महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-48, verse-5

चितासहस्रैर्निचितं वर्मशस्त्रसमाकुलम् ।
आपानभूमिं कालस्य तदा भुक्तोज्झितामिव ॥५॥

5. citāsahasrairnicitaṁ varmaśastrasamākulam ,
āpānabhūmiṁ kālasya tadā bhuktojjhitāmiva.

5. citāsahasraiḥ nicitam varmaśastrasamākulam
āpānabhūmim kālasya tadā bhuktojjhitām iva

5. citāsahasraiḥ nicitam,
varmaśastrasamākulam,
tadā bhuktojjhitām iva kālasya āpānabhūmim

5. Covered with thousands of funeral pyres, teeming with armor and weapons, it was like a drinking ground of Time (Kāla), as if consumed and then discarded.

Words meanings summery:

• चितासहस्रैः (citāsahasraiḥ) - by thousands of funeral pyres

• निचितम् (nicitam) - Kurukṣetra covered with pyres (covered, filled, piled up)

• वर्मशस्त्रसमाकुलम् (varmaśastrasamākulam) - Kurukṣetra teeming with armor and weapons (crowded/teeming with armor and weapons)

• आपानभूमिम् (āpānabhūmim) - the battlefield, likened to a drinking ground (drinking ground)

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of personified Time (Kāla), or Death (of Time, of death)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• भुक्तोज्झिताम् (bhuktojjhitām) - like a ground that was eaten from and then discarded (eaten and discarded)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

चितासहस्रैः (citāsahasraiḥ) - by thousands of funeral pyres

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of citāsahasra

citāsahasra - thousands of funeral pyres

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citā+sahasra)

• citā – funeral pyre, heap, pile
  noun (feminine)
  Root: √ci (class 5)
• sahasra – thousand, a multitude
  noun (neuter)

निचितम् (nicitam) - Kurukṣetra covered with pyres (covered, filled, piled up)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nicita

nicita - covered, filled, piled up, strewed

Past Passive Participle

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

Prefix: ni

Root: √ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with an implied object like 'kurukṣetram'.

वर्मशस्त्रसमाकुलम् (varmaśastrasamākulam) - Kurukṣetra teeming with armor and weapons (crowded/teeming with armor and weapons)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varmaśastrasamākula

varmaśastrasamākula - crowded/filled/teeming with armor and weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varman+śastra+samākula)

• varman – armor, coat of mail, shield
  noun (neuter)
• śastra – weapon, sword, knife
  noun (neuter)
• samākula – crowded, filled with, confused, agitated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kul (to collect) with prefix 'sam-ā'.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: √kul (class 10)

Note: Agrees with an implied object like 'kurukṣetram'.

आपानभूमिम् (āpānabhūmim) - the battlefield, likened to a drinking ground (drinking ground)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpānabhūmi

āpānabhūmi - drinking ground/place, banqueting hall

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āpāna+bhūmi)

• āpāna – drinking, draught, revelry, a drink
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal Noun
  Derived from root √pā (to drink) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √pā (class 1)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land, place, region
  noun (feminine)

कालस्य (kālasya) - of personified Time (Kāla), or Death (of Time, of death)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time; death, god of death (Kāla)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

भुक्तोज्झिताम् (bhuktojjhitām) - like a ground that was eaten from and then discarded (eaten and discarded)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhuktojjhita

bhuktojjhita - eaten and discarded/abandoned

Compound type : dvandva (bhukta+ujjhita)

• bhukta – eaten, enjoyed, consumed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhuj (to eat, enjoy) with suffix -ta.
  Root: √bhuj (class 7)
• ujjhita – abandoned, discarded, forsaken, neglected
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √ujjh (to abandon, forsake) with suffix -ta.
  Root: √ujjh (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'āpānabhūmim'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)