महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-8, verse-33

तां नदीं पितृलोकाय वहन्तीमतिभैरवाम् ।
तेरुर्वाहननौभिस्ते शूराः परिघबाहवः ॥३३॥

33. tāṁ nadīṁ pitṛlokāya vahantīmatibhairavām ,
terurvāhananaubhiste śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ.

33. tām nadīm pitṛlokāya vahantīm atibhairavām
teruḥ vāhananaubhiḥ te śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ

33. parighabāhavaḥ te śūrāḥ pitṛlokāya vahantīm
atibhairavām tām nadīm vāhananaubhiḥ teruḥ

33. Those heroes, whose arms were like iron bars, crossed that exceedingly terrifying river [of battle] – which swept many towards the ancestral realm – by means of their mounts and conveyances.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that, her

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

• पितृलोकाय (pitṛlokāya) - to the ancestral world, for the world of the fathers

• वहन्तीम् (vahantīm) - carrying, bearing, leading

• अतिभैरवाम् (atibhairavām) - exceedingly terrible, extremely dreadful

• तेरुः (teruḥ) - they crossed, they traversed

• वाहननौभिः (vāhananaubhiḥ) - by means of vehicles and boats/conveyances

• ते (te) - those, they

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave men

• परिघबाहवः (parighabāhavaḥ) - whose arms are like iron bars/maces, strong-armed

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that, her

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

पितृलोकाय (pitṛlokāya) - to the ancestral world, for the world of the fathers

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pitṛloka

pitṛloka - the world of the ancestors/fathers

वहन्तीम् (vahantīm) - carrying, bearing, leading

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vahant

vahant - carrying, flowing, bearing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'vah' (to carry, flow) with '-ant' suffix.

Root: vah (class 1)

अतिभैरवाम् (atibhairavām) - exceedingly terrible, extremely dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atibhairava

atibhairava - exceedingly terrible, very dreadful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+bhairava)

• ati – excessively, very, beyond
  indeclinable
• bhairava – terrible, dreadful
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

तेरुः (teruḥ) - they crossed, they traversed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of tṛ

Perfect tense

3rd person plural, active voice, perfect tense.

Root: tṛ (class 1)

वाहननौभिः (vāhananaubhiḥ) - by means of vehicles and boats/conveyances

(noun)

Instrumental, plural of vāhananau

vāhananau - vehicles and boats, means of transport

Compound type : dvandva (vāhana+nau)

• vāhana – vehicle, mount, carrier
  noun (neuter)
• nau – boat, ship
  noun (feminine)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, mighty

परिघबाहवः (parighabāhavaḥ) - whose arms are like iron bars/maces, strong-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parighabāhu

parighabāhu - having arms like iron bars/maces

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parigha+bāhu)

• parigha – iron bar, mace, bolt
  noun (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)