महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-95, verse-31

ते पिबन्त इवाकाशं युयुधानं हयोत्तमाः ।
प्रापयन्यवनाञ्शीघ्रं मनःपवनरंहसः ॥३१॥

31. te pibanta ivākāśaṁ yuyudhānaṁ hayottamāḥ ,
prāpayanyavanāñśīghraṁ manaḥpavanaraṁhasaḥ.

31. te pibantaḥ iva ākāśam yuyudhānam hayottamāḥ
prāpayan yavanān śīghram manaḥpavanaraṃhasaḥ

31. te hayottamāḥ ākāśam pibantaḥ iva manaḥpavanaraṃhasaḥ
yuyudhānam śīghram yavanān prāpayan

31. Those excellent horses, with the speed of mind and wind, quickly brought Yuyudhāna to the Yavanas, as if they were drinking the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space

• युयुधानम् (yuyudhānam) - Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)

• हयोत्तमाः (hayottamāḥ) - excellent horses

• प्रापयन् (prāpayan) - they caused to reach, they brought

• यवनान् (yavanān) - Yavanas (a foreign people)

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - swiftly, quickly

• मनःपवनरंहसः (manaḥpavanaraṁhasaḥ) - with the speed of mind and wind

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pibat

pibat - drinking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pā 'to drink' (class 1) with present active participle suffix -at.

Root: pā (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space

युयुधानम् (yuyudhānam) - Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yuyudhāna

yuyudhāna - Yuyudhāna, Sātyaki (a Vṛṣṇi hero)

From root yudh 'to fight', reduplicated intensive participle

Root: yudh (class 4)

हयोत्तमाः (hayottamāḥ) - excellent horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hayottama

hayottama - best of horses, excellent horse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haya+uttama)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of ud-

प्रापयन् (prāpayan) - they caused to reach, they brought

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prāpay

Causative

Causative of root āp 'to obtain, reach' with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

यवनान् (yavanān) - Yavanas (a foreign people)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yavana

yavana - Ionians, Greeks, any foreigner, a particular people

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - swiftly, quickly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of śīghra (adj.)

मनःपवनरंहसः (manaḥpavanaraṁhasaḥ) - with the speed of mind and wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manaḥpavanaraṃhas

manaḥpavanaraṁhas - having the speed of mind and wind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manas+pavana+raṃhas)

• manas – mind, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• pavana – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  From root pū 'to purify, cleanse' or pava 'to move'
  Root: pū (class 9)
• raṃhas – speed, velocity, impulse
  noun (neuter)
  Root: raṃh (class 1)