महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-22, verse-29

अनीकं दशसाहस्रमश्वानां भरतर्षभ ।
आसीद्गान्धारराजस्य विमलप्रासयोधिनाम् ॥२९॥

29. anīkaṁ daśasāhasramaśvānāṁ bharatarṣabha ,
āsīdgāndhārarājasya vimalaprāsayodhinām.

29. anīkam daśaśāhasram aśvānām bharatarṣabha
āsīt gāndhārarājasya vimalaprāsayodhinām

29. bharatarṣabha! gāndhārarājasya vimalaprāsayodhinām
daśaśāhasram aśvānām anīkam āsīt

29. O best of Bharatas, there was an army of ten thousand horses belonging to the king of Gandhāra (Śakuni), whose warriors fought with shining spears.

Words meanings summery:

• अनीकम् (anīkam) - an army (army, host, division)

• दशशाहस्रम् (daśaśāhasram) - consisting of ten thousand (consisting of ten thousand, ten thousand)

• अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra/Saṃjaya) (O best of Bharatas, O chief of Bharatas)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

• गान्धारराजस्य (gāndhārarājasya) - of Śakuni, the king of Gandhāra (of the king of Gandhāra)

• विमलप्रासयोधिनाम् (vimalaprāsayodhinām) - of those warriors fighting with shining spears (of those fighting with shining spears)

Words meanings and morphology

अनीकम् (anīkam) - an army (army, host, division)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anīka

anīka - army, host, front of an army

Note: Subject of 'āsīt'.

दशशाहस्रम् (daśaśāhasram) - consisting of ten thousand (consisting of ten thousand, ten thousand)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daśaśāhasra

daśaśāhasra - ten thousand, consisting of ten thousand

From 'daśa' (ten) + 'sāhasra' (thousand).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (daśan+sāhasra)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• sāhasra – relating to a thousand, a thousandfold, consisting of a thousand
  adjective (neuter)
  From 'sahasra' (thousand).

Note: Agrees with 'anīkam'.

अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse, steed

Note: Possessive, defining what the 'anīkam' consists of.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra/Saṃjaya) (O best of Bharatas, O chief of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, chief among Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, name of a dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Common address in the Mahabharata.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect

3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

गान्धारराजस्य (gāndhārarājasya) - of Śakuni, the king of Gandhāra (of the king of Gandhāra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gāndhārarāja

gāndhārarāja - king of Gandhāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gāndhāra+rājan)

• gāndhāra – name of a country and its people
  proper noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, referring to the owner of the army.

विमलप्रासयोधिनाम् (vimalaprāsayodhinām) - of those warriors fighting with shining spears (of those fighting with shining spears)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vimalaprāsayodhin

vimalaprāsayodhin - fighting with bright spears

From 'vimala' (bright, clean) + 'prāsa' (spear) + 'yodhin' (fighter).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimala+prāsa+yodhin)

• vimala – spotless, pure, bright, clean
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'vi' (negation/separation) + 'mala' (dirt).
  Prefix: vi
• prāsa – spear, javelin, dart
  noun (masculine)
  From 'pra' + √as (to throw).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: as (class 4)
• yodhin – fighter, warrior
  noun (masculine)
  From √yudh (to fight).
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Refers to the warriors associated with the horses.