महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-169, verse-16

ते वज्रवेगाभिहता दानवाः पर्वतोपमाः ।
इतरेतरमाश्लिष्य न्यपतन्पृथिवीतले ॥१६॥

16. te vajravegābhihatā dānavāḥ parvatopamāḥ ,
itaretaramāśliṣya nyapatanpṛthivītale.

16. te vajravegābhihatāḥ dānavāḥ parvatopamāḥ
itaretaram āśliṣya nyapatan pṛthivītale

16. Struck by the tremendous force of the thunderbolt, those mountain-like demons fell down onto the surface of the earth, entangled with each other.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (those (masculine plural))

• वज्रवेगाभिहताः (vajravegābhihatāḥ) - struck by the tremendous force of the thunderbolt (struck by the force of the thunderbolt)

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons (demons (descendants of Danu))

• पर्वतोपमाः (parvatopamāḥ) - mountain-like (mountain-like, resembling mountains)

• इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other (each other, mutually)

• आश्लिष्य (āśliṣya) - entangled with each other (lit. having embraced) (having embraced, clinging to)

• न्यपतन् (nyapatan) - fell down (they fell down)

• पृथिवीतले (pṛthivītale) - onto the surface of the earth (on the surface of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (those (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Nominative plural of masculine pronoun tad.

वज्रवेगाभिहताः (vajravegābhihatāḥ) - struck by the tremendous force of the thunderbolt (struck by the force of the thunderbolt)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajravegābhihata

vajravegābhihata - struck by the force of the thunderbolt

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root han- 'to strike' with upasarga abhi, compounded with vajravega (force of thunderbolt).

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (vajravega+abhihata)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
• vega – speed, force, velocity
  noun (masculine)
• abhihata – struck, smitten, hit
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root han with upasarga abhi.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Nominative plural of masculine adjective vajravegābhihata.

दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons (demons (descendants of Danu))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - a demon, a descendant of Danu

Note: Nominative plural of masculine noun dānava.

पर्वतोपमाः (parvatopamāḥ) - mountain-like (mountain-like, resembling mountains)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvatopama

parvatopama - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

Compound type : upama-sāmānya-vacana (parvata+upama)

• parvata – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• upama – likeness, comparison, resemblance, like
  noun (feminine)

Note: Nominative plural of masculine adjective parvatopama.

इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other (each other, mutually)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of itaretara

itaretara - each other, mutual, reciprocal

Compound type : dvandva (itara+itara)

• itara – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)
• itara – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular of neuter pronoun itaretara (used adverbially).

आश्लिष्य (āśliṣya) - entangled with each other (lit. having embraced) (having embraced, clinging to)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) of root śliṣ with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

न्यपतन् (nyapatan) - fell down (they fell down)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of nipat

Imperfect tense, third person plural of root pat with upasarga ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Imperfect tense, third person plural of verb ni + pat.

पृथिवीतले (pṛthivītale) - onto the surface of the earth (on the surface of the earth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pṛthivītala

pṛthivītala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : genitive tatpurusha (pṛthivī+tala)

• pṛthivī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative singular of neuter noun pṛthivītala.