महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-38, verse-6

नानानृपान्नृपसुतान्सैन्यानि विविधानि च ।
अलातचक्रवत्सर्वांश्चरन्बाणैः समभ्ययात् ॥६॥

6. nānānṛpānnṛpasutānsainyāni vividhāni ca ,
alātacakravatsarvāṁścaranbāṇaiḥ samabhyayāt.

6. nānā-nṛpān nṛpa-sutān sainyāni vividhāni ca |
alāta-cakra-vat sarvān caran bāṇaiḥ sam-abhi-ayāt

6. caran bāṇaiḥ alāta-cakra-vat,
nānā-nṛpān nṛpa-sutān vividhāni ca sainyāni sarvān sam-abhi-ayāt

6. Moving swiftly with his arrows, like a whirling firebrand, he attacked all the various kings, princes, and diverse armies.

Words meanings summery:

• नाना-नृपान् (nānā-nṛpān) - various kings

• नृप-सुतान् (nṛpa-sutān) - sons of kings, princes

• सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies, troops, forces

• विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

• च (ca) - and

• अलात-चक्र-वत् (alāta-cakra-vat) - describing the swift movement of Abhimanyu (like a firebrand circle, like a whirling flame)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (kings, princes, armies) (all, every)

• चरन् (caran) - (Abhimanyu) moving about (in battle) (moving, roaming, wandering)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by means of his arrows (with arrows)

• सम्-अभि-अयात् (sam-abhi-ayāt) - Abhimanyu attacked the enemies. (he attacked, he went against, he approached)

Words meanings and morphology

नाना-नृपान् (nānā-nṛpān) - various kings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nānānṛpa

nānānṛpa - various kings

Compound of 'nānā' (various) and 'nṛpa' (king).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+nṛpa)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• nṛpa – king, monarch
  noun (masculine)
  From 'nṛ' (man) + 'pa' (protector)

नृप-सुतान् (nṛpa-sutān) - sons of kings, princes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nṛpasuta

nṛpasuta - son of a king, prince

Compound of 'nṛpa' (king) and 'suta' (son).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (nṛpa+suta)

• nṛpa – king, monarch
  noun (masculine)
  From 'nṛ' (man) + 'pa' (protector)
• suta – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sū' (to bring forth)
  Root: sū (class 2)

सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies, troops, forces

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sainya

sainya - relating to an army, military; an army, forces, troops

Derived from 'senā' (army).

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, of many kinds

From 'vi' (different) + 'vidha' (kind).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vi+vidha)

• vi – apart, asunder, different
  indeclinable
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अलात-चक्र-वत् (alāta-cakra-vat) - describing the swift movement of Abhimanyu (like a firebrand circle, like a whirling flame)

(indeclinable)

Compound 'alāta' (firebrand) + 'cakra' (circle) + 'vat' (like).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (alāta+cakra+vat)

• alāta – firebrand, burning wood
  noun (neuter)
• cakra – wheel, discus, circle
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adverbs of comparison.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (kings, princes, armies) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

चरन् (caran) - (Abhimanyu) moving about (in battle) (moving, roaming, wandering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of car

car - to move, walk, wander, go

Present Active Participle

Nominative singular masculine. From root 'car'.

Root: car (class 1)

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by means of his arrows (with arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

सम्-अभि-अयात् (sam-abhi-ayāt) - Abhimanyu attacked the enemies. (he attacked, he went against, he approached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of i

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, Imperfect tense, with prefixes 'sam' and 'abhi'. The root 'i' becomes 'ay' in the imperfect, and the augment 'a' is added.

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: i (class 2)