महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-21, verse-5

परिघमुसलशक्तितोमरैर्नखरभुशुण्डिगदाशतैर्द्रुताः ।
द्विरदनरहयाः सहस्रशो रुधिरनदीप्रवहास्तदाभवन् ॥५॥

5. parighamusalaśaktitomarai;rnakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśatairdrutāḥ ,
dviradanarahayāḥ sahasraśo; rudhiranadīpravahāstadābhavan.

5. parighamusalaśaktitomaraiḥ nakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśataiḥ drutāḥ
dviradanarahayāḥ sahasraśaḥ rudhiranadīpravahāḥ tadā abhavan

5. tadā dviradanarahayāḥ parighamusalaśaktitomaraiḥ
nakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśataiḥ drutāḥ sahasraśaḥ rudhiranadīpravahāḥ abhavan

5. Then, elephants, men (puruṣa), and horses, shattered by thousands by maces, clubs, spears, javelins, daggers, slings, and hundreds of other maces, transformed into streams of flowing blood.

Words meanings summery:

• परिघमुसलशक्तितोमरैः (parighamusalaśaktitomaraiḥ) - by maces, clubs, spears, and javelins

• नखरभुशुण्डिगदाशतैः (nakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśataiḥ) - by daggers/claws, slings/muskets, and hundreds of maces

• द्रुताः (drutāḥ) - shattered, dispersed, torn apart

• द्विरदनरहयाः (dviradanarahayāḥ) - elephants, men (puruṣa), and horses

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• रुधिरनदीप्रवहाः (rudhiranadīpravahāḥ) - streams of rivers of blood, rivers of flowing blood

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were

Words meanings and morphology

परिघमुसलशक्तितोमरैः (parighamusalaśaktitomaraiḥ) - by maces, clubs, spears, and javelins

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parighamusalaśaktitomara

parighamusalaśaktitomara - mace, club, spear, javelin

Compound type : dvandva (parigha+musala+śakti+tomara)

• parigha – iron club, mace, bolt
  noun (masculine)
• musala – club, pestle, heavy weapon
  noun (masculine)
• śakti – spear, dart, javelin
  noun (feminine)
• tomara – javelin, lance, iron club
  noun (masculine)

नखरभुशुण्डिगदाशतैः (nakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśataiḥ) - by daggers/claws, slings/muskets, and hundreds of maces

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśata

nakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśata - daggers/claws, slings/muskets, and hundreds of maces

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (nakhara+bhuśuṇḍi+gadāśata)

• nakhara – claw, nail, dagger
  noun (masculine)
• bhuśuṇḍi – a type of firearm, musket, sling-weapon
  noun (feminine)
• gadāśata – hundred maces
  noun (neuter)

द्रुताः (drutāḥ) - shattered, dispersed, torn apart

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of druta

druta - shattered, broken, torn, dispersed (from root 'dru' meaning to run, flow, or break)

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √dru (to run, flow, break) meaning 'broken apart'.

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with dviradanarahayāḥ.

द्विरदनरहयाः (dviradanarahayāḥ) - elephants, men (puruṣa), and horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dviradanarahaya

dviradanarahaya - elephants, men, and horses (as a collective group)

Compound type : dvandva (dvirada+nara+haya)

• dvirada – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas indicates 'by way of' or 'in quantities of'.

रुधिरनदीप्रवहाः (rudhiranadīpravahāḥ) - streams of rivers of blood, rivers of flowing blood

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rudhiranadīpravaha

rudhiranadīpravaha - stream of blood-rivers

Compound type : tatpurusha (rudhira+nadī+pravaha)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• pravaha – stream, current, flow
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Tense

3rd person plural, imperfect tense (Laṅ), active voice, of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)