महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-48, verse-19

ईषादन्तान्हेमकक्षान्पद्मवर्णान्कुथावृतान् ।
शैलाभान्नित्यमत्तांश्च अभितः काम्यकं सरः ॥१९॥

19. īṣādantānhemakakṣānpadmavarṇānkuthāvṛtān ,
śailābhānnityamattāṁśca abhitaḥ kāmyakaṁ saraḥ.

19. īṣādantān hemakakṣān padmavarṇān kuthāvṛtān
śailābhān nityamattān ca abhitaḥ kāmyakam saras

19. Huge-tusked elephants, adorned with golden girths, lotus-colored, covered with rich housings, mountain-like in appearance, and always in rut, were all around Kāmyaka Lake.

19. (הביאו) פילים בעלי חטים כמוטות מחרשה, חגורי זהב, בצבע לוטוס ומכוסים בשמיכות, גדולים כהרים ותמיד בשכרון, מסביב לאגם קָאמְיַקַה,

Words meanings summery:

• ईषादन्तान् (īṣādantān) - huge-tusked (elephants) (having tusks like ploughshares, huge-tusked)

• हेमकक्षान् (hemakakṣān) - adorned with golden girths (having golden girths/ornaments)

• पद्मवर्णान् (padmavarṇān) - having the color of a lotus (lotus-colored, reddish)

• कुथावृतान् (kuthāvṛtān) - covered with rich housings (for elephants) (covered with housings/caparisons)

• शैलाभान् (śailābhān) - appearing like mountains (due to their size) (mountain-like, resembling mountains)

• नित्यमत्तान् (nityamattān) - perpetually in a state of rut or high spirits (always in rut, perpetually exuberant)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around (around, on all sides, near)

• काम्यकम् (kāmyakam) - Kāmyaka (Lake) (Kāmyaka (name of a forest or lake))

• सरस् (saras) - the lake (lake, pond)

Words meanings and morphology

ईषादन्तान् (īṣādantān) - huge-tusked (elephants) (having tusks like ploughshares, huge-tusked)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of īṣādanta

īṣādanta - having tusks like a ploughshare, having large tusks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (īṣā+danta)

• īṣā – ploughshare, pole of a carriage
  noun (feminine)
• danta – tooth, tusk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

हेमकक्षान् (hemakakṣān) - adorned with golden girths (having golden girths/ornaments)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hemakakṣa

hemakakṣa - having golden girths/flanks/ornaments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hema+kakṣa)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• kakṣa – girth, flank, waist, ornament for the flanks
  noun (masculine)

पद्मवर्णान् (padmavarṇān) - having the color of a lotus (lotus-colored, reddish)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of padmavarṇa

padmavarṇa - lotus-colored, reddish (like a lotus)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (padma+varṇa)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• varṇa – color, hue, form
  noun (masculine)

कुथावृतान् (kuthāvṛtān) - covered with rich housings (for elephants) (covered with housings/caparisons)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kuthāvṛta

kuthāvṛta - covered with a housing/caparison

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuthā+āvṛta)

• kuthā – housing, caparison (for elephants or horses)
  noun (feminine)
• āvṛta – covered, enveloped, surrounded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vṛ (to cover) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

शैलाभान् (śailābhān) - appearing like mountains (due to their size) (mountain-like, resembling mountains)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śailābha

śailābha - mountain-like, resembling mountains

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śaila+ābha)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• ābha – resembling, having the appearance of, like
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix ābha

नित्यमत्तान् (nityamattān) - perpetually in a state of rut or high spirits (always in rut, perpetually exuberant)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nityamatta

nityamatta - always intoxicated/in rut, perpetually exuberant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nitya+matta)

• nitya – constant, perpetual, eternal, always
  adjective (neuter)
• matta – intoxicated, in rut (of elephants), exuberant, excited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mad (to be intoxicated, to rejoice)
  Root: mad (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around (around, on all sides, near)

(indeclinable)

काम्यकम् (kāmyakam) - Kāmyaka (Lake) (Kāmyaka (name of a forest or lake))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāmyaka

kāmyaka - Kāmyaka (name of a forest, a lake, or a region)

सरस् (saras) - the lake (lake, pond)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

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