महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-7, verse-33

धावन्तो जवनाश्चण्डाः पवनोद्धूतमूर्धजाः ।
मत्ता इव महानागा विनदन्तो मुहुर्मुहुः ॥३३॥

33. dhāvanto javanāścaṇḍāḥ pavanoddhūtamūrdhajāḥ ,
mattā iva mahānāgā vinadanto muhurmuhuḥ.

33. dhāvantaḥ javanāḥ caṇḍāḥ pavana-uddhūta-mūrdhajāḥ
mattāḥ iva mahā-nāgāḥ vinadantaḥ muhuḥ muhuḥ

33. dhāvantaḥ javanāḥ caṇḍāḥ pavana-uddhūta-mūrdhajāḥ
mahā-nāgāḥ mattāḥ iva muhuḥ muhuḥ vinadantaḥ

33. Running swiftly and fiercely, their hair blown by the wind, they roared again and again like intoxicated great elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• धावन्तः (dhāvantaḥ) - running, rushing

• जवनाः (javanāḥ) - swift, quick

• चण्डाः (caṇḍāḥ) - fierce, furious, violent

• पवन-उद्धूत-मूर्धजाः (pavana-uddhūta-mūrdhajāḥ) - having their hair agitated/tossed by the wind

• मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, frenzied

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महा-नागाः (mahā-nāgāḥ) - great elephants

• विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - roaring, shouting, making a great sound

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again

Words meanings and morphology

धावन्तः (dhāvantaḥ) - running, rushing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhāvat

dhāvat - running, flowing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dhāv' (to run).

Root: dhāv (class 1)

जवनाः (javanāḥ) - swift, quick

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of javana

javana - swift, quick, speedy

चण्डाः (caṇḍāḥ) - fierce, furious, violent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of caṇḍa

caṇḍa - fierce, angry, passionate, violent

पवन-उद्धूत-मूर्धजाः (pavana-uddhūta-mūrdhajāḥ) - having their hair agitated/tossed by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pavana-uddhūta-mūrdhaja

pavana-uddhūta-mūrdhaja - whose hair is agitated by the wind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pavana+uddhūta+mūrdhaja)

• pavana – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• uddhūta – agitated, shaken, tossed up
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'dhū' (to shake) with upasarga 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhū
• mūrdhaja – hair (literally 'born on the head')
  noun (masculine)

मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, frenzied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, proud, passionate, frenzied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mad' (to be intoxicated, rejoice).

Root: mad

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महा-नागाः (mahā-nāgāḥ) - great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-nāga

mahā-nāga - a great elephant, a large serpent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nāga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• nāga – elephant, serpent
  noun (masculine)

विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - roaring, shouting, making a great sound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinadat

vinadat - roaring, shouting, making noise

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'nad' (to sound, roar) with upasarga 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again

(indeclinable)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition of 'muhuḥ' indicates 'again and again'.