महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-43

यमदण्डप्रतीकाशं ततस्तं तस्य मूर्धनि ।
पातयामास वेगेन कुलिशं मघवानिव ॥४३॥

43. yamadaṇḍapratīkāśaṁ tatastaṁ tasya mūrdhani ,
pātayāmāsa vegena kuliśaṁ maghavāniva.

43. yamadaṇḍapratīkāśam tataḥ tam tasya mūrdhani
pātayāmāsa vegena kuliśam maghavān iva

43. Then, with great force, he struck that demon on his head with the tree, which was like Yama's mace, just as Indra (Maghavān) strikes with his thunderbolt (kuliśa).

Words meanings summery:

• यमदण्डप्रतीकाशम् (yamadaṇḍapratīkāśam) - resembling Yama's mace

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

• तम् (tam) - him

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on the head

• पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - he caused to fall, he struck

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly

• कुलिशम् (kuliśam) - thunderbolt

• मघवान् (maghavān) - Indra

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

यमदण्डप्रतीकाशम् (yamadaṇḍapratīkāśam) - resembling Yama's mace

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yamadaṇḍapratīkāśa

yamadaṇḍapratīkāśa - resembling Yama's mace

Tatpuruṣa compound: Yama-daṇḍa + pratīkāśa

Compound type : tatpurusha (yama+daṇḍa+pratīkāśa)

• yama – Yama (the god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, mace
  noun (masculine)
• pratīkāśa – resembling, like, similar in appearance
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies the implicit tree (or weapon) Bhīma is holding

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on the head

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit

पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - he caused to fall, he struck

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pātaya

causative

from pat + ṇic + lit

Root: pat (class 1)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, impulse

कुलिशम् (kuliśam) - thunderbolt

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuliśa

kuliśa - thunderbolt, vajra (Indra's weapon)

मघवान् (maghavān) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maghavan

maghavan - liberal, bountiful; an epithet of Indra

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)