महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-23, verse-8

शल्यं निपतितं नार्यः परिवार्याभितः स्थिताः ।
वाशिता गृष्टयः पङ्के परिमग्नमिवर्षभम् ॥८॥

8. śalyaṁ nipatitaṁ nāryaḥ parivāryābhitaḥ sthitāḥ ,
vāśitā gṛṣṭayaḥ paṅke parimagnamivarṣabham.

8. śalyam nipatitam nāryaḥ parivārya abhitaḥ sthitāḥ
vāśitāḥ gṛṣṭayaḥ paṅke parimagnam iva ṛṣabham

8. nāryaḥ abhitaḥ parivārya nipatitam śalyam sthitāḥ,
vāśitāḥ gṛṣṭayaḥ paṅke parimagnam ṛṣabham iva.

8. The women stood surrounding the fallen Shalya, and wailed like heifers bellowing around a bull completely submerged in mud.

Words meanings summery:

• शल्यम् (śalyam) - Shalya (proper name) (dart, spear, arrow; Shalya)

• निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen (referring to Shalya) (fallen, descended, prostrate)

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - the women (mourning Shalya) (women)

• परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded (Shalya) (having surrounded, having encompassed)

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around (Shalya) (all around, on all sides, near)

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - stood (the women) (stood, situated, being)

• वाशिताः (vāśitāḥ) - crying out, wailing (the women/heifers) (cried out, roared, bellowed)

• गृष्टयः (gṛṣṭayaḥ) - young cows, heifers (used in comparison to the wailing women) (young cows, heifers)

• पङ्के (paṅke) - in mud (in mud, in mire)

• परिमग्नम् (parimagnam) - completely immersed (in mud) (completely immersed, sunk, swallowed up)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

• ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - bull (in the comparison) (bull, best, chief)

Words meanings and morphology

शल्यम् (śalyam) - Shalya (proper name) (dart, spear, arrow; Shalya)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - dart, spear, arrow; thorn; Shalya (proper name)

निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen (referring to Shalya) (fallen, descended, prostrate)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nipatita

nipatita - fallen, descended, prostrate

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pat (to fall) with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śalyam.

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - the women (mourning Shalya) (women)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female

परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded (Shalya) (having surrounded, having encompassed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √vṛ (to cover) with upasargas pari- and ā-

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around (Shalya) (all around, on all sides, near)

(indeclinable)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - stood (the women) (stood, situated, being)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, being

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with nāryaḥ.

वाशिताः (vāśitāḥ) - crying out, wailing (the women/heifers) (cried out, roared, bellowed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāśita

vāśita - roared, bellowed, cried out

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vāś (to cry, bellow)

Root: vāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gṛṣṭayaḥ.

गृष्टयः (gṛṣṭayaḥ) - young cows, heifers (used in comparison to the wailing women) (young cows, heifers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gṛṣṭi

gṛṣṭi - a young cow, heifer (having calved once); a woman who has borne one child

पङ्के (paṅke) - in mud (in mud, in mire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paṅka

paṅka - mud, mire, dirt, swamp

परिमग्नम् (parimagnam) - completely immersed (in mud) (completely immersed, sunk, swallowed up)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parimagna

parimagna - completely immersed, sunk, swallowed up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √maj (to sink) with upasarga pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: maj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with ṛṣabham.

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - bull (in the comparison) (bull, best, chief)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, chief, best