महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-99, verse-24

उत्तिष्ठति कबन्धोऽत्र सहस्रे निहते तु यः ।
स यूपस्तस्य शूरस्य खादिरोऽष्टाश्रिरुच्यते ॥२४॥

24. uttiṣṭhati kabandho'tra sahasre nihate tu yaḥ ,
sa yūpastasya śūrasya khādiro'ṣṭāśrirucyate.

24. uttiṣṭhati kabandhaḥ atra sahasre nihate tu yaḥ |
saḥ yūpaḥ tasya śūrasya khādiraḥ aṣṭāśriḥ ucyate

24. atra sahasre nihate tu yaḥ kabandhaḥ uttiṣṭhati,
saḥ tasya śūrasya khādiraḥ aṣṭāśriḥ yūpaḥ ucyate.

24. Here, the headless body (kabandha) that rises up when thousands are slain – that, indeed, is called the eight-cornered (aṣṭāśri) sacrificial post (yūpa) made of Khadira wood for that hero.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तिष्ठति (uttiṣṭhati) - rises up, stands up, emerges

• कबन्धः (kabandhaḥ) - a headless trunk, a body without a head

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• सहस्रे (sahasre) - in a thousand, when a thousand (are killed)

• निहते (nihate) - killed, struck down

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• यूपः (yūpaḥ) - sacrificial post, stake

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• शूरस्य (śūrasya) - of the hero, of the brave one

• खादिरः (khādiraḥ) - made of Khadira wood

• अष्टाश्रिः (aṣṭāśriḥ) - eight-cornered, eight-edged

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तिष्ठति (uttiṣṭhati) - rises up, stands up, emerges

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of utthā

From ut-√sthā (1st conjugation), 3rd person singular, parasmaipada.

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

कबन्धः (kabandhaḥ) - a headless trunk, a body without a head

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kabandha

kabandha - a headless body, a trunk without a head (mythological demon)

Compound of 'ka' (bad, pejorative) and 'bandha' (body, binding).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ka+bandha)

• ka – bad, evil, ill
  adjective (neuter)
  Often used as a pejorative prefix.
• bandha – bond, tying, body
  noun (masculine)
  From √bandh 'to bind' (9th class).
  Root: bandh (class 9)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

From 'idam' (this) + 'tra' suffix.

Note: Refers to the battleground.

सहस्रे (sahasre) - in a thousand, when a thousand (are killed)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Part of a locative absolute phrase 'sahasre nihate'.

निहते (nihate) - killed, struck down

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From ni-√han 'to strike down, kill' (2nd class).

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'sahasre'. Part of a locative absolute phrase 'sahasre nihate'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'kabandhaḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Coreferential with 'yaḥ'.

यूपः (yūpaḥ) - sacrificial post, stake

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yūpa

yūpa - sacrificial post, stake to which the sacrificial animal is bound

From √yup 'to obstruct, to bind'.

Root: yup (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the hero (śūrasya).

शूरस्य (śūrasya) - of the hero, of the brave one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, mighty, warrior

From √śūr 'to be strong, powerful'.

Root: śūr (class 1)

खादिरः (khādiraḥ) - made of Khadira wood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khādira

khādira - made of Khadira wood (Acacia catechu)

Derived from Khadira (a type of tree) with a nominal suffix.

Note: Nominative singular masculine, agreeing with 'yūpaḥ'. Khadira wood is ritually significant.

अष्टाश्रिः (aṣṭāśriḥ) - eight-cornered, eight-edged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāśri

aṣṭāśri - having eight corners or angles, octagonal

Compound of aṣṭā (eight) and aśri (corner, edge).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṣṭā+aśri)

• aṣṭan – eight
  numeral
• aśri – corner, edge, angle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Nominative singular masculine, agreeing with 'yūpaḥ'. Sacrificial posts often had eight corners.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Irregular passive form from √vac (2nd class), 3rd person singular, Atmanepada.

Root: vac (class 2)