महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-124, verse-21

चतस्र आयता दंष्ट्रा योजनानां शतं शतम् ।
इतरे त्वस्य दशना बभूवुर्दशयोजनाः ।
प्राकारसदृशाकाराः शूलाग्रसमदर्शनाः ॥२१॥

21. catasra āyatā daṁṣṭrā yojanānāṁ śataṁ śatam ,
itare tvasya daśanā babhūvurdaśayojanāḥ ,
prākārasadṛśākārāḥ śūlāgrasamadarśanāḥ.

21. catasraḥ āyatāḥ daṃṣṭrāḥ yojanānām
śatam śatam itare tu asya
daśanāḥ babhūvuḥ daśayojanāḥ
prākārasadṛśākārāḥ śūlāgrasamadarśanāḥ

21. Four tusks, each a hundred yojanas long, were extended. His other teeth measured ten yojanas, shaped like fortress walls and appearing like the points of lances.

Words meanings summery:

• चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four

• आयताः (āyatāḥ) - extended, long

• दंष्ट्राः (daṁṣṭrāḥ) - tusks, fangs

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a measure of distance)

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• इतरे (itare) - other

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• दशनाः (daśanāḥ) - teeth

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were, they became

• दशयोजनाः (daśayojanāḥ) - ten yojanas long

• प्राकारसदृशाकाराः (prākārasadṛśākārāḥ) - shaped like fortress walls

• शूलाग्रसमदर्शनाः (śūlāgrasamadarśanāḥ) - appearing like the tips of lances

Words meanings and morphology

चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four

(numeral)

आयताः (āyatāḥ) - extended, long

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āyata

āyata - extended, long, stretched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √yam with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

दंष्ट्राः (daṁṣṭrāḥ) - tusks, fangs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of daṃṣṭrā

daṁṣṭrā - tusk, fang

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a measure of distance)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - yojana (a unit of distance, approximately 8-16 km), union, yoking

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'each a hundred'.

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'each a hundred'.

इतरे (itare) - other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of itara

itara - other, different, additional

Note: Refers to the other teeth.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the monstrous being described.

दशनाः (daśanāḥ) - teeth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daśana

daśana - tooth, biting

Root: daṃś (class 1)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were, they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Perfect tense form of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

दशयोजनाः (daśayojanāḥ) - ten yojanas long

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daśayojana

daśayojana - ten yojanas (long)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśa+yojana)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• yojana – yojana (a unit of distance, approximately 8-16 km)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with daśanāḥ.

प्राकारसदृशाकाराः (prākārasadṛśākārāḥ) - shaped like fortress walls

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prākārasadṛśākāra

prākārasadṛśākāra - having a form like a fortress wall

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prākāra+sadṛśa+ākāra)

• prākāra – fortress wall, enclosure
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – like, resembling, similar
  adjective
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with daśanāḥ.

शूलाग्रसमदर्शनाः (śūlāgrasamadarśanāḥ) - appearing like the tips of lances

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūlāgrasamadarśana

śūlāgrasamadarśana - appearing like the tip of a lance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūla+agra+sama+darśana)

• śūla – lance, spear, spike
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, front
  noun (neuter)
• sama – like, similar, equal
  adjective
• darśana – appearance, sight
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with daśanāḥ.