महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-47, verse-23

एवं शतसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।
अवशानि विनष्टानि पन्नगानां द्विजोत्तम ॥२३॥

23. evaṁ śatasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca ,
avaśāni vinaṣṭāni pannagānāṁ dvijottama.

23. evam śatasahasrāṇi prayutāni arbudāni ca
avaśāni vinaṣṭāni pannagānām dvijottama

23. In this manner, hundreds of thousands, millions, and even tens of millions of snakes, helpless and destroyed, (fell into the fire), O best of brahmins!

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - in this manner (referring to the falling) (thus, in this manner, so)

• शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands

• प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - millions

• अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - tens of millions / billions (tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions)

• च (ca) - and

• अवशानि (avaśāni) - helpless, without control (over their fate) (helpless, unwilling, powerless)

• विनष्टानि (vinaṣṭāni) - destroyed, perished (by falling into fire) (destroyed, perished, ruined)

• पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of the snakes (who are falling) (of snakes, of serpents)

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of brahmins (a polite address to the listener) (O best of twice-born ones, O best of brahmins)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - in this manner (referring to the falling) (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - a hundred thousand, one lakh

Compound śata (hundred) + sahasra (thousand).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred, a hundred
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand, a thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject (implicitly) of 'fell'.

प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - millions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of prayuta

prayuta - a million (sometimes 100,000, but here context implies larger numbers)

past participle of pra-√yu (yuj)

from pra-yuta (joined forth)

Prefix: pra

Root: √yuj (class 7)

Note: Subject (implicitly) of 'fell'.

अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - tens of millions / billions (tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of arbuda

arbuda - a large number (10 million, 100 million, 1 billion), a cloud, a serpent

Note: Subject (implicitly) of 'fell'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अवशानि (avaśāni) - helpless, without control (over their fate) (helpless, unwilling, powerless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of avaśa

avaśa - unwilling, helpless, dependent, uncontrolled

From a (not) + vaśa (will, power).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vaśa)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vaśa – will, desire, power, control, subjection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √vaś (class 2)

Note: Agrees with śatasahasrāṇi, etc., referring to the snakes.

विनष्टानि (vinaṣṭāni) - destroyed, perished (by falling into fire) (destroyed, perished, ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - perished, destroyed, lost, ruined

past participle (kta)

From vi-√naś (to perish, to be lost).

Prefix: vi

Root: √naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with śatasahasrāṇi, etc., referring to the snakes.

पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of the snakes (who are falling) (of snakes, of serpents)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - snake, serpent (lit. 'moving on its belly')

agent noun / descriptive noun

From panna (fallen, gone) + ga (going).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (panna+ga)

• panna – fallen, gone, moved, alighted
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  past participle
  kta suffix of √pat.
  Root: √pat (class 1)
• ga – going, moving, relating to
  noun/suffix (masculine)
  agent noun suffix
  From √gam with ḍa suffix.
  Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Possessive, indicating that the numbers refer to types of snakes.

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of brahmins (a polite address to the listener) (O best of twice-born ones, O best of brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of twice-born (brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas), best of brahmins

Compound dvija (twice-born) + uttama (best).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya; also bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From dvi (two) + ja (born).
  Root: √jan (class 4)
• uttama – best, highest, principal, excellent
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  superlative
  Superlative of ud (up) or ut.

Note: Addressed to Śaunaka, who is listening to the story.