महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-16, verse-26

समभ्यधावन्त भृशं देवा दण्डैरिवोद्यतैः ।
नदन्तश्चाह्वयन्तश्च प्रवल्गन्तश्च मारिष ॥२६॥

26. samabhyadhāvanta bhṛśaṁ devā daṇḍairivodyataiḥ ,
nadantaścāhvayantaśca pravalgantaśca māriṣa.

26. samabhyadhāvanta bhṛśam devāḥ daṇḍaiḥ iva udyataiḥ
nadantaḥ ca āhvayantaḥ ca pravalgantaḥ ca māriṣa

26. māriṣa bhṛśam samabhyadhāvanta udyataiḥ daṇḍaiḥ
devāḥ iva nadantaḥ ca āhvayantaḥ ca pravalgantaḥ ca

26. O revered one, they rushed forth fiercely, roaring, challenging, and exulting, like gods with upraised staffs.

Words meanings summery:

• समभ्यधावन्त (samabhyadhāvanta) - they rushed at, they charged, they ran together

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, fiercely, vehemently

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• दण्डैः (daṇḍaiḥ) - with staffs, with rods, with maces

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• उद्यतैः (udyataiḥ) - upraised, uplifted, ready

• नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring, shouting, making noise

• च (ca) - and

• आह्वयन्तः (āhvayantaḥ) - challenging, calling out

• च (ca) - and

• प्रवल्गन्तः (pravalgantaḥ) - leaping, prancing, exulting, bounding

• च (ca) - and

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O revered one, O respectable one

Words meanings and morphology

समभ्यधावन्त (samabhyadhāvanta) - they rushed at, they charged, they ran together

(verb)

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

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Verb with prefixes 'sam' and 'abhi'

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, fiercely, vehemently

(indeclinable)

Used as an adverb

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div (class 4)

दण्डैः (daṇḍaiḥ) - with staffs, with rods, with maces

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - staff, rod, mace, punishment

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

उद्यतैः (udyataiḥ) - upraised, uplifted, ready

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of udyata

udyata - raised, uplifted, prepared, ready

Past Passive Participle

From 'ud-yam' (to raise, lift up), with suffix -kta

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'daṇḍaiḥ'

नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring, shouting, making noise

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nadant

nadant - roaring, sounding, crying out

Present Active Participle

From root 'nad' (to sound, roar)

Root: nad (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आह्वयन्तः (āhvayantaḥ) - challenging, calling out

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āhvayant

āhvayant - calling out, challenging, invoking

Present Active Participle

From root 'hvā' (to call) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: hvā (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रवल्गन्तः (pravalgantaḥ) - leaping, prancing, exulting, bounding

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravalgant

pravalgant - leaping, prancing, exulting, bounding

Present Active Participle

From root 'valg' (to move, leap) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: valg (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मारिष (māriṣa) - O revered one, O respectable one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - a respectful address, O revered one, O respectable one