महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-10, verse-34

ते वध्यमानाः समरे तावकाः पाण्डवैर्नृप ।
विप्रकीर्यन्त सहसा वातनुन्ना घना इव ॥३४॥

34. te vadhyamānāḥ samare tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavairnṛpa ,
viprakīryanta sahasā vātanunnā ghanā iva.

34. te vadhyamānāḥ samare tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ nṛpa
viprakīryanta sahasā vātanunnāḥ ghanāḥ iva

34. nṛpa te tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ samare vadhyamānāḥ
sahasā vātanunnāḥ ghanāḥ iva viprakīryanta

34. O King, your warriors, being slain in battle by the Pāṇḍavas, were swiftly scattered like clouds driven by the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (referring to Duryodhana's warriors) (those, they)

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being killed, being slain

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your people, your warriors

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas

• नृप (nṛpa) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

• विप्रकीर्यन्त (viprakīryanta) - they were scattered, they were dispersed

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, swiftly, by force

• वातनुन्नाः (vātanunnāḥ) - wind-driven, pushed by the wind

• घनाः (ghanāḥ) - clouds, dense masses

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (referring to Duryodhana's warriors) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being killed, being slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slain

Present Passive Participle

Present passive participle from the root han (to kill), typically formed from the causative stem (vadhaya-)

Root: han (class 2)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, combat, war

तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your people, your warriors

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - your, belonging to you

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

नृप (nṛpa) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

विप्रकीर्यन्त (viprakīryanta) - they were scattered, they were dispersed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, imperfect past (laṅ) of viprakīryant

Imperfect past, 3rd person plural, passive/middle voice, with prefixes vi and pra

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: kīr (class 6)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, swiftly, by force

(indeclinable)

वातनुन्नाः (vātanunnāḥ) - wind-driven, pushed by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vātanunna

vātanunna - driven by the wind, wind-swept

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed from vāta (wind) and nunna (past passive participle of nud 'to push')

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (vāta+nunna)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• nunna – pushed, driven, impelled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle from root nud (to push)
  Root: nud (class 6)

घनाः (ghanāḥ) - clouds, dense masses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghana

ghana - cloud, dense, thick, mass, body

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)