महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-26, verse-2

यथा हरिहयैर्युक्तं संगृह्णाति स मातलिः ।
शल्यस्तव तथाद्यायं संयन्ता रथवाजिनाम् ॥२॥

2. yathā harihayairyuktaṁ saṁgṛhṇāti sa mātaliḥ ,
śalyastava tathādyāyaṁ saṁyantā rathavājinām.

2. yathā harihayaiḥ yuktam saṃgṛhṇāti sa mātaliḥ
śalyaḥ tava tathā adya ayam saṃyantā rathavājinām

2. yathā saḥ mātaliḥ harihayaiḥ yuktam saṃgṛhṇāti
tathā adya ayam śalyaḥ tava rathavājinām saṃyantā

2. Just as that Matali controls the horses yoked to Indra's chariot, so too this Shalya will be the charioteer of your chariot-horses today.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• हरिहयैः (harihayaiḥ) - by Indra's horses

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked (to the chariot) (yoked, joined, connected, endowed with)

• संगृह्णाति (saṁgṛhṇāti) - controls, holds, seizes

• स (sa) - referring to Matali (he, that (one))

• मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Matali

• शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Shalya (proper name)

• तव (tava) - referring to Karna (your, of you)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• अयम् (ayam) - referring to Shalya (this (one))

• संयन्ता (saṁyantā) - controller, charioteer

• रथवाजिनाम् (rathavājinām) - of the chariot-horses

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with tathā.

हरिहयैः (harihayaiḥ) - by Indra's horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of harihaya

harihaya - Indra's horse, (literally 'yellowish-green horse' or 'horse of Hari/Indra')

Compound. Hari is a name for Indra.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (hari+haya)

• hari – Indra, Vishnu, yellowish-green
  proper noun (masculine)
• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked (to the chariot) (yoked, joined, connected, endowed with)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, yoked, engaged, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj + kta suffix.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies the implied object 'ratham' (chariot) which is yoked by the horses.

संगृह्णाति (saṁgṛhṇāti) - controls, holds, seizes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃgrah

Present Tense

From root grah with sam prefix, present tense, 3rd person singular active.

Prefix: sam

Root: grah (class 9)

स (sa) - referring to Matali (he, that (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Sandhi form of saḥ before a soft consonant or vowel.

मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Matali

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Matali (name of Indra's charioteer)

शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Shalya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Shalya (name of the king of Madra), spear, dart

तव (tava) - referring to Karna (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with yathā.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - referring to Shalya (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

संयन्ता (saṁyantā) - controller, charioteer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃyantṛ

saṁyantṛ - controller, charioteer, regulator

Agent noun

From root yam with sam prefix + tṛ suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

रथवाजिनाम् (rathavājinām) - of the chariot-horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rathavājin

rathavājin - chariot-horse, horse pulling a chariot

Compound.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (ratha+vājin)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• vājin – horse, swift, powerful
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaj (class 1)