महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-10

कुञ्जराश्वनरान्संख्ये पातयन्तः पतत्रिभिः ।
तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महारथाः ॥१०॥

10. kuñjarāśvanarānsaṁkhye pātayantaḥ patatribhiḥ ,
tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣanto mahārathāḥ.

10. kuñjarāśvanarān saṃkhye pātayantaḥ patatribhiḥ
tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣantaḥ mahārathāḥ

10. mahārathāḥ saṃkhye kuñjarāśvanarān patatribhiḥ
pātayantaḥ tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣantaḥ

10. The great warriors (mahārathāḥ), felling elephants, horses, and men in battle with their arrows, were drawing bows as long as palm trees.

Words meanings summery:

• कुञ्जराश्वनरान् (kuñjarāśvanarān) - elephants, horses, and men

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle, in the war

• पातयन्तः (pātayantaḥ) - felling, causing to fall, striking down

• पतत्रिभिः (patatribhiḥ) - with arrows (with arrows (lit. 'with flyers'), with birds)

• तालमात्राणि (tālamātrāṇi) - as long as palm trees (referring to bows) (having the measure of a palm tree, palm-length, very long)

• चापानि (cāpāni) - bows

• विकर्षन्तः (vikarṣantaḥ) - drawing, pulling, stretching (bows)

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors, great charioteers

Words meanings and morphology

कुञ्जराश्वनरान् (kuñjarāśvanarān) - elephants, horses, and men

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kuñjarāśvanara

kuñjarāśvanara - elephants, horses, and men (collectively)

Compound type : Dvandva (kuñjara+aśva+nara)

• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the participle `pātayantaḥ`.

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle, in the war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkhya

saṁkhya - battle, war, combat; number, calculation

from `sam-` + `khyā` (to count, to tell)

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

पातयन्तः (pātayantaḥ) - felling, causing to fall, striking down

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pātayat

pātayat - causing to fall, felling, striking down

Present Active Participle (causative)

from causative of `pat` (to fall) -> `pātay`

Root: pat (class 1)

पतत्रिभिः (patatribhiḥ) - with arrows (with arrows (lit. 'with flyers'), with birds)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patatri

patatri - bird, arrow (lit. 'flyer')

derived from root `pat` (to fly, to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Indicates the instrument of felling.

तालमात्राणि (tālamātrāṇi) - as long as palm trees (referring to bows) (having the measure of a palm tree, palm-length, very long)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tālamātra

tālamātra - having the measure of a palm (tree), as long as a palm (tree)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (tāla+mātra)

• tāla – palm tree, measure of a palm (tree)
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – measure, quantity, only, mere
  adjective (neuter)
  from root `mā` (to measure)
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with `cāpāni`.

चापानि (cāpāni) - bows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of cāpa

cāpa - bow

Note: Object of the participle `vikarṣantaḥ`.

विकर्षन्तः (vikarṣantaḥ) - drawing, pulling, stretching (bows)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikarṣat

vikarṣat - drawing, pulling, stretching, dragging

Present Active Participle

from `vi-` + `kṛṣ` (to draw, pull)

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors, great charioteers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - great warrior, great charioteer (one who can fight 10,000 warriors)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• ratha – chariot, warrior (who fights from a chariot)
  noun (masculine)
  from `raṃh` (to go swiftly)
  Root: raṃh (class 1)

Note: The subject of the implied verb (e.g., 'were').