महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-21, verse-5

शार्दूलमिव सिंहेन समरे सव्यसाचिना ।
मातङ्गमिव मत्तेन मातङ्गेन निपातितम् ॥५॥

5. śārdūlamiva siṁhena samare savyasācinā ,
mātaṅgamiva mattena mātaṅgena nipātitam.

5. śārdūlam iva siṃhena samare savyasācinā
mātaṅgam iva mattena mātaṅgena nipātitam

5. samare savyasācinā siṃhena śārdūlam iva
mattena mātaṅgena mātaṅgam iva nipātitam

5. He was struck down in battle by Savyasācin (Arjuna), just as a tiger is felled by a lion, or an elephant by a mad elephant.

Words meanings summery:

• शार्दूलम् (śārdūlam) - a tiger

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna)

• मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - an elephant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मत्तेन (mattena) - by a mad (elephant) (by an intoxicated one, by a rutting one, by a fierce one)

• मातङ्गेन (mātaṅgena) - by an elephant

• निपातितम् (nipātitam) - felled, struck down, killed

Words meanings and morphology

शार्दूलम् (śārdūlam) - a tiger

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śārdūla

śārdūla - tiger, an excellent or prominent one

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, encounter

Root: mṛ (class 1)

सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - one who shoots with the left hand, an epithet of Arjuna

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left, left hand
  adjective
• sācin – one who shoots or throws
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root sac, to throw, to shoot
  Root: sac (class 1)

मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - an elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मत्तेन (mattena) - by a mad (elephant) (by an intoxicated one, by a rutting one, by a fierce one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, in rut, mad, furious

Past Passive Participle

from root mad

Root: mad (class 4)

मातङ्गेन (mātaṅgena) - by an elephant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant

निपातितम् (nipātitam) - felled, struck down, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nipātita

nipātita - felled, thrown down, killed, caused to fall

Past Passive Participle

from causal of root pat with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)