महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-108

मानुषाणां सहस्रेषु हतेषु पतितेषु च ।
उदतिष्ठन्कबन्धानि बहून्युत्थाय चापतन् ॥१०८॥

108. mānuṣāṇāṁ sahasreṣu hateṣu patiteṣu ca ,
udatiṣṭhankabandhāni bahūnyutthāya cāpatan.

108. mānuṣāṇām sahasreṣu hateṣu patiteṣu ca
udatiṣṭhan kabandhāni bahūni utthāya ca āpatan

108. mānuṣāṇām sahasreṣu hateṣu patiteṣu ca bahūni
kabandhāni udatiṣṭhan ca utthāya āpatan

108. Among the thousands of men who were slain and fallen, many headless trunks (kabandhas) rose up, and having stood up, they then fell down.

Words meanings summery:

• मानुषाणाम् (mānuṣāṇām) - of men, of human beings

• सहस्रेषु (sahasreṣu) - among thousands, in thousands

• हतेषु (hateṣu) - among the slain, in the killed ones

• पतितेषु (patiteṣu) - among the fallen, in the fallen ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• उदतिष्ठन् (udatiṣṭhan) - they rose up, they stood up

• कबन्धानि (kabandhāni) - headless trunks, bodiless forms

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many

• उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, having stood up

• च (ca) - and, also

• आपतन् (āpatan) - they fell down, they fell

Words meanings and morphology

मानुषाणाम् (mānuṣāṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, relating to man

सहस्रेषु (sahasreṣu) - among thousands, in thousands

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

हतेषु (hateṣu) - among the slain, in the killed ones

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck

Past Passive Participle

From root `han` (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

पतितेषु (patiteṣu) - among the fallen, in the fallen ones

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended

Past Passive Participle

From root `pat` (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

उदतिष्ठन् (udatiṣṭhan) - they rose up, they stood up

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of utṣṭhā

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

कबन्धानि (kabandhāni) - headless trunks, bodiless forms

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kabandha

kabandha - headless trunk, bodiless form (especially of a slain person retaining life and moving about)

बहूनि (bahūni) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, having stood up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed with prefix `ut` + root `sthā` + suffix `ya`.

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive/Gerund.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

आपतन् (āpatan) - they fell down, they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of āpat

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)