महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-63, verse-24

तत्र केचिद्गजा मत्ता बलिनः शस्त्रविक्षताः ।
संकोच्याग्रकरान्भीताः प्रद्रवन्ति स्म वेगिताः ॥२४॥

24. tatra kecidgajā mattā balinaḥ śastravikṣatāḥ ,
saṁkocyāgrakarānbhītāḥ pradravanti sma vegitāḥ.

24. tatra kecit gajāḥ mattāḥ balinaḥ śastravikṣatāḥ
saṃkocya agrakarān bhītāḥ pradravanti sma vegitāḥ

24. There, some powerful elephants, frenzied and wounded by weapons, being frightened, drew back their front trunks and swiftly fled.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• केचित् (kecit) - some (some, someone)

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

• मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - frenzied (maddened, intoxicated, frenzied, proud)

• बलिनः (balinaḥ) - powerful (powerful, strong, mighty)

• शस्त्रविक्षताः (śastravikṣatāḥ) - wounded by weapons

• संकोच्य (saṁkocya) - having drawn back (having contracted, having drawn back, having shrunk)

• अग्रकरान् (agrakarān) - front trunks (front hands, fore-trunks (of elephants))

• भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened (frightened, terrified, afraid)

• प्रद्रवन्ति (pradravanti) - they flee (they run forth, they flee)

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense (a particle indicating past tense with a present verb, indeed, surely)

• वेगिताः (vegitāḥ) - swiftly (as an adverbial adjective) (swift, quick, moved with speed)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from pronoun base tad

केचित् (kecit) - some (some, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka-cid

ka-cid - some, any, a certain

Indefinite pronoun formed from interrogative pronoun ka and particle cid

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - frenzied (maddened, intoxicated, frenzied, proud)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - maddened, intoxicated, frenzied, proud

Past Passive Participle

From root mad (to be mad, rejoice)

Root: mad (class 4)

बलिनः (balinaḥ) - powerful (powerful, strong, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balin

balin - powerful, strong, mighty

From bala (strength) + -in suffix

शस्त्रविक्षताः (śastravikṣatāḥ) - wounded by weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śastravikṣata

śastravikṣata - wounded by weapons

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śastra+vikṣata)

• śastra – weapon, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root śas (to cut) + -tra (instrument suffix)
  Root: śas (class 2)
• vikṣata – wounded, injured, damaged
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṣan (to injure, hurt) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣan (class 8)

संकोच्य (saṁkocya) - having drawn back (having contracted, having drawn back, having shrunk)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root kuc (to contract) with prefix saṃ- (sam-)

Prefix: sam

Root: kuc (class 6)

अग्रकरान् (agrakarān) - front trunks (front hands, fore-trunks (of elephants))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of agrakara

agrakara - front hand, fore-trunk

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agra+kara)

• agra – front, tip, foremost
  noun (neuter)
• kara – hand, trunk (of an elephant), ray, tax
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened (frightened, terrified, afraid)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīta

bhīta - frightened, terrified, afraid

Past Passive Participle

From root bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

प्रद्रवन्ति (pradravanti) - they flee (they run forth, they flee)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of drav

Present Indicative

From root drav with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: drav (class 1)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense (a particle indicating past tense with a present verb, indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

वेगिताः (vegitāḥ) - swiftly (as an adverbial adjective) (swift, quick, moved with speed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vegita

vegita - swift, quick, moved with speed

Past Passive Participle

From root vij (to move quickly) or noun vega (speed)

Root: vij (class 6)