महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-74, verse-14

ततस्तस्य रथौघस्य मध्यं प्राप्य हयोत्तमाः ।
कृच्छ्रेण रथमूहुस्तं क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमान्विताः ॥१४॥

14. tatastasya rathaughasya madhyaṁ prāpya hayottamāḥ ,
kṛcchreṇa rathamūhustaṁ kṣutpipāsāśramānvitāḥ.

14. tataḥ tasya rathaughasya madhyaṃ prāpya hayottamāḥ
kṛcchreṇa rathaṃ ūhuḥ taṃ kṣutpipāsāśramānvitāḥ

14. tataḥ hayottamāḥ kṣutpipāsāśramānvitāḥ tasya
rathaughasya madhyaṃ prāpya taṃ rathaṃ kṛcchreṇa ūhuḥ

14. Then, having reached the center of that multitude of chariots, the excellent horses, afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue, pulled that chariot with great difficulty.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (then, thereafter, from that)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (multitude of chariots) (of him, of that)

• रथौघस्य (rathaughasya) - of the multitude of chariots

• मध्यं (madhyaṁ) - middle, center

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, after reaching

• हयोत्तमाः (hayottamāḥ) - excellent horses, best horses

• कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - with great difficulty (with difficulty, painfully)

• रथं (rathaṁ) - chariot

• ऊहुः (ūhuḥ) - they carried, they pulled

• तं (taṁ) - that (chariot) (that, him)

• क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमान्विताः (kṣutpipāsāśramānvitāḥ) - afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (multitude of chariots) (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to rathaughasya

रथौघस्य (rathaughasya) - of the multitude of chariots

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rathaugha

rathaugha - multitude of chariots, chariot-mass

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+ogha)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)

मध्यं (madhyaṁ) - middle, center

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, midmost

Note: Used as object of prāpya

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, after reaching

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root āp with upasarga pra, followed by the suffix -ya for absolutive.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

हयोत्तमाः (hayottamāḥ) - excellent horses, best horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hayottama

hayottama - best horses, excellent horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haya+uttama)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective

Note: Subject of ūhuḥ

कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - with great difficulty (with difficulty, painfully)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficulty, trouble, pain

रथं (rathaṁ) - chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot

Note: Object of ūhuḥ

ऊहुः (ūhuḥ) - they carried, they pulled

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Irregular perfect form of root vah.

Root: vah (class 1)

तं (taṁ) - that (chariot) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to rathaṃ

क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमान्विताः (kṣutpipāsāśramānvitāḥ) - afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣutpipāsāśramānvita

kṣutpipāsāśramānvita - accompanied by hunger, thirst, and fatigue; afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣudh+pipāsā+śrama+anvita)

• kṣudh – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• pipāsā – thirst, desire to drink
  noun (feminine)
  Root: pā (class 1)
• śrama – fatigue, weariness, exertion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śram (class 4)
• anvita – accompanied by, connected with, endowed with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root i with upasarga anu, suffix -ta.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with hayottamāḥ