महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-56

अभिपत्याथ बाहुभ्यां प्रत्यगृह्णादमर्षितः ।
मातङ्ग इव मातङ्गं प्रभिन्नकरटामुखः ॥५६॥

56. abhipatyātha bāhubhyāṁ pratyagṛhṇādamarṣitaḥ ,
mātaṅga iva mātaṅgaṁ prabhinnakaraṭāmukhaḥ.

56. abhipatya atha bāhubhyām prati-agṛhṇāt amarṣitaḥ
mātaṅgaḥ iva mātaṅgam prabhinna-karaṭā-mukhaḥ

56. Then, rushing forward, the enraged (Bhima) seized (Duryodhana) with his two arms, just as an elephant in rut, with ichor streaming from its temples and face, grapples another elephant.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिपत्य (abhipatya) - having rushed towards, having attacked

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

• बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with two arms

• प्रति-अगृह्णात् (prati-agṛhṇāt) - seized, grappled, took hold of

• अमर्षितः (amarṣitaḥ) - enraged (Bhima) (enraged, indignant, intolerant)

• मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - elephant

• इव (iva) - like, as

• मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - another elephant

• प्रभिन्न-करटा-मुखः (prabhinna-karaṭā-mukhaḥ) - an elephant whose temples and face are streaming with ichor during rut (whose temples and face are streaming (with ichor/rut))

Words meanings and morphology

अभिपत्य (abhipatya) - having rushed towards, having attacked

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating sequence.

बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm

Note: Instrumental dual masculine of bāhu.

प्रति-अगृह्णात् (prati-agṛhṇāt) - seized, grappled, took hold of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of grah

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Imperfect 3rd singular active of prati-√grah.

अमर्षितः (amarṣitaḥ) - enraged (Bhima) (enraged, indignant, intolerant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amarṣita

amarṣita - enraged, indignant, impatient

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root mṛṣ (to bear, tolerate) with the negative prefix a-, hence 'intolerant', or 'enraged' from not tolerating.

Prefix: a

Root: mṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Nominative singular masculine of amarṣita, referring to Bhima.

मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant

Note: Nominative singular masculine of mātaṅga.

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - another elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant

Note: Accusative singular masculine of mātaṅga.

प्रभिन्न-करटा-मुखः (prabhinna-karaṭā-mukhaḥ) - an elephant whose temples and face are streaming with ichor during rut (whose temples and face are streaming (with ichor/rut))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhinna-karaṭā-mukha

prabhinna-karaṭā-mukha - having temples and face split/streaming (with rut)

A Bahuvrīhi compound describing an elephant, meaning 'one for whom the temples and face are streaming'. 'Prabhinna' refers to the ichor that streams from an elephant's temples when it is in rut.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prabhinna+karaṭā+mukha)

• prabhinna – split, rent, broken; (specifically of elephants) in rut, with ichor streaming
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• karaṭā – elephant's temple
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Nominative singular masculine of prabhinna-karaṭā-mukha, describing the elephant.