महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-22, verse-2

सर्वे संहृष्टरोमाणः संत्रस्ताः प्रेक्ष्य कीचकम् ।
तथा सर्वाङ्गसंभुग्नं कूर्मं स्थल इवोद्धृतम् ॥२॥

2. sarve saṁhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ saṁtrastāḥ prekṣya kīcakam ,
tathā sarvāṅgasaṁbhugnaṁ kūrmaṁ sthala ivoddhṛtam.

2. sarve saṃhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ santrastāḥ prekṣya kīcakam
tathā sarvāṅgasaṃbhugnam kūrmam sthale iva uddhṛtam

2. All of them, with their hair standing on end and greatly terrified, beheld Kīcaka, whose limbs were completely contorted, resembling a tortoise pulled out onto land.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• संहृष्टरोमाणः (saṁhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ) - having their hair (body-hair) standing on end due to terror. (with hair standing on end, thrilled)

• सन्त्रस्ताः (santrastāḥ) - terrified, frightened

• प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, having beheld

• कीचकम् (kīcakam) - Kīcaka

• तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, and

• सर्वाङ्गसंभुग्नम् (sarvāṅgasaṁbhugnam) - with all limbs broken/contorted/bent

• कूर्मम् (kūrmam) - tortoise, turtle

• स्थले (sthale) - on land, on the ground

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - lifted out, pulled out, extracted

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

संहृष्टरोमाणः (saṁhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ) - having their hair (body-hair) standing on end due to terror. (with hair standing on end, thrilled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃhṛṣṭaroman

saṁhṛṣṭaroman - with hair standing on end, having thrilling hair

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃhṛṣṭa+roman)

• saṃhṛṣṭa – thrilled, erected, delighted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'hṛṣ' (to thrill) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛṣ (class 4)
• roman – hair, body hair
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'sarve'.

सन्त्रस्ताः (santrastāḥ) - terrified, frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of santrasta

santrasta - terrified, greatly afraid

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root 'tras' (to tremble) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: tras (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'sarve'.

प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, having beheld

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from root 'īkṣ' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially.

कीचकम् (kīcakam) - Kīcaka

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kīcaka

kīcaka - Kīcaka (name of a powerful general in the court of Virāṭa, slain by Bhīma)

Note: Object of 'prekṣya'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

सर्वाङ्गसंभुग्नम् (sarvāṅgasaṁbhugnam) - with all limbs broken/contorted/bent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarvāṅgasaṃbhugna

sarvāṅgasaṁbhugna - with all limbs bent, contracted, or broken

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+aṅga+saṃbhugna)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun
• aṅga – limb, body part
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbhugna – bent, broken, contracted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'bhuj' (to bend, to break) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies 'kīcakam'.

कूर्मम् (kūrmam) - tortoise, turtle

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kūrma

kūrma - tortoise, turtle

Note: Part of the simile, compared to Kīcaka.

स्थले (sthale) - on land, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - land, place, ground

Note: Denotes location.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - lifted out, pulled out, extracted

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uddhṛta

uddhṛta - lifted out, pulled up, extracted

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root 'hṛ' (to carry, to take) with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'kūrmam'.