महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-5, verse-31

मोहयित्वा रणे पार्थान्वज्रहस्त इवासुरान् ।
स कथं निहतः शेते वातरुग्ण इव द्रुमः ॥३१॥

31. mohayitvā raṇe pārthānvajrahasta ivāsurān ,
sa kathaṁ nihataḥ śete vātarugṇa iva drumaḥ.

31. mohayitvā raṇe pārthān vajrahastaḥ iva asurān
sa katham nihataḥ śete vātarugṇaḥ iva drumaḥ

31. sa raṇe vajrahastaḥ asurān iva pārthān mohayitvā
katham vātarugṇaḥ drumaḥ iva nihataḥ śete

31. ...having bewildered the Pandavas in battle, just as Indra, holding the thunderbolt (vajrahasta), bewilders the demons (asurās) – how then does he lie slain, like a tree broken by the wind?

Words meanings summery:

• मोहयित्वा (mohayitvā) - having bewildered, having deluded, having confounded

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

• पार्थान् (pārthān) - the sons of Pritha (i.e., the Pandavas)

• वज्रहस्तः (vajrahastaḥ) - Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt (thunderbolt-handed (epithet of Indra))

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• असुरान् (asurān) - demons, anti-gods

• स (sa) - Karna (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, struck down

• शेते (śete) - he lies, he reposes

• वातरुग्णः (vātarugṇaḥ) - broken by the wind, wind-broken

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

Words meanings and morphology

मोहयित्वा (mohayitvā) - having bewildered, having deluded, having confounded

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund) of causative

Formed from the causative stem of 'muh' (mohayati) with suffix '-tvā'

Root: muh (class 4)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war

पार्थान् (pārthān) - the sons of Pritha (i.e., the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pritha (epithet for Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna); a prince, king

वज्रहस्तः (vajrahastaḥ) - Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt (thunderbolt-handed (epithet of Indra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vajrahasta

vajrahasta - thunderbolt-handed (an epithet of Indra)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vajra+hasta)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (neuter)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

असुरान् (asurān) - demons, anti-gods

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asura

asura - a demon, an anti-god, a powerful spiritual being (in early Vedic texts, also used for deities)

स (sa) - Karna (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ni-han

han - to strike, kill, slay

past passive participle

Derived from root 'han' with prefix 'ni-'

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

शेते (śete) - he lies, he reposes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Root: śī (class 2)

वातरुग्णः (vātarugṇaḥ) - broken by the wind, wind-broken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vātarugṇa

vātarugṇa - broken by the wind

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (vāta+rugṇa)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• rugṇa – broken, injured, diseased, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'ruj' (to break, to pain)
  Root: ruj (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree