महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-22, verse-50

अन्योन्यमश्वपृष्ठेभ्यो विकर्षन्तो महाबलाः ।
मल्ला इव समासाद्य निजघ्नुरितरेतरम् ।
अश्वैश्च व्यपकृष्यन्त बहवोऽत्र गतासवः ॥५०॥

50. anyonyamaśvapṛṣṭhebhyo vikarṣanto mahābalāḥ ,
mallā iva samāsādya nijaghnuritaretaram ,
aśvaiśca vyapakṛṣyanta bahavo'tra gatāsavaḥ.

50. anyonyam aśvapṛṣṭebhyaḥ vikarṣantaḥ
mahābalāḥ mallāḥ iva samāsādya
nijaghnuḥ itaretaram aśvaiḥ ca
vyapakṛṣyanta bahavaḥ atra gatāsavaḥ

50. aśvapṛṣṭebhyaḥ anyonyam vikarṣantaḥ mahābalāḥ mallāḥ iva samāsādya itaretaram nijaghnuḥ.
atra bahavaḥ gatāsavaḥ ca अश्वैः व्यपकृष्यन्त।

50. The mighty warriors, pulling each other from horseback, engaged in combat like wrestlers and struck one another down. Many, whose lives had departed (gatāsavaḥ), were then dragged away by horses.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other, one another

• अश्वपृष्टेभ्यः (aśvapṛṣṭebhyaḥ) - from the backs of horses, from horseback

• विकर्षन्तः (vikarṣantaḥ) - pulling, dragging, drawing apart

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - mighty warriors (mighty, powerful, great warriors)

• मल्लाः (mallāḥ) - wrestlers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having met, having engaged

• निजघ्नुः (nijaghnuḥ) - they struck down, they killed

• इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other, one another, mutually

• अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses

• च (ca) - and, also

• व्यपकृष्यन्त (vyapakṛṣyanta) - they were dragged away, they were pulled away

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• गतासवः (gatāsavaḥ) - lifeless, dead, whose lives had departed

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other, one another

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially, 'mutually'.

अश्वपृष्टेभ्यः (aśvapṛṣṭebhyaḥ) - from the backs of horses, from horseback

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of aśvapṛṣṭha

aśvapṛṣṭha - horseback, back of a horse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+pṛṣṭha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top
  noun (neuter)

विकर्षन्तः (vikarṣantaḥ) - pulling, dragging, drawing apart

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikarṣat

vikarṣat - pulling, dragging, drawing apart

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'kṛṣ' (to pull, drag) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - mighty warriors (mighty, powerful, great warriors)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, very powerful, mighty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

मल्लाः (mallāḥ) - wrestlers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of malla

malla - wrestler, boxer, strong man

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having met, having engaged

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'sad' (to sit, approach) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

निजघ्नुः (nijaghnuḥ) - they struck down, they killed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (liṭ) of han

Root 'han' with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other, one another, mutually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially, 'mutually'.

अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

व्यपकृष्यन्त (vyapakṛṣyanta) - they were dragged away, they were pulled away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, imperfect past (laṅ) of vyapakṛṣ

Root 'kṛṣ' (to pull, drag) with prefixes 'vi' and 'apa'.

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

गतासवः (gatāsavaḥ) - lifeless, dead, whose lives had departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gatāsu

gatāsu - lifeless, dead, whose life-breath has departed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+asu)

• gata – gone, departed, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• asu – life-breath, vital air, life
  noun (masculine)