraiḥ saṃyuge vāraṇān eva abhighnanti

31. The opposing elephants, also dispatched by their chief elephant drivers (mahāmātras), indeed strike other elephants in battle with the tips of their tusks.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रेषिताः (preṣitāḥ) - sent, dispatched

• च (ca) - and, also

• महामात्रैः (mahāmātraiḥ) - by chief elephant drivers (mahouts) (by great ministers, by chief elephant drivers)

• वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants (subject) (elephants, protectors)

• परवारणाः (paravāraṇāḥ) - opposing elephants (adjective qualifying the subject elephants) (other elephants, enemy elephants)

• अभिघ्नन्ति (abhighnanti) - they strike, they attack

• विषाणाग्रैः (viṣāṇāgraiḥ) - with tusk-tips

• वारणान् (vāraṇān) - other elephants (the objects of the attack) (elephants)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

Words meanings and morphology

प्रेषिताः (preṣitāḥ) - sent, dispatched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of preṣita

preṣita - sent, dispatched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra-√iṣ (to send) with the -ta suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महामात्रैः (mahāmātraiḥ) - by chief elephant drivers (mahouts) (by great ministers, by chief elephant drivers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahāmātra

mahāmātra - great minister, chief elephant driver, mahout

Compound of mahā (great) and mātra (measure, minister, driver).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+mātra)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Feminine stem form of mahat, used as prefix.
• mātra – measure, extent, a high-ranking officer, elephant driver
  noun (masculine)

वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants (subject) (elephants, protectors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, protector, hindrance

Derived from √vṛ (to ward off, restrain).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

परवारणाः (paravāraṇāḥ) - opposing elephants (adjective qualifying the subject elephants) (other elephants, enemy elephants)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paravāraṇa

paravāraṇa - other elephants, enemy elephants

Compound of para (other, enemy) and vāraṇa (elephant).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+vāraṇa)

• para – other, supreme, hostile
  adjective
• vāraṇa – elephant
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √vṛ (to ward off, restrain).
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

अभिघ्नन्ति (abhighnanti) - they strike, they attack

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of abhi-han

Present

Present (Lat-lakara) 3rd person plural active of abhi-√han.

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

विषाणाग्रैः (viṣāṇāgraiḥ) - with tusk-tips

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of viṣāṇāgra

viṣāṇāgra - tusk-tip

Compound of viṣāṇa (tusk) and agra (tip).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣāṇa+agra)

• viṣāṇa – tusk, horn
  noun (neuter)
• agra – tip, point, front
  noun (neuter)

वारणान् (vāraṇān) - other elephants (the objects of the attack) (elephants)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, protector

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the action.

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, war, combat