महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-1, verse-35

यो रथानां सहस्राणि दंशितानां दशैव हि ।
अहन्यहनि तेजस्वी निजघ्ने वसुसंभवः ॥३५॥

35. yo rathānāṁ sahasrāṇi daṁśitānāṁ daśaiva hi ,
ahanyahani tejasvī nijaghne vasusaṁbhavaḥ.

35. yaḥ rathānām sahasrāṇi daṃśitānām daśa eva hi
ahani ahani tejasvī nijaghne vasusaṁbhavaḥ

35. yaḥ vasusaṁbhavaḥ tejasvī (san) ahani ahani
daṃśitānām rathānām daśa sahasrāṇi eva hi nijaghne

35. Who, born of the Vasu (Bhīṣma), radiant and powerful, indeed slew ten thousands of armored chariots day after day.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• दंशितानाम् (daṁśitānām) - of armored chariots (of those armored, equipped with armor)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अहनि (ahani) - on day, in day

• अहनि (ahani) - on day, in day

• तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - powerful, radiant, brilliant

• निजघ्ने (nijaghne) - he slew, he killed

• वसुसंभवः (vasusaṁbhavaḥ) - Bhīṣma (who was an incarnation of the Vasu Dyaus) (born of the Vasu)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

दंशितानाम् (daṁśitānām) - of armored chariots (of those armored, equipped with armor)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of daṃśita

daṁśita - armored, protected, bitten (past passive participle from √daṃś)

Past Passive Participle

Root: daṃś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rathānām'.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अहनि (ahani) - on day, in day

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

Note: Used adverbially in repetition for 'day after day'.

अहनि (ahani) - on day, in day

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

Note: Repetition of 'ahani' forms an adverbial phrase meaning 'day after day'.

तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - powerful, radiant, brilliant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tejasvin

tejasvin - brilliant, powerful, spirited, glorious

Note: Agrees with the implied subject, Bhīṣma.

निजघ्ने (nijaghne) - he slew, he killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of han

Perfect

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) from root हन् (han) with prefix नि (ni).

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

वसुसंभवः (vasusaṁbhavaḥ) - Bhīṣma (who was an incarnation of the Vasu Dyaus) (born of the Vasu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasusaṁbhava

vasusaṁbhava - born from the Vasus (a class of deities); refers to Bhishma

Compound type : tatpurusha (vasu+saṁbhava)

• vasu – a class of deities; here referring to Dyaus, one of the eight Vasus
  proper noun (masculine)
• saṁbhava – born, arising from, origin
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Bhīṣma.