महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-19, verse-62

योधा योधान्समासाद्य मुष्टिभिर्व्यहनन्युधि ।
केशेष्वन्योन्यमाक्षिप्य चिच्छिदुर्बिभिदुः सह ॥६२॥

62. yodhā yodhānsamāsādya muṣṭibhirvyahananyudhi ,
keśeṣvanyonyamākṣipya cicchidurbibhiduḥ saha.

62. yodhāḥ yodhān samāsādya muṣṭibhiḥ vyahanan yudhi
keśeṣu anyonyam ākṣipya cicchiduḥ bibhiduḥ saha

62. yudhi yodhāḥ yodhān samāsādya muṣṭibhiḥ vyahanan.
keśeṣu anyonyam ākṣipya saha cicchiduḥ bibhiduḥ

62. In battle, warriors, encountering other warriors, struck them with their fists. Grabbing each other by the hair, they jointly cut and pierced.

Words meanings summery:

• योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

• योधान् (yodhān) - other warriors (implied by context of combat) (warriors, fighters)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having met, having encountered

• मुष्टिभिः (muṣṭibhiḥ) - with fists

• व्यहनन् (vyahanan) - they struck, they hit

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in combat

• केशेषु (keśeṣu) - by the hair, in the hair

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• आक्षिप्य (ākṣipya) - having seized, having grabbed, having thrown

• चिच्छिदुः (cicchiduḥ) - they cut, they severed

• बिभिदुः (bibhiduḥ) - they pierced, they tore, they broke

• सह (saha) - together, with

Words meanings and morphology

योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, soldier, fighter

Derived from root 'yudh' (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of verbs 'vyahanan', 'cicchiduḥ', 'bibhiduḥ'.

योधान् (yodhān) - other warriors (implied by context of combat) (warriors, fighters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, soldier, fighter

Derived from root 'yudh' (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of 'samāsādya' and 'vyahanan'.

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having met, having encountered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root 'sad' (to sit, go) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Precedes the main action.

मुष्टिभिः (muṣṭibhiḥ) - with fists

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of muṣṭi

muṣṭi - a fist, a handful, a punch

Note: Instrument of striking.

व्यहनन् (vyahanan) - they struck, they hit

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Imperfect 3rd person plural of root 'han' (to strike) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, combat, war

Derived from root 'yudh'.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Location of the action.

केशेषु (keśeṣu) - by the hair, in the hair

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of keśa

keśa - hair

Note: Used as an instrumental in this context, meaning 'by the hair'.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of anyonyam

anyonyam - each other, mutual, reciprocal

Note: Object of 'ākṣipya'.

आक्षिप्य (ākṣipya) - having seized, having grabbed, having thrown

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root 'kṣip' (to throw) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Precedes the main action.

चिच्छिदुः (cicchiduḥ) - they cut, they severed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of chid

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person plural of root 'chid'.

Root: chid (class 7)

बिभिदुः (bibhiduḥ) - they pierced, they tore, they broke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhid

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person plural of root 'bhid'.

Root: bhid (class 7)

सह (saha) - together, with

(indeclinable)

Note: Denotes collective action.