महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-5, verse-21

उच्चैःश्रवा वरोऽश्वानां राज्ञां वैश्रवणो वरः ।
वरो महेन्द्रो देवानां कर्णः प्रहरतां वरः ॥२१॥

21. uccaiḥśravā varo'śvānāṁ rājñāṁ vaiśravaṇo varaḥ ,
varo mahendro devānāṁ karṇaḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ.

21. uccaiḥśravā varaḥ aśvānām rājñām vaiśravaṇaḥ varaḥ
| varaḥ mahendraḥ devānām karṇaḥ praharatām varaḥ

21. uccaiḥśravā aśvānām varaḥ; vaiśravaṇaḥ rājñām varaḥ; mahendraḥ devānām varaḥ; karṇaḥ praharatām varaḥ.

21. Uccaiḥśravas is the foremost of horses, Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) is the foremost of kings, Mahendra (Indra) is the foremost of the gods, and Karṇa is the foremost among warriors.

Words meanings summery:

• उच्चैःश्रवा (uccaiḥśravā) - Uccaiḥśravas (name of a mythical horse)

• वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

• अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

• वैश्रवणः (vaiśravaṇaḥ) - Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)

• वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

• वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

• महेन्द्रः (mahendraḥ) - Mahendra (Indra)

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of gods

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna (name of a warrior)

• प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - among warriors (among those who strike, among warriors)

• वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

Words meanings and morphology

उच्चैःश्रवा (uccaiḥśravā) - Uccaiḥśravas (name of a mythical horse)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uccaiḥśravas

uccaiḥśravas - Uccaiḥśravas (the divine horse that emerged from the churning of the ocean)

वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 9)

अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

वैश्रवणः (vaiśravaṇaḥ) - Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśravaṇa

vaiśravaṇa - Vaiśravaṇa, an epithet of Kubera, god of wealth

patronymic from viśravas

वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 9)

वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 9)

महेन्द्रः (mahendraḥ) - Mahendra (Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahendra

mahendra - Mahendra (an epithet of Indra, the great Indra)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+indra)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• indra – Indra (name of a Vedic deity, king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)

देवानाम् (devānām) - of gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

Root: div (class 1)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna (name of a warrior)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (a prominent warrior in the Mahābhārata)

प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - among warriors (among those who strike, among warriors)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of praharat

praharat - striker, assailant, warrior (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

From pra + hṛ (to strike), -at suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वरः (varaḥ) - best, foremost (best, excellent, boon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 9)