महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-16, verse-6

गजाश्वरथयोधानामावृतं रुधिराविलैः ।
शरीरैरशिरस्कैश्च विदेहैश्च शिरोगणैः ॥६॥

6. gajāśvarathayodhānāmāvṛtaṁ rudhirāvilaiḥ ,
śarīrairaśiraskaiśca videhaiśca śirogaṇaiḥ.

6. gajāśvarathayodhānām āvṛtam rudhirāvilaiḥ
śarīraiḥ aśiraskaiḥ ca videhaiḥ ca śirogaṇaiḥ

6. āvṛtam gajāśvarathayodhānām śarīraiḥ
rudhirāvilaiḥ aśiraskaiḥ ca videhaiḥ ca śirogaṇaiḥ

6. It was covered with the blood-stained bodies of elephants, horses, chariots, and warriors, including headless bodies and numerous severed heads.

Words meanings summery:

• गजाश्वरथयोधानाम् (gajāśvarathayodhānām) - of elephants, horses, chariots, and warriors

• आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enclosed

• रुधिराविलैः (rudhirāvilaiḥ) - by bodies stained with blood (by blood-stained, by blood-polluted)

• शरीरैः (śarīraiḥ) - by bodies, by corpses

• अशिरस्कैः (aśiraskaiḥ) - by headless bodies (by headless (bodies), by decapitated)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• विदेहैः (videhaiḥ) - by severed heads (literally 'without bodies') (by bodiless, by disembodied)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• शिरोगणैः (śirogaṇaiḥ) - by severed heads (by masses of heads, by groups of heads)

Words meanings and morphology

गजाश्वरथयोधानाम् (gajāśvarathayodhānām) - of elephants, horses, chariots, and warriors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gajāśvarathayodha

gajāśvarathayodha - elephants, horses, chariots, and warriors

Compound type : dvandva (gaja+aśva+ratha+yodha)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• yodha – warrior, fighter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root yudh (to fight) with suffix -a.
  Root: yudh (class 4)

आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enclosed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, enclosed, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root vṛ (to cover, enclose) with the prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective, describing the implied battlefield or scene.

रुधिराविलैः (rudhirāvilaiḥ) - by bodies stained with blood (by blood-stained, by blood-polluted)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of rudhirāvila

rudhirāvila - stained with blood, blood-smeared, turbid with blood

Compound type : tatpurusha (rudhira+āvila)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• āvila – stained, sullied, impure, turbid
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'śarīraiḥ' (bodies).

शरीरैः (śarīraiḥ) - by bodies, by corpses

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal form, trunk, carcass

अशिरस्कैः (aśiraskaiḥ) - by headless bodies (by headless (bodies), by decapitated)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of aśiraska

aśiraska - headless, without a head

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+śiras)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• śiras – head, top, peak
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'śarīraiḥ' (bodies).

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

विदेहैः (videhaiḥ) - by severed heads (literally 'without bodies') (by bodiless, by disembodied)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of videha

videha - bodiless, disembodied, without a body

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+deha)

• vi – without, apart, dis-, contra-
  upasarga
• deha – body, corporeal frame, person
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'śirogaṇaiḥ' (masses of heads).

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

शिरोगणैः (śirogaṇaiḥ) - by severed heads (by masses of heads, by groups of heads)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śirogaṇa

śirogaṇa - multitude of heads, heap of heads, group of heads

Compound type : tatpurusha (śiras+gaṇa)

• śiras – head, top, summit
  noun (neuter)
• gaṇa – multitude, group, host, troop
  noun (masculine)