महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-48, verse-4

गजाश्वदेहास्थिचयैः पर्वतैरिव संचितम् ।
नरशीर्षकपालैश्च शङ्खैरिव समाचितम् ॥४॥

4. gajāśvadehāsthicayaiḥ parvatairiva saṁcitam ,
naraśīrṣakapālaiśca śaṅkhairiva samācitam.

4. gajāśvadehāsthicayaiḥ parvataiḥ iva saṃcitam
naraśīrṣakapālaiḥ ca śaṅkhaiḥ iva samācitam

4. gajāśvadehāsthicayaiḥ parvataiḥ iva saṃcitam,
ca naraśīrṣakapālaiḥ śaṅkhaiḥ iva samācitam

4. It was piled up like mountains with masses of elephant and horse bodies and bones, and strewn with human skull-caps like conch shells.

Words meanings summery:

• गजाश्वदेहास्थिचयैः (gajāśvadehāsthicayaiḥ) - by masses of elephant and horse bodies and bones (by piles of elephant, horse, body, and bone)

• पर्वतैः (parvataiḥ) - by mountains

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संचितम् (saṁcitam) - was heaped up (the battlefield) (heaped up, accumulated, piled)

• नरशीर्षकपालैः (naraśīrṣakapālaiḥ) - by human skull-caps

• च (ca) - and, also

• शङ्खैः (śaṅkhaiḥ) - by conch shells

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• समाचितम् (samācitam) - was strewn (the battlefield) (strewn, covered, filled)

Words meanings and morphology

गजाश्वदेहास्थिचयैः (gajāśvadehāsthicayaiḥ) - by masses of elephant and horse bodies and bones (by piles of elephant, horse, body, and bone)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gajāśvadehāsthicaya

gajāśvadehāsthicaya - piles/accumulations of elephant and horse bodies and bones

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+aśva+deha+asthi+caya)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• caya – heap, pile, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √ci (to collect, heap).
  Root: √ci (class 5)

पर्वतैः (parvataiḥ) - by mountains

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

संचितम् (saṁcitam) - was heaped up (the battlefield) (heaped up, accumulated, piled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃcita

saṁcita - heaped up, accumulated, piled, collected

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √ci (to collect, heap) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: √ci (class 5)

Note: Refers to the battlefield (implied Kurukṣetram) being piled up.

नरशीर्षकपालैः (naraśīrṣakapālaiḥ) - by human skull-caps

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of naraśīrṣakapāla

naraśīrṣakapāla - human skull-cap

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+śīrṣa+kapāla)

• nara – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)
• śīrṣa – head, top, peak
  noun (neuter)
• kapāla – skull, forehead, potsherd, shell
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शङ्खैः (śaṅkhaiḥ) - by conch shells

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - conch shell, a shell trumpet

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

समाचितम् (samācitam) - was strewn (the battlefield) (strewn, covered, filled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samācita

samācita - covered, strewn, filled, accumulated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √ci (to collect, heap) with prefix 'sam-ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: √ci (class 5)

Note: Refers to the battlefield (implied Kurukṣetram) being strewn.