महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-33, verse-64

ते तु लोहितदिग्धाङ्गा रक्तवर्मायुधाम्बराः ।
सस्नुस्तस्यां पपुश्चासृङ्मम्लुश्च भरतर्षभ ॥६४॥

64. te tu lohitadigdhāṅgā raktavarmāyudhāmbarāḥ ,
sasnustasyāṁ papuścāsṛṅmamluśca bharatarṣabha.

64. te tu lohitadigdhāṅgāḥ raktavarmāyudhāmbarāḥ sasnuḥ
tasyām papuḥ ca asṛk mamluḥ ca bharatarṣabha

64. bharatarṣabha te tu lohitadigdhāṅgāḥ raktavarmāyudhāmbarāḥ
tasyām sasnuḥ ca asṛk papuḥ ca mamluḥ

64. O best of Bharatas, those (warriors), whose limbs were smeared with blood and whose armor and garments were stained with blood, bathed in it, drank the blood, and became faint.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• लोहितदिग्धाङ्गाः (lohitadigdhāṅgāḥ) - whose limbs are smeared with blood, having blood-smeared limbs

• रक्तवर्मायुधाम्बराः (raktavarmāyudhāmbarāḥ) - whose armor, weapons, and garments were bloody; having bloody armor, weapons, and garments

• सस्नुः (sasnuḥ) - they bathed

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (blood) (in that)

• पपुः (papuḥ) - they drank

• च (ca) - and

• असृक् (asṛk) - blood

• मम्लुः (mamluḥ) - they became faint, became exhausted

• च (ca) - and

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, best of Bharatas (O best of Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the warriors.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

लोहितदिग्धाङ्गाः (lohitadigdhāṅgāḥ) - whose limbs are smeared with blood, having blood-smeared limbs

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lohitadigdhāṅga

lohitadigdhāṅga - having limbs smeared with blood

Compound type : bahuvrihi (lohita+digdha+aṅga)

• lohita – red, blood
  noun (neuter)
• digdha – smeared, anointed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root √dih (to smear)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• aṅga – limb, body part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective qualifying 'te' (they).

रक्तवर्मायुधाम्बराः (raktavarmāyudhāmbarāḥ) - whose armor, weapons, and garments were bloody; having bloody armor, weapons, and garments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of raktavarmāyudhāmbara

raktavarmāyudhāmbara - having bloody armor, weapons, and garments

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rakta+varman+āyudha+ambara)

• rakta – red, bloody
  adjective
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• varman – armor, shield
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• āyudha – weapon
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• ambara – garment, sky
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective qualifying 'te' (they).

सस्नुः (sasnuḥ) - they bathed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of snā

Perfect Active

Root: snā (class 2)

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (blood) (in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Implied noun is `raktanadyām` (in the river of blood) or `asṛk` treated as feminine (though `asṛk` is neuter). Refers to the collective blood on the battlefield.

पपुः (papuḥ) - they drank

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of pā

Perfect Active

Root: pā (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

असृक् (asṛk) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asṛj

asṛj - blood

Note: Object of 'drank'.

मम्लुः (mamluḥ) - they became faint, became exhausted

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of mlai

Perfect Active

Root: mlai (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, best of Bharatas (O best of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a king
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for Dhṛtarāṣṭra, to whom Sanjaya is speaking.