महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-47, verse-24

इन्दुरा इव तत्रान्ये हस्तिहस्ता इवापरे ।
मत्ता इव च मातङ्गा महाकाया महाबलाः ॥२४॥

24. indurā iva tatrānye hastihastā ivāpare ,
mattā iva ca mātaṅgā mahākāyā mahābalāḥ.

24. indurāḥ iva tatra anye hastihastāḥ iva apare
mattāḥ iva ca mātaṅgāḥ mahākāyāḥ mahābalāḥ

24. Among them, some (snakes) were moon-colored, others were like elephant trunks, and some, huge-bodied and immensely powerful, resembled intoxicated elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• इन्दुराः (indurāḥ) - moon-coloured (snakes) (moon-coloured ones, having the luster of the moon)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• तत्र (tatra) - among them (referring to the snakes) (there, then, among them)

• अन्ये (anye) - other (snakes) (others)

• हस्तिहस्ताः (hastihastāḥ) - having bodies/limbs like elephant-trunks (referring to large, thick snakes) (elephant-trunk-like ones, having hands like elephants)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अपरे (apare) - other (snakes) (others, subsequent ones)

• मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - enraged, furious (like an elephant) (intoxicated, drunk, furious, excited)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• च (ca) - and

• मातङ्गाः (mātaṅgāḥ) - elephants (for comparison) (elephants, wild elephants)

• महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - huge-bodied (snakes) (huge-bodied, large-bodied)

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - immensely powerful (snakes) (greatly powerful, immensely strong)

Words meanings and morphology

इन्दुराः (indurāḥ) - moon-coloured (snakes) (moon-coloured ones, having the luster of the moon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of indura

indura - moon-coloured, having the luster of the moon

Derived from indu (moon).

Note: Refers to a type of snake.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - among them (referring to the snakes) (there, then, among them)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + tral (locative suffix).

अन्ये (anye) - other (snakes) (others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Refers to other snakes.

हस्तिहस्ताः (hastihastāḥ) - having bodies/limbs like elephant-trunks (referring to large, thick snakes) (elephant-trunk-like ones, having hands like elephants)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hastihasta

hastihasta - resembling an elephant's trunk

Compound hasti (elephant) + hasta (hand/trunk).

Compound type : upamāna-pūrvapada-bahuvrīhi (hastin+hasta)

• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
  in-stem noun.
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - other (snakes) (others, subsequent ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, western

Note: Refers to other snakes.

मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - enraged, furious (like an elephant) (intoxicated, drunk, furious, excited)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, furious, wild, excited, proud

past participle (kta)

From √mad (to be glad, to be intoxicated).

Root: √mad (class 4)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मातङ्गाः (mātaṅgāḥ) - elephants (for comparison) (elephants, wild elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant, a wild elephant, an outcast, a specific caste

Related to Matanga mountain.

Note: Comparison for snakes.

महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - huge-bodied (snakes) (huge-bodied, large-bodied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahākāya

mahākāya - large-bodied, bulky

Compound mahā (great) + kāya (body).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+kāya)

• mahat – great, large, strong, mighty
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  at-stem.
• kāya – body, mass, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From √ci (to collect, pile) + āya.
  Root: √ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with mātaṅgāḥ (the snakes being compared to elephants).

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - immensely powerful (snakes) (greatly powerful, immensely strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - very strong, powerful

Compound mahā (great) + bala (strength).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+bala)

• mahat – great, large, strong, mighty
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  at-stem.
• bala – strength, power, force, might
  noun (neuter)
  From √bal (to live, breathe, be strong).
  Root: √bal (class 10)

Note: Agrees with mātaṅgāḥ (the snakes being compared to elephants).