महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-170, verse-48

त्रिशिरोभिश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रैश्चतुरास्यैश्चतुर्भुजैः ।
अनेकरूपसंयुक्तैर्मांसमेदोवसाशिभिः ।
अभीक्ष्णं वध्यमानास्ते दानवा ये समागताः ॥४८॥

48. triśirobhiścaturdaṁṣṭraiścaturāsyaiścaturbhujaiḥ ,
anekarūpasaṁyuktairmāṁsamedovasāśibhiḥ ,
abhīkṣṇaṁ vadhyamānāste dānavā ye samāgatāḥ.

48. triśirobhiḥ caturdaṃṣṭraiḥ caturāsyaiḥ
caturbhujaiḥ anekarūpasaṃyuktaiḥ
māṃsamedovasāśibhiḥ abhīkṣṇam
vadhyamānāḥ te dānavāḥ ye samāgatāḥ

48. Those Dānavas (demons) who had assembled, possessing three heads, four fangs, four faces, four arms, endowed with various forms, and subsisting on flesh, fat, and marrow, were being repeatedly slain.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रिशिरोभिः (triśirobhiḥ) - by those having three heads, with three heads

• चतुर्दंष्ट्रैः (caturdaṁṣṭraiḥ) - by those having four fangs/tusks, with four fangs

• चतुरास्यैः (caturāsyaiḥ) - by those having four faces, with four faces

• चतुर्भुजैः (caturbhujaiḥ) - by those having four arms, with four arms

• अनेकरूपसंयुक्तैः (anekarūpasaṁyuktaiḥ) - by those endowed with many forms, with various forms

• मांसमेदोवसाशिभिः (māṁsamedovasāśibhiḥ) - by those devouring flesh, fat, and marrow; subsisting on flesh, fat, and marrow

• अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - repeatedly, constantly, frequently

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being killed, being slain

• ते (te) - those

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Dānavas, demons, Asuras

• ये (ye) - who

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - who had assembled, who had come together

Words meanings and morphology

त्रिशिरोभिः (triśirobhiḥ) - by those having three heads, with three heads

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of triśiras

triśiras - three-headed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+śiras)

• tri – three
  numeral
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

चतुर्दंष्ट्रैः (caturdaṁṣṭraiḥ) - by those having four fangs/tusks, with four fangs

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of caturdaṃṣṭra

caturdaṁṣṭra - four-fanged, having four tusks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+daṃṣṭra)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daṃṣṭra – fang, tusk
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

चतुरास्यैः (caturāsyaiḥ) - by those having four faces, with four faces

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of caturāsya

caturāsya - four-faced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+āsya)

• catur – four
  numeral
• āsya – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

चतुर्भुजैः (caturbhujaiḥ) - by those having four arms, with four arms

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of caturbhuja

caturbhuja - four-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+bhuja)

• catur – four
  numeral
• bhuja – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

अनेकरूपसंयुक्तैः (anekarūpasaṁyuktaiḥ) - by those endowed with many forms, with various forms

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of anekarūpasaṃyukta

anekarūpasaṁyukta - endowed with many forms

Past Passive Participle

Formed from saṃ + yuj (to join, connect) with suffix kta, compounded with anekarūpa.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aneka+rūpa+saṃyukta)

• aneka – many, various
  adjective
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• saṃyukta – joined, connected, endowed with, united
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root yuj with prefix sam and suffix kta.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

मांसमेदोवसाशिभिः (māṁsamedovasāśibhiḥ) - by those devouring flesh, fat, and marrow; subsisting on flesh, fat, and marrow

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of māṃsamedovasāśin

māṁsamedovasāśin - flesh, fat, and marrow eater

Compound ending in āśin (one who eats), derived from aś (to eat).

Compound type : dvandva (māṃsa+medas+vasā+āśin)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• medas – fat, marrow
  noun (neuter)
• vasā – fat, marrow, grease
  noun (feminine)
• āśin – eater, devouring
  adjective
  Agent Noun suffix
  Formed with suffix ini (णिन्) indicating an agent.
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - repeatedly, constantly, frequently

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of a neuter accusative singular form.

Note: Acts as an adverb modifying vadhyamānāḥ.

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being killed, being slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slain

Present Passive Participle

From causative stem vadhyate (to be killed) of root vadh (to strike, kill), with śānac suffix.

Root: vadh

Note: Participial adjective modifying dānavāḥ.

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Dānavas, demons, Asuras

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - a descendant of Danu; demon, Asura

ये (ye) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to dānavāḥ.

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - who had assembled, who had come together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, come together, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefixes sam (together) and ā (towards), and suffix kta.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Participial adjective modifying dānavāḥ.