महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-109

प्रासैः खड्गैश्च संस्यूतानृष्टिभिश्च नराधिप ।
हययोधानपश्याम कञ्चुकोष्णीषधारिणः ॥१०९॥

109. prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiśca saṁsyūtānṛṣṭibhiśca narādhipa ,
hayayodhānapaśyāma kañcukoṣṇīṣadhāriṇaḥ.

109. prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ ca saṃsyūtān ṛṣṭibhiḥ ca
narādhipa hayayodhān apaśyāma kañcukkoṣṇīṣadhāriṇaḥ

109. narādhipa kañcukkoṣṇīṣadhāriṇaḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ
ca ṛṣṭibhiḥ ca saṃsyūtān hayayodhān apaśyāma

109. O king, we saw horse-warriors who, wearing armor and turbans, were pierced through by spears, swords, and lances.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - with spears, by spears

• खड्गैः (khaḍgaiḥ) - with swords, by swords

• च (ca) - and

• संस्यूतान् (saṁsyūtān) - pierced through (by weapons) (pierced, impaled, stitched through, woven together)

• ऋष्टिभिः (ṛṣṭibhiḥ) - with lances, by lances

• च (ca) - and

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king, O ruler of men

• हययोधान् (hayayodhān) - horse-warriors, cavalrymen

• अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

• कञ्चुक्कोष्णीषधारिणः (kañcukkoṣṇīṣadhāriṇaḥ) - wearing armor and turbans

Words meanings and morphology

प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - with spears, by spears

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāsa

prāsa - spear, javelin, dart

from pra- + as (to throw)

Prefix: pra

Root: as (class 4)

खड्गैः (khaḍgaiḥ) - with swords, by swords

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of khaḍga

khaḍga - sword, scimitar

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संस्यूतान् (saṁsyūtān) - pierced through (by weapons) (pierced, impaled, stitched through, woven together)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃsyūta

saṁsyūta - sewn together, strung together, pierced, connected

Past Passive Participle

from sam- + syū (to sew, to pierce)

Prefix: sam

Root: syū (class 4)

Note: Accusative plural, qualifying 'hayayodhān'.

ऋष्टिभिः (ṛṣṭibhiḥ) - with lances, by lances

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ṛṣṭi

ṛṣṭi - lance, spear, point, ray

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king, O ruler of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, ruler of men, chief of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  from adhi- + pā (to protect)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)

हययोधान् (hayayodhān) - horse-warriors, cavalrymen

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hayayodha

hayayodha - horse-fighter, cavalryman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haya+yodha)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hī
• yodha – warrior, fighter, soldier
  noun (masculine)
  from yudh (to fight)
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of 'apaśyāma'.

अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect active 1st plural

from root dṛś, present stem paśya, with augment 'a' for imperfect

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कञ्चुक्कोष्णीषधारिणः (kañcukkoṣṇīṣadhāriṇaḥ) - wearing armor and turbans

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kañcukkoṣṇīṣadhārin

kañcukkoṣṇīṣadhārin - wearing cuirass and turban

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kañcuka+uṣṇīṣa+dhārin)

• kañcuka – cuirass, coat of mail, armor
  noun (masculine)
• uṣṇīṣa – turban, diadem, headdress
  noun (masculine)
• dhārin – wearing, holding, bearing, possessing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun / adjectival suffix
  from root dhṛ (to bear, hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Accusative plural, qualifying 'hayayodhān'.