महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-99, verse-30

यस्य तोमरसंघाटा भेरीमण्डूककच्छपा ।
वीरास्थिशर्करा दुर्गा मांसशोणितकर्दमा ॥३०॥

30. yasya tomarasaṁghāṭā bherīmaṇḍūkakacchapā ,
vīrāsthiśarkarā durgā māṁsaśoṇitakardamā.

30. yasya tomara-saṃghāṭāḥ bherī-maṇḍūka-kacchapāḥ
vīra-asthi-śarkarā durgā māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā

30. yasya (sindhuḥ) tomara-saṃghāṭāḥ (asti),
bherī-maṇḍūka-kacchapāḥ (asti),
vīra-asthi-śarkarāḥ (asti),
māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā (asti),
(sā) durgā (ca asti)

30. Whose (river of battle has) masses of lances, with drums serving as frogs and tortoises, and heroes' bones as pebbles; it is impassable, with flesh and blood forming its mud.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• तोमर-संघाटाः (tomara-saṁghāṭāḥ) - the javelins that form heaps in the battle-river (masses of lances, heaps of javelins)

• भेरी-मण्डूक-कच्छपाः (bherī-maṇḍūka-kacchapāḥ) - drums of war serving as frogs and tortoises in the battle-river (drums as frogs and tortoises)

• वीर-अस्थि-शर्करा (vīra-asthi-śarkarā) - the bones of heroes acting as pebbles in the battle-river (pebbles of heroes' bones)

• दुर्गा (durgā) - impassable (river) (difficult to traverse, impassable, inaccessible)

• मांस-शोणित-कर्दमा (māṁsa-śoṇita-kardamā) - the mud of the battle-river composed of flesh and blood (mud of flesh and blood)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the army/current mentioned in the previous verse, here personified as a river.

तोमर-संघाटाः (tomara-saṁghāṭāḥ) - the javelins that form heaps in the battle-river (masses of lances, heaps of javelins)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tomarasaṃghāṭā

tomarasaṁghāṭā - assemblage of lances, heaps of javelins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tomara+saṃghāṭa)

• tomara – javelin, lance
  noun (neuter)
• saṃghāṭa – mass, heap, assemblage, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ghaṭ (class 1)

भेरी-मण्डूक-कच्छपाः (bherī-maṇḍūka-kacchapāḥ) - drums of war serving as frogs and tortoises in the battle-river (drums as frogs and tortoises)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bherīmaṇḍūkacchapā

bherīmaṇḍūkacchapā - drums, frogs, and tortoises (metaphorical elements)

Compound type : dvandva (bherī+maṇḍūka+kacchapa)

• bherī – kettledrum, drum
  noun (feminine)
• maṇḍūka – frog
  noun (masculine)
• kacchapa – tortoise, turtle
  noun (masculine)

वीर-अस्थि-शर्करा (vīra-asthi-śarkarā) - the bones of heroes acting as pebbles in the battle-river (pebbles of heroes' bones)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vīrāsthiśarkarā

vīrāsthiśarkarā - pebbles made of heroes' bones

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vīra+asthi+śarkarā)

• vīra – hero, warrior, brave man
  noun (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• śarkarā – pebble, gravel, sugar
  noun (feminine)

दुर्गा (durgā) - impassable (river) (difficult to traverse, impassable, inaccessible)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durga

durga - difficult to traverse, impassable, inaccessible, a fortress

From prefix dur- (difficult) and root gam (to go).

Prefix: dur

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied 'sindhuḥ' (river).

मांस-शोणित-कर्दमा (māṁsa-śoṇita-kardamā) - the mud of the battle-river composed of flesh and blood (mud of flesh and blood)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of māṃsaśoṇitakardamā

māṁsaśoṇitakardamā - mud consisting of flesh and blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+śoṇita+kardama)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• kardama – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)