महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-178, verse-9

दृष्ट्वा हि तान्मत्तगजेन्द्ररूपान्पञ्चाभिपद्मानिव वारणेन्द्रान् ।
भस्मावृताङ्गानिव हव्यवाहान्पार्थान्प्रदध्यौ स यदुप्रवीरः ॥९॥

9. dṛṣṭvā hi tānmattagajendrarūpā;npañcābhipadmāniva vāraṇendrān ,
bhasmāvṛtāṅgāniva havyavāhā;npārthānpradadhyau sa yadupravīraḥ.

9. dṛṣṭvā hi tān mattagajendrarūpān
pañcābhipadmān iva vāraṇendrān
bhasmāvṛtāṅgān iva havyavāhān
pārthān pradadhyau saḥ yadupravīraḥ

9. Having indeed seen them—the Pārthas—who were like maddened, mighty elephants, resembling five magnificent great elephants, and like blazing fires (havyavāhān) with their bodies covered by ashes, that foremost hero of the Yadus (Krishna) pondered deeply.

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having beheld

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• मत्तगजेन्द्ररूपान् (mattagajendrarūpān) - having the form or appearance of maddened king-elephants

• पञ्चाभिपद्मान् (pañcābhipadmān) - describing the Pāṇḍavas as powerful, like five mighty elephants (like five excellent or magnificent ones)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• वारणेन्द्रान् (vāraṇendrān) - mighty elephants, chief elephants

• भस्मावृताङ्गान् (bhasmāvṛtāṅgān) - whose bodies are covered with ashes

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• हव्यवाहान् (havyavāhān) - fires (literally 'carriers of oblations')

• पार्थान् (pārthān) - the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas)

• प्रदध्यौ (pradadhyau) - he pondered, he meditated, he reflected

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• यदुप्रवीरः (yadupravīraḥ) - Krishna (foremost hero of the Yadus, mighty Yadu hero)

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having beheld

(indeclinable)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

मत्तगजेन्द्ररूपान् (mattagajendrarūpān) - having the form or appearance of maddened king-elephants

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mattagajendrarūpa

mattagajendrarūpa - having the form of a maddened mighty elephant

Compound type : bahuvrihi (matta+gajendra+rūpa)

• matta – maddened, intoxicated, ardent
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mad
  Root: mad (class 4)
• gajendra – a king of elephants, a mighty elephant
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, likeness
  noun (neuter)

पञ्चाभिपद्मान् (pañcābhipadmān) - describing the Pāṇḍavas as powerful, like five mighty elephants (like five excellent or magnificent ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pañcābhipadma

pañcābhipadma - like five great or excellent ones; five (times) a padma (large number)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pañcan+abhipadma)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• abhipadma – excellent lotus; excellent, magnificent
  adjective
  Prefix: abhi

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

वारणेन्द्रान् (vāraṇendrān) - mighty elephants, chief elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vāraṇendra

vāraṇendra - a king of elephants, a mighty elephant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāraṇa+indra)

• vāraṇa – an elephant
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, best (used as a suffix)
  noun (masculine)

भस्मावृताङ्गान् (bhasmāvṛtāṅgān) - whose bodies are covered with ashes

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhasmāvṛtāṅga

bhasmāvṛtāṅga - whose body is covered with ashes

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhasman+āvṛta+aṅga)

• bhasman – ashes
  noun (neuter)
• āvṛta – covered, enveloped, surrounded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vṛ with ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

हव्यवाहान् (havyavāhān) - fires (literally 'carriers of oblations')

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of havyavāha

havyavāha - fire (as carrier of oblations to the gods)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (havya+vāha)

• havya – oblation, sacrificial offering
  noun (neuter)
• vāha – carrier, bearer, conveyor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)

पार्थान् (pārthān) - the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet for the Pāṇḍavas (especially Arjuna)

प्रदध्यौ (pradadhyau) - he pondered, he meditated, he reflected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dhyā

Root: dhyā (class 1)

Note: With upasarga pra-

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यदुप्रवीरः (yadupravīraḥ) - Krishna (foremost hero of the Yadus, mighty Yadu hero)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yadupravīra

yadupravīra - a chief hero of the Yadu race

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yadu+pravīra)

• yadu – Yadu (name of a legendary king and his dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pravīra – an excellent hero, a chief warrior
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra