महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-26

तयोः पदानुगान्हत्वा पुनः पञ्चशतान्रथान् ।
अभ्यगाद्भारतीं सेनां निघ्नन्पार्थो वरान्वरान् ॥२६॥

26. tayoḥ padānugānhatvā punaḥ pañcaśatānrathān ,
abhyagādbhāratīṁ senāṁ nighnanpārtho varānvarān.

26. tayoḥ padānugān hatvā punaḥ pañcaśatān rathān
abhyagāt bhāratīm senām nighnan pārthaḥ varān varān

26. pārthaḥ tayoḥ padānugān hatvā punaḥ pañcaśatān
rathān nighnan varān varān bhāratīm senām abhyagāt

26. Having killed their followers, and then another five hundred charioteers, Arjuna (Pārtha) attacked the Bhārata army, slaying the best of the warriors one by one.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, their

• पदानुगान् (padānugān) - followers, attendants

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• पञ्चशतान् (pañcaśatān) - five hundred

• रथान् (rathān) - chariots, charioteers

• अभ्यगात् (abhyagāt) - he approached, he attacked

• भारतीम् (bhāratīm) - Bhārata, Indian (referring to the Kaurava army)

• सेनाम् (senām) - army, host

• निघ्नन् (nighnan) - killing, striking down

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā)

• वरान् (varān) - the best, excellent ones

• वरान् (varān) - the best, excellent ones (repeated for emphasis 'the best of the best' or 'one after another')

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पदानुगान् (padānugān) - followers, attendants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of padānuga

padānuga - follower, attendant

Tatpurusha compound: pada (foot/step) + anuga (following).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pada+anuga)

• pada – foot, step, mark
  noun (neuter)
• anuga – following, attendant
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root gam (to go) with upasarga anu.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with suffix -tvā.

Root: han (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

पञ्चशतान् (pañcaśatān) - five hundred

(numeral)

Compound type : dvigu (pañca+śata)

• pañca – five
  numeral
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

रथान् (rathān) - chariots, charioteers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

अभ्यगात् (abhyagāt) - he approached, he attacked

(verb)

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

Aorist (Luṅ) Active Voice

Formed from root gam (to go) with upasargas abhi + ā.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

भारतीम् (bhāratīm) - Bhārata, Indian (referring to the Kaurava army)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāratī

bhāratī - relating to Bhārata, Indian

सेनाम् (senām) - army, host

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, weapon

निघ्नन् (nighnan) - killing, striking down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nighnat

nighnat - killing, striking, destroying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root han (to kill, strike) with upasarga ni and present participle suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena)

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī).

वरान् (varān) - the best, excellent ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice

वरान् (varān) - the best, excellent ones (repeated for emphasis 'the best of the best' or 'one after another')

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice