महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-8

दष्टोष्ठदंष्ट्रं ताम्राक्षं प्रदीप्तोर्ध्वशिरोरुहम् ।
सार्करश्मितडिच्चक्रं सबलाकमिवाम्बुदम् ॥८॥

8. daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭraṁ tāmrākṣaṁ pradīptordhvaśiroruham ,
sārkaraśmitaḍiccakraṁ sabalākamivāmbudam.

8. daṣṭoṣṭhadaṃṣṭram tāmrākṣam pradīptordhvaśiroruham
sārkarasmitadiçcakram sabalākam iva ambudam

8. Its lip was bitten by its fangs, its eyes were coppery-red, and its hair stood blazing upwards; it was like a cloud accompanied by sunbeams, streaks of lightning, and cranes.

Words meanings summery:

• दष्टोष्ठदंष्ट्रम् (daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭram) - (the demon) whose lip was bitten by its fangs (whose lip was bitten by its fangs)

• ताम्राक्षम् (tāmrākṣam) - (the demon) with coppery-red eyes (red-eyed, coppery-eyed)

• प्रदीप्तोर्ध्वशिरोरुहम् (pradīptordhvaśiroruham) - (the demon) with blazing, upward-standing hair (with blazing, erect hair)

• सार्करस्मितदिçचक्रम् (sārkarasmitadiçcakram) - (like a cloud) accompanied by sunbeams and streaks of lightning (with sunbeams and circles of lightning)

• सबलाकम् (sabalākam) - (like a cloud) accompanied by cranes (with cranes)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बुदम् (ambudam) - cloud (literally 'water-giver')

Words meanings and morphology

दष्टोष्ठदंष्ट्रम् (daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭram) - (the demon) whose lip was bitten by its fangs (whose lip was bitten by its fangs)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daṣṭoṣṭhadaṃṣṭra

daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭra - having lips bitten by fangs/tusks

Bahuvrihi compound: daṣṭa (bitten) + oṣṭha (lip) + daṃṣṭra (fang)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (daṣṭa+oṣṭha+daṃṣṭra)

• daṣṭa – bitten, stung
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root daś + kta suffix
  Root: daś (class 1)
• oṣṭha – lip
  noun (masculine)
• daṃṣṭra – fang, tusk, large tooth
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'rakṣaḥ' (implied from verse 46594).

ताम्राक्षम् (tāmrākṣam) - (the demon) with coppery-red eyes (red-eyed, coppery-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāmrākṣa

tāmrākṣa - coppery-eyed, red-eyed

Bahuvrihi compound: tāmra (copper) + akṣi (eye)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tāmra+akṣi)

• tāmra – copper, coppery, red
  noun (neuter)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'rakṣaḥ'.

प्रदीप्तोर्ध्वशिरोरुहम् (pradīptordhvaśiroruham) - (the demon) with blazing, upward-standing hair (with blazing, erect hair)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pradīptordhvaśiroruha

pradīptordhvaśiroruha - having blazing, erect hair

Bahuvrihi compound: pradīpta (blazing) + ūrdhva (upward) + śiroruha (hair)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pradīpta+ūrdhva+śiroruha)

• pradīpta – blazing, brightly lit
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root dīp + prefix pra + kta suffix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• ūrdhva – upward, erect, elevated
  adjective (neuter)
• śiroruha – hair (literally, growing on the head)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of śiras (head) and ruha (growing)

Note: Qualifies 'rakṣaḥ'.

सार्करस्मितदिçचक्रम् (sārkarasmitadiçcakram) - (like a cloud) accompanied by sunbeams and streaks of lightning (with sunbeams and circles of lightning)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sārkarasmitadiçcakra

sārkarasmitadiçcakra - accompanied by sunbeams and circles of lightning

Bahuvrihi compound: sa (with) + arka-raśmi (sunbeams) + taḍit-cakra (lightning circles)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+arka-raśmi+taḍit-cakra)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• arka-raśmi – sunbeam, ray of the sun
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound: arka (sun) + raśmi (ray)
• taḍit-cakra – circle/streak of lightning
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound: taḍit (lightning) + cakra (circle)

Note: Qualifies 'ambudam'.

सबलाकम् (sabalākam) - (like a cloud) accompanied by cranes (with cranes)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sabalāka

sabalāka - accompanied by cranes

Bahuvrihi compound: sa (with) + balākā (crane)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+balākā)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• balākā – crane (bird)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'ambudam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अम्बुदम् (ambudam) - cloud (literally 'water-giver')

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (literally 'water-giver')

Compound of ambu (water) and da (giver)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambu+da)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root dā
  Root dā + ḍa suffix
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The object of comparison for the demon.