महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-73, verse-24

हस्त्यनीकान्यतिष्ठन्त तथानीकानि वाजिनाम् ।
तथैव रथवाहिन्यः प्रतिव्यूह्य व्यवस्थिताः ॥२४॥

24. hastyanīkānyatiṣṭhanta tathānīkāni vājinām ,
tathaiva rathavāhinyaḥ prativyūhya vyavasthitāḥ.

24. hastyanīkāni atiṣṭhanta tathā anīkāni vājinām
tathā eva rathavāhinyaḥ prativyūhya vyavasthitāḥ

24. hastyanīkāni atiṣṭhanta.
tathā vājinām anīkāni [atiṣṭhanta].
tathā eva rathavāhinyaḥ prativyūhya vyavasthitāḥ.

24. The elephant divisions remained stationed, and similarly the cavalry divisions. In the same way, the chariot divisions were positioned, having arrayed themselves.

Words meanings summery:

• हस्त्यनीकानि (hastyanīkāni) - elephant divisions, elephant armies

• अतिष्ठन्त (atiṣṭhanta) - they stood, they remained, they were stationed

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way, similarly

• अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, divisions

• वाजिनाम् (vājinām) - of horses, of cavalry

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, precisely

• रथवाहिन्यः (rathavāhinyaḥ) - chariot divisions

• प्रतिव्यूह्य (prativyūhya) - having arrayed themselves, having deployed

• व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ) - stood arranged, were stationed, deployed

Words meanings and morphology

हस्त्यनीकानि (hastyanīkāni) - elephant divisions, elephant armies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of hastyanīka

hastyanīka - elephant division of an army

Compound of hastin (elephant) + anīka (army, division).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hastin+anīka)

• hastin – elephant, having hands
  noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host, division
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'atiṣṭhanta'.

अतिष्ठन्त (atiṣṭhanta) - they stood, they remained, they were stationed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of sthā

Imperfect

From √sthā (to stand), 3rd plural imperfect middle form.

Root: sthā (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way, similarly

(indeclinable)

अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, divisions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, front, face

Note: Subject (implicitly with 'atiṣṭhanta').

वाजिनाम् (vājinām) - of horses, of cavalry

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vājin

vājin - horse, swift, strong

Formed from vāja (strength, speed) + -in (possessive suffix).

Note: Qualifies 'anīkāni' (divisions of horses).

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

रथवाहिन्यः (rathavāhinyaḥ) - chariot divisions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rathavāhinī

rathavāhinī - a division of chariots, a chariot host

Compound of ratha (chariot) + vāhinī (army, host, division).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+vāhinī)

• ratha – chariot, car, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
• vāhinī – army, host, division (of an army), river
  noun (feminine)
  From √vah (to carry, flow) + -in + ī
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject.

प्रतिव्यूह्य (prativyūhya) - having arrayed themselves, having deployed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From √ūh (to push, arrange) with upasargas prati and vi, suffix -ya.

Prefixes: prati+vi

Root: ūh (class 1)

व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ) - stood arranged, were stationed, deployed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - arranged, stationed, standing apart, settled

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand) with upasargas vi and ava, suffix kta.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as the main verb (predicate adjective) in this clause.