महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-141, verse-23

बभञ्जतुर्महावृक्षाँल्लताश्चाकर्षतुस्ततः ।
मत्ताविव सुसंरब्धौ वारणौ षष्टिहायनौ ॥२३॥

23. babhañjaturmahāvṛkṣāँllatāścākarṣatustataḥ ,
mattāviva susaṁrabdhau vāraṇau ṣaṣṭihāyanau.

23. babhañjatuḥ mahāvṛkṣān latāḥ ca ākarṣatuḥ tataḥ
mattau iva susaṃrabdhau vāraṇau ṣaṣṭihāyanau

23. They broke down great trees and tore away creepers from there, like two highly enraged, sixty-year-old intoxicated elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• बभञ्जतुः (babhañjatuḥ) - they both broke, they both shattered

• महावृक्षान् (mahāvṛkṣān) - great trees

• लताः (latāḥ) - creepers, vines

• च (ca) - and, also

• आकर्षतुः (ākarṣatuḥ) - they both pulled, they both dragged

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• मत्तौ (mattau) - two intoxicated ones, two wild ones

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• सुसंरब्धौ (susaṁrabdhau) - two highly enraged ones, two intensely provoked ones

• वारणौ (vāraṇau) - two elephants

• षष्टिहायनौ (ṣaṣṭihāyanau) - two sixty-year-old ones

Words meanings and morphology

बभञ्जतुः (babhañjatuḥ) - they both broke, they both shattered

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of bhañj

Root: bhañj (class 7)

महावृक्षान् (mahāvṛkṣān) - great trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāvṛkṣa

mahāvṛkṣa - great tree, large tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+vṛkṣa)

• mahat – great, large, vast, noble
  adjective (neuter)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

लताः (latāḥ) - creepers, vines

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of latā

latā - creeper, vine, plant

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आकर्षतुः (ākarṣatuḥ) - they both pulled, they both dragged

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of ākṛṣ

verb root with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

मत्तौ (mattau) - two intoxicated ones, two wild ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, frenzied, wild, proud

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mad (to be drunk, to rejoice)

Root: mad (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

सुसंरब्धौ (susaṁrabdhau) - two highly enraged ones, two intensely provoked ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of susaṃrabdha

susaṁrabdha - highly enraged, greatly agitated, fiercely provoked

Past Passive Participle (with prefixes)

Derived from root rabh (to seize, begin) with prefix sam (together, intensely) and su (well, greatly)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+saṃrabdha)

• su – good, well, excellent, greatly
  indeclinable
• saṃrabdha – enraged, provoked, agitated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rabh with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rabh (class 1)

वारणौ (vāraṇau) - two elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, repelling, restraining

षष्टिहायनौ (ṣaṣṭihāyanau) - two sixty-year-old ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṣaṣṭihāyana

ṣaṣṭihāyana - sixty years old, sixty-year-old

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ṣaṣṭi+hāyana)

• ṣaṣṭi – sixty
  noun (feminine)
• hāyana – year, lasting for a year
  noun (neuter)