महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-44, verse-24

स हि देवासुरे युद्धे दैत्यानां भीमकर्मणाम् ।
जघान दोर्भ्यां संक्रुद्धः प्रयुतानि चतुर्दश ॥२४॥

24. sa hi devāsure yuddhe daityānāṁ bhīmakarmaṇām ,
jaghāna dorbhyāṁ saṁkruddhaḥ prayutāni caturdaśa.

24. saḥ hi deva-asure yuddhe daityānām bhīma-karmaṇām
jaghāna dorbhyām saṃkruddhaḥ prayutāni caturdaśa

24. saḥ saṃkruddhaḥ hi deva-asure yuddhe bhīma-karmaṇām
daityānām dorbhyām caturdaśa prayutāni jaghāna

24. Indeed, filled with anger in the battle between the gods and the demons, he struck down fourteen million of the fierce-acting demons with his two arms.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Skanda (he)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• देव-असुरे (deva-asure) - in the god-and-demon, in the war between gods and demons

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in the battle, in the war

• दैत्यानाम् (daityānām) - of the daityas, of the demons

• भीम-कर्मणाम् (bhīma-karmaṇām) - of those of terrifying deeds, of the fierce-acting ones

• जघान (jaghāna) - struck, killed, smote, destroyed

• दोर्भ्याम् (dorbhyām) - with two arms, by means of two arms

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly angered, enraged, furious

• प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - millions (millions, hundreds of thousands)

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Skanda (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

देव-असुरे (deva-asure) - in the god-and-demon, in the war between gods and demons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of devāsura

devāsura - gods and demons

Compound type : dvandva (deva+asura)

• deva – god, divine being
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon
  noun (masculine)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in the battle, in the war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

दैत्यानाम् (daityānām) - of the daityas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of daitya

daitya - daitya, demon

भीम-कर्मणाम् (bhīma-karmaṇām) - of those of terrifying deeds, of the fierce-acting ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhīmakarman

bhīmakarman - of terrible deeds, fierce-acting

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīma+karman)

• bhīma – terrible, fearsome, fierce
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – deed, action, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

जघान (jaghāna) - struck, killed, smote, destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

दोर्भ्याम् (dorbhyām) - with two arms, by means of two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of dos

dos - arm, forearm

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly angered, enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - enraged, angry

Past Passive Participle

From prefix sam + krudh

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - millions (millions, hundreds of thousands)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of prayuta

prayuta - million, a hundred thousand

Prefix: pra

Root: yu (class 2)

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of caturdaśa

caturdaśa - fourteen

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