महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-21

हन्यमानं तथात्मानं परेभ्यो बहवो जनाः ।
नाभ्यजानन्त समरे निद्रया मोहिता भृशम् ॥२१॥

21. hanyamānaṁ tathātmānaṁ parebhyo bahavo janāḥ ,
nābhyajānanta samare nidrayā mohitā bhṛśam.

21. hanyamānam tathā ātmānam parebhyaḥ bahavaḥ janāḥ
na abhyajānanta samare nidrayā mohitāḥ bhṛśam

21. bahavaḥ janāḥ nidrayā bhṛśam mohitāḥ samare
parebhyaḥ hanyamānam tathā ātmānam na abhyajānanta

21. Many people, greatly bewildered by sleep, thus did not recognize their own selves (ātman) being slain by the enemies in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• हन्यमानम् (hanyamānam) - being killed (by enemies) (being slain, being killed, being struck)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - their own physical self or person (self, soul, essence, individual soul)

• परेभ्यः (parebhyaḥ) - by the enemies (from others, by others, to others, from enemies)

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous, abundant

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, persons

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अभ्यजानन्त (abhyajānanta) - they did not know, they did not recognize

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

• निद्रया (nidrayā) - by sleep, through sleep

• मोहिताः (mohitāḥ) - bewildered (by sleep) (bewildered, deluded, confused, infatuated)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, exceedingly, much, excessively

Words meanings and morphology

हन्यमानम् (hanyamānam) - being killed (by enemies) (being slain, being killed, being struck)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hanyamāna

hanyamāna - being killed, being struck, being injured

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the root han (to strike, kill) in passive voice, present tense.

Root: han (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - their own physical self or person (self, soul, essence, individual soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, individual soul (ātman)

परेभ्यः (parebhyaḥ) - by the enemies (from others, by others, to others, from enemies)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, enemy, stranger

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous, abundant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, abundant, much

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अभ्यजानन्त (abhyajānanta) - they did not know, they did not recognize

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

From root jñā (9th class) with upasargas abhi-ā. Form is a-abhi-ā-jan-anta (augment + upasargas + root + ending).

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

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

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict, combat

निद्रया (nidrayā) - by sleep, through sleep

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber, drowsiness

मोहिताः (mohitāḥ) - bewildered (by sleep) (bewildered, deluded, confused, infatuated)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mohita

mohita - bewildered, deluded, infatuated, enchanted, confused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root moh (to be bewildered, faint).

Root: moh (class 1)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, exceedingly, much, excessively

(indeclinable)

Can also be used as an adjective (bhṛśa).