महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-129, verse-10

प्रभद्रकाश्च पाञ्चालाः षट्सहस्राः प्रहारिणः ।
द्रोणमेवाभ्यवर्तन्त पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम् ॥१०॥

10. prabhadrakāśca pāñcālāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ ,
droṇamevābhyavartanta puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam.

10. Prabhadrākāḥ ca Pāñcālāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
Droṇam eva abhyavartanta puraskṛtya Śikhaṇḍinam

10. ca Prabhadrākāḥ Pāñcālāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
Śikhaṇḍinam puraskṛtya Droṇam eva abhyavartanta

10. And the six thousand strong attackers, the Prabhadrakas and Pancalas, placing Shikhandin at their head, certainly attacked Drona.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभद्राकाः (prabhadrākāḥ) - a specific division of the Pañcāla army (the Prabhadrakas)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - the people from the Pañcāla kingdom (the Pancalas)

• षट्सहस्राः (ṣaṭsahasrāḥ) - six thousand (in number)

• प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - attackers, strikers, warriors

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - advanced, attacked, turned towards

• पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, taking as leader

• शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandin

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभद्राकाः (prabhadrākāḥ) - a specific division of the Pañcāla army (the Prabhadrakas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of Prabhadrāka

Prabhadrāka - a specific division of the Pañcālas; a name of a warrior tribe

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - the people from the Pañcāla kingdom (the Pancalas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of Pāñcāla

Pāñcāla - a king or people of the Pañcāla country

षट्सहस्राः (ṣaṭsahasrāḥ) - six thousand (in number)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṣaṭsahasra

ṣaṭsahasra - six thousand

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṣaṣ+sahasra)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - attackers, strikers, warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahārin

prahārin - a striker, attacker, warrior

Derived from pra-hā (to strike) with -in suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: hā (class 3)

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Droṇa

Droṇa - Drona (preceptor of the Kauravas and Pandavas)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - advanced, attacked, turned towards

(verb)

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

Imperfect

root vṛt, ātmanepada, 3rd person plural, imperfect (laṅ)

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, taking as leader

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from puras (in front) + root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -tya in compound with an indeclinable

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandin

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Śikhaṇḍin

Śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandin (a warrior in the Mahābhārata)