महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-23, verse-4

अथ दानवसंघास्ते विकृताननमूर्धजाः ।
उदक्रोशन्महाराज विष्ठिते मयि भारत ॥४॥

4. atha dānavasaṁghāste vikṛtānanamūrdhajāḥ ,
udakrośanmahārāja viṣṭhite mayi bhārata.

4. atha dānavasaṅghāḥ te vikṛtānanavūrdhajāḥ
udakrośan mahārāja viṣṭhite mayi bhārata

4. Then, O great king, O descendant of Bharata, those hosts of Dānavas, with their distorted faces and hair, cried out when I was present there.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• दानवसङ्घाः (dānavasaṅghāḥ) - hosts of Dānavas, throngs of demons

• ते (te) - those, they

• विकृताननवूर्धजाः (vikṛtānanavūrdhajāḥ) - with distorted faces and hair

• उदक्रोशन् (udakrośan) - they cried out, they roared

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• विष्ठिते (viṣṭhite) - standing, being present, situated

• मयि (mayi) - in me, upon me, to me

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

दानवसङ्घाः (dānavasaṅghāḥ) - hosts of Dānavas, throngs of demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānavasaṅgha

dānavasaṅgha - assemblage of Dānavas (demons), host of demons

Compound type : tatpurusha (dānava+saṅgha)

• dānava – a descendant of Danu, a demon
  noun (masculine)
• saṅgha – collection, host, multitude, community
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-√han, but often treated as a direct noun.
  Prefix: sam

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

3rd person plural masculine nominative pronoun

Note: Refers to Dānavas.

विकृताननवूर्धजाः (vikṛtānanavūrdhajāḥ) - with distorted faces and hair

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikṛtānanavūrdhaja

vikṛtānanavūrdhaja - having distorted faces and hair

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vikṛta+ānana+mūrdhaja)

• vikṛta – distorted, deformed, changed, altered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of vi-√kṛ
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)
• mūrdhaja – hair (growing on the head)
  noun (masculine)
  Literally 'born on the head'.

Note: Agrees with 'dānavasaṅghāḥ'.

उदक्रोशन् (udakrośan) - they cried out, they roared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of krūś

imperfect

3rd person plural imperfect active of root krūś with upasarga ud

Prefix: ud

Root: krūś (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

विष्ठिते (viṣṭhite) - standing, being present, situated

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of viṣṭhita

viṣṭhita - standing, existing, situated, present

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of vi-√sthā

Prefix: vi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'mayi'.

मयि (mayi) - in me, upon me, to me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

1st person singular pronoun locative case

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'viṣṭhite'.

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata