महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-54, verse-8

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
सहस्रसंख्या नागा मे मत्तास्तिष्ठन्ति सौबल ।
हेमकक्षाः कृतापीडाः पद्मिनो हेममालिनः ॥८॥

8. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
sahasrasaṁkhyā nāgā me mattāstiṣṭhanti saubala ,
hemakakṣāḥ kṛtāpīḍāḥ padmino hemamālinaḥ.

8. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca sahasrasaṃkhyāḥ nāgāḥ me mattāḥ
tiṣṭhanti saubala hemakakṣāḥ kṛtāpīḍāḥ padminaḥ hemamālinaḥ

8. Yudhishthira said: O son of Subala (saubala), I have thousands of intoxicated elephants, adorned with golden girdles, forehead plates, and golden garlands, and marked with auspicious lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सहस्रसंख्याः (sahasrasaṁkhyāḥ) - numbering in thousands

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (in a military context) (elephants)

• मे (me) - my, to me

• मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - (of elephants) in rut, powerful (intoxicated, in rut, proud)

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they exist, they are

• सौबल (saubala) - addressing Shakuni, son of Subala (O son of Subala)

• हेमकक्षाः (hemakakṣāḥ) - (elephants) adorned with golden girths or forehead bands (having golden girdles/bands)

• कृतापीडाः (kṛtāpīḍāḥ) - (elephants) having been adorned with forehead plates (having forehead plates, adorned with head ornaments)

• पद्मिनः (padminaḥ) - (elephants) bearing auspicious lotus marks (lotus-marked, having lotuses)

• हेममालिनः (hemamālinaḥ) - (elephants) adorned with golden garlands (wearing golden garlands)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava, 'steady in battle')

from yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Past Perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect

third person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

सहस्रसंख्याः (sahasrasaṁkhyāḥ) - numbering in thousands

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahasrasaṃkhya

sahasrasaṁkhya - numbering a thousand, consisting of thousands

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sahasra+saṃkhyā)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• saṃkhyā – number, count, enumeration
  noun (feminine)
  from sam-khyā (to count)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā

Note: qualifies 'nāgāḥ'

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (in a military context) (elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - snake, serpent, elephant, mountain

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: enclitic form, possessive

मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - (of elephants) in rut, powerful (intoxicated, in rut, proud)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, in rut (of elephants), mad, proud

Past Passive Participle

from mad (to be drunk, delighted)

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: qualifies 'nāgāḥ'

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they exist, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Present (laṭ) of sthā

Present

third person plural, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

सौबल (saubala) - addressing Shakuni, son of Subala (O son of Subala)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saubala

saubala - son of Subala

patronymic (from Subala)

हेमकक्षाः (hemakakṣāḥ) - (elephants) adorned with golden girths or forehead bands (having golden girdles/bands)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hemakakṣa

hemakakṣa - having golden girths/girdles

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (heman+kakṣā)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
  Root: hi
• kakṣā – girdle, belt, forehead band (for elephants)
  noun (feminine)

Note: qualifies 'nāgāḥ'

कृतापीडाः (kṛtāpīḍāḥ) - (elephants) having been adorned with forehead plates (having forehead plates, adorned with head ornaments)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtāpīḍa

kṛtāpīḍa - wearing a forehead plate, having been adorned with an āpīḍa

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+āpīḍa)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• āpīḍa – head ornament, forehead plate, chaplet
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-pīḍ (to press on)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: qualifies 'nāgāḥ'

पद्मिनः (padminaḥ) - (elephants) bearing auspicious lotus marks (lotus-marked, having lotuses)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padmin

padmin - having lotuses, lotus-like, marked with a lotus

from padma + -inī (possessive suffix)

Note: qualifies 'nāgāḥ'

हेममालिनः (hemamālinaḥ) - (elephants) adorned with golden garlands (wearing golden garlands)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hemamālin

hemamālin - wearing golden garlands

from heman + mālin (possessive suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (heman+mālin)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
  Root: hi
• mālin – wearing a garland, garlanded
  adjective (masculine)
  from mālā + -inī

Note: qualifies 'nāgāḥ'