महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-31, verse-40

कृत्तोत्तमाङ्गास्ते राजन्भल्लैः शतसहस्रशः ।
अपतन्रुधिरार्द्राङ्गा निकृत्ता इव किंशुकाः ॥४०॥

40. kṛttottamāṅgāste rājanbhallaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ,
apatanrudhirārdrāṅgā nikṛttā iva kiṁśukāḥ.

40. kṛttottamāṅgāḥ te rājan bhallaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
apatan rudhirārdrāṅgāḥ nikṛttāḥ iva kiṃśukāḥ

40. rājan te kṛttottamāṅgāḥ bhallaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
rudhirārdrāṅgāḥ nikṛttāḥ iva kiṃśukāḥ apatan

40. O King, with their heads severed by hundreds of thousands of spears, they fell, their bodies drenched in blood, like cut-down palāśa trees.

Words meanings summery:

• कृत्तोत्तमाङ्गाः (kṛttottamāṅgāḥ) - those with severed heads, beheaded

• ते (te) - they, those

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - by spears, by arrows

• शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands

• अपतन् (apatan) - they fell, they descended

• रुधिरार्द्राङ्गाः (rudhirārdrāṅgāḥ) - with blood-soaked bodies, whose limbs were wet with blood

• निकृत्ताः (nikṛttāḥ) - cut down, severed

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• किंशुकाः (kiṁśukāḥ) - palāśa trees (Butea monosperma)

Words meanings and morphology

कृत्तोत्तमाङ्गाः (kṛttottamāṅgāḥ) - those with severed heads, beheaded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛttottamāṅga

kṛttottamāṅga - having the head cut off, beheaded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛtta+uttamāṅga)

• kṛtta – cut, cut off, severed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛt- (to cut)
  Root: kṛt (class 6)
• uttamāṅga – best limb, head
  noun (neuter)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - by spears, by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhalla

bhalla - spear, dart, arrow

शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands

(indeclinable)

अपतन् (apatan) - they fell, they descended

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

रुधिरार्द्राङ्गाः (rudhirārdrāṅgāḥ) - with blood-soaked bodies, whose limbs were wet with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rudhirārdrāṅga

rudhirārdrāṅga - having limbs wet with blood, blood-soaked

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rudhirārdra+aṅga)

• rudhirārdra – wet with blood, bloody and wet
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body part, body
  noun (neuter)

निकृत्ताः (nikṛttāḥ) - cut down, severed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nikṛtta

nikṛtta - cut off, severed, cut down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛt- (to cut) with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

किंशुकाः (kiṁśukāḥ) - palāśa trees (Butea monosperma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kiṃśuka

kiṁśuka - the palāśa tree (Butea monosperma), known for its bright red-orange flowers