महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-105, verse-22

छिन्नशीर्षा विदेहाश्च भिन्नजान्वस्थिमस्तकाः ।
प्राणिनः समदृश्यन्त शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥२२॥

22. chinnaśīrṣā videhāśca bhinnajānvasthimastakāḥ ,
prāṇinaḥ samadṛśyanta śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

22. chinnaśīrṣāḥ videhāḥ ca bhinnajānvastimastakāḥ
prāṇinaḥ samadṛśyanta śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

22. Creatures with severed heads, those without bodies, and those with shattered knees, bones, and heads were seen in hundreds and then in thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्नशीर्षाः (chinnaśīrṣāḥ) - having severed heads, headless

• विदेहाः (videhāḥ) - bodiless, without a body

• च (ca) - and, also

• भिन्नजान्वस्तिमस्तकाः (bhinnajānvastimastakāḥ) - with shattered knees, bones, and heads

• प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - living beings, creatures, animals

• समदृश्यन्त (samadṛśyanta) - they were seen, appeared

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• अथ (atha) - then, moreover, and

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्नशीर्षाः (chinnaśīrṣāḥ) - having severed heads, headless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinnaśīrṣa

chinnaśīrṣa - one whose head is severed, headless

Bahuvrīhi compound: chinna (PPP of chid) + śīrṣa (head)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+śīrṣa)

• chinna – cut, severed, broken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root chid (to cut, to break)
  Root: chid (class 7)
• śīrṣa – head, top
  noun (neuter)

विदेहाः (videhāḥ) - bodiless, without a body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of videha

videha - bodiless, disembodied

Bahuvrīhi compound: vi (without) + deha (body)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+deha)

• vi – apart, away, without
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating separation or negation
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भिन्नजान्वस्तिमस्तकाः (bhinnajānvastimastakāḥ) - with shattered knees, bones, and heads

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhinnajānvastimastaka

bhinnajānvastimastaka - one whose knees, bones, and head are shattered

Bahuvrīhi compound: bhinna (PPP of bhid) + jānu (knee) + asthi (bone) + mastaka (head)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+jānu+asthi+mastaka)

• bhinna – broken, shattered, pierced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhid (to break, to split)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• jānu – knee
  noun (neuter)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• mastaka – head, skull
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to living beings (prāṇinaḥ)

प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - living beings, creatures, animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature, animal

Derived from prāṇa (life-breath, vital air)

समदृश्यन्त (samadṛśyanta) - they were seen, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -śaḥ added to śata (hundred)

अथ (atha) - then, moreover, and

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -śaḥ added to sahasra (thousand)