महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-83, verse-21

सा गदा शकलीभूता विशीर्णमणिबन्धना ।
व्याली निर्मुच्यमानेव पपातास्य सहस्रधा ॥२१॥

21. sā gadā śakalībhūtā viśīrṇamaṇibandhanā ,
vyālī nirmucyamāneva papātāsya sahasradhā.

21. sā gadā śakalī-bhūtā viśīrṇa-maṇi-bandhanā
vyālī nirmucyamānā iva papāta asya sahasradhā

21. sā śakalī-bhūtā viśīrṇa-maṇi-bandhanā gadā
nirmucyamānā vyālī iva asya sahasradhā papāta

21. That mace, broken into pieces with its jeweled bindings shattered, fell from his grasp into a thousand fragments, like a serpent shedding its skin.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - that (mace) (she, that)

• गदा (gadā) - the mace (that was cut) (mace, club)

• शकली-भूता (śakalī-bhūtā) - having become (many) pieces (having become pieces, broken into fragments)

• विशीर्ण-मणि-बन्धना (viśīrṇa-maṇi-bandhanā) - having its jeweled bindings shattered (with shattered jeweled bindings)

• व्याली (vyālī) - a female snake (a female snake, a venomous snake)

• निर्मुच्यमाना (nirmucyamānā) - (skin) being shed (being shed (skin), being released)

• इव (iva) - as if (shedding its skin) (like, as, as if)

• पपात (papāta) - fell (from the king's hand) (fell, dropped)

• अस्य (asya) - from him (the king) (of him, his)

• सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - into a thousand pieces (fragments) (into a thousand pieces, in a thousand ways)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - that (mace) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गदा (gadā) - the mace (that was cut) (mace, club)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

शकली-भूता (śakalī-bhūtā) - having become (many) pieces (having become pieces, broken into fragments)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakalī-bhūta

śakalī-bhūta - having become fragments, broken into pieces

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śakalī+bhūta)

• śakalī – fragment, piece
  noun (feminine)
• bhūta – become, happened, past
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become) with suffix 'kta'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

विशीर्ण-मणि-बन्धना (viśīrṇa-maṇi-bandhanā) - having its jeweled bindings shattered (with shattered jeweled bindings)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśīrṇa-maṇi-bandhana

viśīrṇa-maṇi-bandhana - with shattered jeweled bindings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśīrṇa+maṇi+bandhana)

• viśīrṇa – shattered, broken, worn out
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'śrī' (to break, decay) with prefix 'vi' and suffix 'kta'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śrī (class 9)
• maṇi – jewel, gem
  noun (masculine)
• bandhana – binding, bond, fetter
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bandh (class 1)

Note: Refers to gadā

व्याली (vyālī) - a female snake (a female snake, a venomous snake)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyālī

vyālī - female snake, venomous snake

Note: Part of a simile.

निर्मुच्यमाना (nirmucyamānā) - (skin) being shed (being shed (skin), being released)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirmucyamāna

nirmucyamāna - being shed (skin), being released

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'muc' (to release) with prefix 'nir' and suffix 'śānac'. Passive voice implied in context of skin shedding.

Prefix: nir

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Literally 'being released' or 'being shed,' referring to the skin of the snake.

इव (iva) - as if (shedding its skin) (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for simile.

पपात (papāta) - fell (from the king's hand) (fell, dropped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect Active

Root 'pat' (to fall). Perfect Tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: pat (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - from him (the king) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the king, implying 'from his hand/grasp'.

सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - into a thousand pieces (fragments) (into a thousand pieces, in a thousand ways)

(indeclinable)

From 'sahasra' (thousand) with suffix 'dhā'.