महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-21

अपरे कृष्यमाणाश्च विवेष्टन्तो महीतले ।
भावान्बहुविधांश्चक्रुस्ताडिताः शरतोमरैः ॥२१॥

21. apare kṛṣyamāṇāśca viveṣṭanto mahītale ,
bhāvānbahuvidhāṁścakrustāḍitāḥ śaratomaraiḥ.

21. apare kṛṣyamāṇāḥ ca viveṣṭantaḥ mahītale
bhāvān bahuvidhān cakruḥ tāḍitāḥ śaratomaraiḥ

21. mahītale kṛṣyamāṇāḥ ca viveṣṭantaḥ apare
śaratomaraiḥ tāḍitāḥ bahuvidhān bhāvān cakruḥ

21. Others, being dragged and writhing on the ground, showed various conditions, having been struck by arrows and javelins.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others, other ones

• कृष्यमाणाः (kṛṣyamāṇāḥ) - being dragged, being pulled

• च (ca) - and, also

• विवेष्टन्तः (viveṣṭantaḥ) - writhing, twisting, struggling

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

• भावान् (bhāvān) - states, conditions, emotions, dispositions

• बहुविधान् (bahuvidhān) - of many kinds, various

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did, they showed

• ताडिताः (tāḍitāḥ) - struck, beaten, smitten

• शरतोमरैः (śaratomaraiḥ) - by arrows and javelins/spears

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others, other ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

कृष्यमाणाः (kṛṣyamāṇāḥ) - being dragged, being pulled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛṣyamāṇa

kṛṣyamāṇa - being dragged, being pulled, being cultivated

Present Passive Participle

From √kṛṣ (to drag, pull, plough) with suffix -māṇa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'apare'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विवेष्टन्तः (viveṣṭantaḥ) - writhing, twisting, struggling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viveṣṭant

viveṣṭant - writhing, twisting, struggling, rolling about

Present Active Participle

From √veṣṭ (to encompass, wrap) with upasarga vi- (intensive/distributive sense). Or from √viṣṭ (to enter) with vi- + √veṣṭ.

Prefix: vi

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'apare'.

महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat part, ground
  noun (neuter)

भावान् (bhāvān) - states, conditions, emotions, dispositions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - state, condition, emotion, sentiment, existence, nature

From √bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'cakruḥ'.

बहुविधान् (bahuvidhān) - of many kinds, various

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, manifold, various

Compound: bahu (many) + vidha (kind)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'bhāvān'.

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did, they showed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect 3rd plural

From √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ताडिताः (tāḍitāḥ) - struck, beaten, smitten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, beaten, smitten, hit

Past Passive Participle

From √taḍ (to strike, beat)

Root: taḍ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'apare'.

शरतोमरैः (śaratomaraiḥ) - by arrows and javelins/spears

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaratomara

śaratomara - arrows and javelins/spears

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (śara+tomara)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• tomara – iron club, spear, javelin
  noun (masculine)