महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-16, verse-31

पेतुरन्योन्यनिहता व्यसवो रुधिरोक्षिताः ।
क्षरन्तः स्वरसं रक्तं प्रकृताश्चन्दना इव ॥३१॥

31. peturanyonyanihatā vyasavo rudhirokṣitāḥ ,
kṣarantaḥ svarasaṁ raktaṁ prakṛtāścandanā iva.

31. petuḥ anyonyanahatāḥ vyasavaḥ rudhirokṣitāḥ
kṣarantaḥ svarasam raktam prakṛtāḥ candanāḥ iva

31. anyonyanahatāḥ vyasavaḥ rudhirokṣitāḥ (narāḥ) petuḥ
prakṛtāḥ candanāḥ iva svarasam raktam kṣarantaḥ (āsan)

31. Lifeless warriors, struck down by each other and drenched in blood, fell, their blood flowing like the sap (svarasam) from cut sandalwood trees.

Words meanings summery:

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

• अन्योन्यनहताः (anyonyanahatāḥ) - struck down by each other, mutually struck down

• व्यसवः (vyasavaḥ) - lifeless, breathless, dead

• रुधिरोक्षिताः (rudhirokṣitāḥ) - covered with blood, sprinkled with blood

• क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - flowing, oozing, dripping

• स्वरसम् (svarasam) - their own blood (as a parallel to sandalwood sap) (one's own juice/sap/fluid)

• रक्तम् (raktam) - blood (blood, red)

• प्रकृताः (prakṛtāḥ) - cut (like wood for carving/sandalwood paste) (cut, carved, made, natural)

• चन्दनाः (candanāḥ) - sandalwood trees (sandalwood trees, sandalwood)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

अन्योन्यनहताः (anyonyanahatāḥ) - struck down by each other, mutually struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anyonyanihata

anyonyanihata - mutually struck down, killed by each other

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anyonya+nihata)

• anyonya – each other, mutual
  pronoun
• nihata – struck, killed, defeated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'ni'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Compound word.

व्यसवः (vyasavaḥ) - lifeless, breathless, dead

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyasu

vyasu - lifeless, breathless, dead

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+asu)

• vi – without, apart
  indeclinable
• asu – breath, life, vital air
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound word, 'vi' negates 'asu'.

रुधिरोक्षिताः (rudhirokṣitāḥ) - covered with blood, sprinkled with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rudhirokṣita

rudhirokṣita - sprinkled/covered with blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rudhira+ukṣita)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, watered, moistened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ukṣ' (to sprinkle)
  Root: ukṣ (class 6)

Note: Compound word.

क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - flowing, oozing, dripping

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣarat

kṣarat - flowing, oozing, dripping

Present Active Participle

From root 'kṣar' (to flow, leak)

Root: kṣar (class 1)

Note: Present Active Participle.

स्वरसम् (svarasam) - their own blood (as a parallel to sandalwood sap) (one's own juice/sap/fluid)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarasa

svarasa - one's own juice/fluid/sap, natural taste

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+rasa)

• sva – one's own, self
  adjective
• rasa – juice, sap, fluid, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound word.

रक्तम् (raktam) - blood (blood, red)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rakta

rakta - blood, red, dyed, attached

Past Passive Participle (from rañj)

From root 'rañj' (to color, dye)

Root: rañj (class 1)

प्रकृताः (prakṛtāḥ) - cut (like wood for carving/sandalwood paste) (cut, carved, made, natural)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prakṛta

prakṛta - made, done, original, natural, cut, prepared

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Past Passive Participle.

चन्दनाः (candanāḥ) - sandalwood trees (sandalwood trees, sandalwood)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of candana

candana - sandalwood tree, sandalwood

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.