महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-37, verse-34

पश्यतां तत्र वीराणामहन्यत महद्बलम् ।
हन्यमानमपश्यंश्च निश्चेष्टाः स्म पराक्रमे ॥३४॥

34. paśyatāṁ tatra vīrāṇāmahanyata mahadbalam ,
hanyamānamapaśyaṁśca niśceṣṭāḥ sma parākrame.

34. paśyatām tatra vīrāṇām ahanyata mahat balam
hanyamānam apaśyan ca niśceṣṭāḥ sma parākrame

34. tatra vīrāṇām paśyatām mahat balam ahanyata hanyamānam
ca apaśyan (te) parākrame niśceṣṭāḥ sma (abhavan)

34. There, as the heroes watched, a great force was being slaughtered. And seeing it being cut down, they remained motionless in their effort.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those seeing, of those watching

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वीराणाम् (vīrāṇām) - of the heroes, of the brave ones

• अहन्यत (ahanyata) - it was being killed, it was slaughtered

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

• बलम् (balam) - force, army, strength, power

• हन्यमानम् (hanyamānam) - being killed, being slaughtered, being attacked

• अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw, they watched

• च (ca) - and

• निश्चेष्टाः (niśceṣṭāḥ) - motionless, inert, without activity

• स्म (sma) - indeed, a particle indicating past tense with present forms

• पराक्रमे (parākrame) - in prowess, in valor, in effort

Words meanings and morphology

पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those seeing, of those watching

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, watching, perceiving

Present active participle

From root √dṛś (to see), but uses the replacement stem paśya in the present tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vīrāṇām'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Formed from tad + tra.

वीराणाम् (vīrāṇām) - of the heroes, of the brave ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior, champion

Note: Owner/possessor in a genitive absolute-like construction.

अहन्यत (ahanyata) - it was being killed, it was slaughtered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperfect (laṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

From root mah (to be great).

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'balam'.

बलम् (balam) - force, army, strength, power

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army, troop

Root: bal (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'ahanyata'.

हन्यमानम् (hanyamānam) - being killed, being slaughtered, being attacked

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hanyamāna

hanyamāna - being killed, being struck, being destroyed

Present Passive Participle

From root √han (to strike, kill) with suffix -yamāna.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Object of 'apaśyan', referring to 'balam'.

अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw, they watched

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Present stem of √dṛś is paś. The 'a' is the augment for imperfect tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निश्चेष्टाः (niśceṣṭāḥ) - motionless, inert, without activity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niśceṣṭa

niśceṣṭa - motionless, inert, inactive, without effort

Derived from niḥ (without) + ceṣṭā (action, effort).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ceṣṭā)

• nis – out, without, deprived of
  indeclinable
• ceṣṭā – motion, action, effort, exertion
  noun (feminine)
  From root ceṣṭ (to move, to endeavor).
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject of 'apaśyan' (the heroes).

स्म (sma) - indeed, a particle indicating past tense with present forms

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with a nominative adjective/noun to imply a past state ('they were motionless').

पराक्रमे (parākrame) - in prowess, in valor, in effort

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parākrama

parākrama - valor, prowess, effort, courage, exertion

From root kram (to step, go) with prefix parā.

Prefix: parā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: In the context of 'motionless in their prowess/effort'.