महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-22, verse-68

अन्योन्यं प्रतिसंरब्धाः समासाद्य परस्परम् ।
अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमिति न्यघ्नन्सहस्रशः ॥६८॥

68. anyonyaṁ pratisaṁrabdhāḥ samāsādya parasparam ,
ahaṁ pūrvamahaṁ pūrvamiti nyaghnansahasraśaḥ.

68. anyonyaṃ pratisaṃrabdhāḥ samāsādya parasparam
aham pūrvam aham pūrvam iti nyaghnan sahasraśaḥ

68. pratisaṃrabdhāḥ anyonyaṃ parasparam samāsādya
"aham pūrvam aham pūrvam" iti sahasraśaḥ nyaghnan

68. Enraged at each other, they met face to face and struck down thousands, each one shouting, "I go first! I go first!"

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - mutually, each other

• प्रतिसंरब्धाः (pratisaṁrabdhāḥ) - enraged, furious, hostile

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

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before

• इति (iti) - thus, saying, in this manner

• न्यघ्नन् (nyaghnan) - they struck down, they killed

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - mutually, each other

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of anyonya

anyonya - one another, mutual

Note: Adverbial accusative.

प्रतिसंरब्धाः (pratisaṁrabdhāḥ) - enraged, furious, hostile

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratisaṃrabdha

pratisaṁrabdha - enraged, incensed, hostile, provoked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root rabh (to seize, begin) with upasargas prati and sam.

Prefixes: prati+sam

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (warriors).

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

(indeclinable participle)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of paraspara

paraspara - one another, mutual, reciprocal

Note: Adverbial accusative, object of 'samāsādya'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of the implied verb (e.g., 'I am first').

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before

(adjective)

Accusative, singular of pūrva

pūrva - first, prior, eastern, former

Note: Used adverbially.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of the implied verb (e.g., 'I am first').

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before

(adjective)

Accusative, singular of pūrva

pūrva - first, prior, eastern, former

Note: Used adverbially.

इति (iti) - thus, saying, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks direct speech or thought.

न्यघ्नन् (nyaghnan) - they struck down, they killed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ni-han

Imperfect

From root han (to strike, kill) with upasarga ni, imperfect 3rd plural.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from sahasra (thousand) with the suffix -śaḥ.