महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-36

तैरश्मचूर्णैर्दीप्यद्भिः खद्योतानामिव व्रजैः ।
प्रायः सैन्यान्यवध्यन्त हाहाभूतानि मारिष ॥३६॥

36. tairaśmacūrṇairdīpyadbhiḥ khadyotānāmiva vrajaiḥ ,
prāyaḥ sainyānyavadhyanta hāhābhūtāni māriṣa.

36. taiḥ aśmacūrṇaiḥ dīpyadbhiḥ khadyotānām iva vrajaiḥ
prāyaḥ sainyāni avadhyanta hāhābhūtāni māriṣa

36. māriṣa prāyaḥ hāhābhūtāni sainyāni taiḥ
khadyotānām iva dīpyadbhiḥ aśmacūrṇaiḥ avadhyanta

36. O respected one, the armies, lamenting with cries of 'hā hā', were mostly slain by those gleaming fragments of stone, which appeared like swarms of fireflies.

Words meanings summery:

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those

• अश्मचूर्णैः (aśmacūrṇaiḥ) - by stone fragments, by stone dust

• दीप्यद्भिः (dīpyadbhiḥ) - by those shining, by those gleaming

• खद्योतानाम् (khadyotānām) - of fireflies

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• व्रजैः (vrajaiḥ) - by swarms, by hosts, by multitudes

• प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - mostly, nearly, generally, for the most part

• सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - the armies, the soldiers

• अवधन्त (avadhanta) - were slain, were killed

• हाहाभूतानि (hāhābhūtāni) - having become 'hā hā', lamenting, crying out 'alas, alas'

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one, O venerable one

Words meanings and morphology

तैः (taiḥ) - by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

अश्मचूर्णैः (aśmacūrṇaiḥ) - by stone fragments, by stone dust

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśmacūrṇa

aśmacūrṇa - stone dust, pulverized stone

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśman+cūrṇa)

• aśman – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• cūrṇa – powder, dust, fragment
  noun (neuter)

दीप्यद्भिः (dīpyadbhiḥ) - by those shining, by those gleaming

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dīpyat

dīpyat - shining, blazing, gleaming

Present Participle

Derived from root dīp (to shine) in the active voice.

Root: dīp (class 4)

खद्योतानाम् (khadyotānām) - of fireflies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of khadyota

khadyota - firefly, glowworm

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

व्रजैः (vrajaiḥ) - by swarms, by hosts, by multitudes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vraja

vraja - herd, flock, multitude, swarm, host

प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - mostly, nearly, generally, for the most part

(indeclinable)

सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - the armies, the soldiers

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sainya

sainya - an army, a host, troops, soldiers

अवधन्त (avadhanta) - were slain, were killed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, imperfect (laṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

हाहाभूतानि (hāhābhūtāni) - having become 'hā hā', lamenting, crying out 'alas, alas'

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of hāhābhūta

hāhābhūta - having become 'hāhā' (an exclamation of sorrow), lamenting

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hāhā+bhūta)

• hāhā – exclamation of sorrow or wonder, alas!
  indeclinable
• bhūta – become, been, past, creature
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one, O venerable one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - a venerable man, respected man