महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-5

नागा नागान्समासाद्य व्यधमन्त परस्परम् ।
हया हयांश्च समरे रथिनो रथिनस्तथा ।
पत्तयः पत्तिसंघैश्च हयसंघैर्हयास्तथा ॥५॥

5. nāgā nāgānsamāsādya vyadhamanta parasparam ,
hayā hayāṁśca samare rathino rathinastathā ,
pattayaḥ pattisaṁghaiśca hayasaṁghairhayāstathā.

5. nāgāḥ nāgān samāsādya vyadhamanta
parasparam hayāḥ hayān ca samare
rathinaḥ rathinaḥ tathā pattayaḥ
pattisaṃghaiḥ ca hayasaṃghaiḥ hayāḥ tathā

5. nāgāḥ nāgān samāsādya parasparam
vyadhamanta tathā samare hayāḥ hayān
ca rathinaḥ rathinaḥ pattayaḥ
pattisaṃghaiḥ ca hayasaṃghaiḥ hayāḥ tathā

5. Having encountered other elephants, the elephants assailed one another. Similarly, in battle, horses attacked horses and charioteers fought charioteers. Foot soldiers battled against formations of other foot soldiers, and horses against formations of other horses.

Words meanings summery:

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants

• नागान् (nāgān) - elephants

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having met

• व्यधमन्त (vyadhamanta) - they assailed, they struck, they blew away

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

• हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

• हयान् (hayān) - horses

• च (ca) - and, also

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers

• रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, and so

• पत्तयः (pattayaḥ) - foot soldiers, infantry

• पत्तिसंघैः (pattisaṁghaiḥ) - by groups of foot soldiers, with formations of infantry

• च (ca) - and, also

• हयसंघैः (hayasaṁghaiḥ) - by groups of horses, with formations of cavalry

• हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, and so

Words meanings and morphology

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, elephant, mountain, cloud

नागान् (nāgān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, elephant, mountain, cloud

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having met

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund/absolutive from root sad with upasargas sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

व्यधमन्त (vyadhamanta) - they assailed, they struck, they blew away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dham

Root: dham (class 1)

Note: With upasarga 'vi' (vi-dham) meaning 'to blow away, to destroy, to assail'

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paraspara

paraspara - mutual, reciprocal, each other

Note: Used adverbially here

हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

हयान् (hayān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rathin

rathin - charioteer, one who has a chariot

रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rathin

rathin - charioteer, one who has a chariot

Note: The form is identical for nominative and accusative plural of -in stem nouns. Context implies accusative.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, and so

(indeclinable)

पत्तयः (pattayaḥ) - foot soldiers, infantry

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patti

patti - foot soldier, infantry, a division of an army (one chariot, one elephant, three horses, five foot-soldiers)

पत्तिसंघैः (pattisaṁghaiḥ) - by groups of foot soldiers, with formations of infantry

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pattisaṃgha

pattisaṁgha - group of foot soldiers, infantry formation

Compound type : şaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (patti+saṃgha)

• patti – foot soldier, infantry
  noun (masculine)
• saṃgha – group, multitude, assembly
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हयसंघैः (hayasaṁghaiḥ) - by groups of horses, with formations of cavalry

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hayasaṃgha

hayasaṁgha - group of horses, cavalry formation

Compound type : şaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (haya+saṃgha)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
• saṃgha – group, multitude, assembly
  noun (masculine)

हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, and so

(indeclinable)