महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-31, verse-15

अपरेऽप्यपराञ्जघ्नुर्वारणाः पतितान्नरान् ।
विषाणैश्चावनिं गत्वा व्यभिन्दन्रथिनो बहून् ॥१५॥

15. apare'pyaparāñjaghnurvāraṇāḥ patitānnarān ,
viṣāṇaiścāvaniṁ gatvā vyabhindanrathino bahūn.

15. apare api aparān jaghnuḥ vāraṇāḥ patitān narān
viṣāṇaiḥ ca avanim gatvā vyabhindan rathinaḥ bahūn

15. apare vāraṇāḥ api patitān aparān narān jaghnuḥ ca
viṣāṇaiḥ avanim gatvā bahūn rathinaḥ vyabhindan

15. Other elephants also killed other men who had fallen. And having reached the ground with their tusks, they pierced many charioteers.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - other elephants (others)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• अपरान् (aparān) - other soldiers (others)

• जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - killed (killed, struck)

• वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

• पतितान् (patitān) - fallen (soldiers) (fallen)

• नरान् (narān) - soldiers (men)

• विषाणैः (viṣāṇaiḥ) - with their tusks (of elephants) (with tusks, with horns)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अवनिम् (avanim) - the ground (the ground, the earth)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having reached (the ground) (having gone, having reached)

• व्यभिन्दन् (vyabhindan) - they pierced (they pierced, they split)

• रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers (charioteers, occupants of chariots)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - other elephants (others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior

Note: Refers to vāraṇāḥ (elephants).

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

अपरान् (aparān) - other soldiers (others)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior

Note: Refers to narān (men).

जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - killed (killed, struck)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of han

Root: han (class 2)

वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, warding off, preventing

पतितान् (patitān) - fallen (soldiers) (fallen)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, descended, lost

Past Passive Participle

derived from root pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies narān.

नरान् (narān) - soldiers (men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being

विषाणैः (viṣāṇaiḥ) - with their tusks (of elephants) (with tusks, with horns)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of viṣāṇa

viṣāṇa - horn, tusk (of an elephant)

Note: Can also be masculine, form is the same for plural instrumental.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अवनिम् (avanim) - the ground (the ground, the earth)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avani

avani - earth, ground, river

गत्वा (gatvā) - having reached (the ground) (having gone, having reached)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root gam + -tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

व्यभिन्दन् (vyabhindan) - they pierced (they pierced, they split)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vibhid

Prefix: vi

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: The 'n' at the end is part of the root's class 7 conjugation.

रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers (charioteers, occupants of chariots)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rathin

rathin - charioteer, warrior fighting from a chariot

Possessive suffix '-in' from ratha

Note: The form `rathinaḥ` is both nominative and accusative plural. Context indicates accusative.

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Modifies rathinaḥ.