महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-164, verse-142

तस्याश्वान्रथशक्त्यासौ तदा क्रुद्धः पराक्रमी ।
सर्वानेकैकशो द्रोणः कपोताभानजीघनत् ॥१४२॥

142. tasyāśvānrathaśaktyāsau tadā kruddhaḥ parākramī ,
sarvānekaikaśo droṇaḥ kapotābhānajīghanat.

142. tasya aśvān rathaśaktyā asau tadā kruddhaḥ parākramī
sarvān ekaikaśaḥ droṇaḥ kapotābhān ajīghanat

142. tadā asau kruddhaḥ parākramī droṇaḥ rathaśaktyā
tasya kapotābhān sarvān aśvān ekaikaśaḥ ajīghanat

142. Then, that enraged and mighty Drona, by his chariot's power, killed all of those pigeon-colored horses, one by one.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna (his, of him, of that)

• अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

• रथशक्त्या (rathaśaktyā) - by the power of the chariot, with the strength of the chariot

• असौ (asau) - that Drona (that (person), he)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

• पराक्रमी (parākramī) - mighty, valorous, powerful

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

• एकैकशः (ekaikaśaḥ) - one by one, singly

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

• कपोताभान् (kapotābhān) - pigeon-colored, resembling pigeons

• अजीघनत् (ajīghanat) - he killed

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be neuter singular genitive, but refers to the masculine Dhṛṣṭadyumna here.

अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

रथशक्त्या (rathaśaktyā) - by the power of the chariot, with the strength of the chariot

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rathaśakti

rathaśakti - chariot-power, strength of the chariot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+śakti)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• śakti – power, strength, energy
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

असौ (asau) - that Drona (that (person), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this

Note: Refers to Droṇa.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh with suffix -ta.

Root: krudh (class 4)

पराक्रमी (parākramī) - mighty, valorous, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parākramin

parākramin - mighty, valorous, powerful

Derived from parākrama (valor) with suffix -in.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एकैकशः (ekaikaśaḥ) - one by one, singly

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -śaḥ indicating distribution.

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (name of a warrior and teacher in Mahabharata)

कपोताभान् (kapotābhān) - pigeon-colored, resembling pigeons

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kapotābha

kapotābha - pigeon-colored, pigeon-like

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kapota+ābha)

• kapota – pigeon, dove
  noun (masculine)
• ābha – resemblance, color, lustre
  adjective
  Suffix -ābha indicating resemblance or color.

अजीघनत् (ajīghanat) - he killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of han

Imperfect (Laṅ) of the Causal stem

Augmented a- + reduplicated root stem for the causative/intensive, 3rd person singular ending. Often analyzed as an aorist of the root han.

Root: han (class 2)