महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-30, verse-26

भीमाश्च मत्तमातङ्गाः प्रभिन्नकरटामुखाः ।
क्षरन्त इव जीमूताः सुदन्ताः षष्टिहायनाः ॥२६॥

26. bhīmāśca mattamātaṅgāḥ prabhinnakaraṭāmukhāḥ ,
kṣaranta iva jīmūtāḥ sudantāḥ ṣaṣṭihāyanāḥ.

26. bhīmāḥ ca mattamātaṅgāḥ prabhinnakaraṭāmukhāḥ
kṣarantaḥ iva jīmūtāḥ sudantāḥ ṣaṣṭihāyanāḥ

26. They (the Pāṇḍavas) were dreadful, like rutting elephants with burst temples, raining (fluid) like clouds, well-tusked, and sixty years old.

Words meanings summery:

• भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - dreadful, terrible, formidable

• च (ca) - and

• मत्तमातङ्गाः (mattamātaṅgāḥ) - rutting elephants, wild elephants in rut

• प्रभिन्नकरटामुखाः (prabhinnakaraṭāmukhāḥ) - having temples burst open (from rut), with gushing temples

• क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - flowing, oozing, distilling, raining

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• जीमूताः (jīmūtāḥ) - clouds

• सुदन्ताः (sudantāḥ) - well-tusked, having beautiful teeth

• षष्टिहायनाः (ṣaṣṭihāyanāḥ) - sixty years old (referring to elephants in their prime) (sixty years old)

Words meanings and morphology

भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - dreadful, terrible, formidable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīma

bhīma - dreadful, terrible, formidable, a name for Bhīma

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मत्तमातङ्गाः (mattamātaṅgāḥ) - rutting elephants, wild elephants in rut

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mattamātaṅga

mattamātaṅga - a rutting elephant, a wild elephant in musth

Compound type : karmadharaya (matta+mātaṅga)

• matta – intoxicated, rutting, wild, mad, furious
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √mad (to be exhilarated, to be intoxicated)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• mātaṅga – elephant, outcaste
  noun (masculine)

प्रभिन्नकरटामुखाः (prabhinnakaraṭāmukhāḥ) - having temples burst open (from rut), with gushing temples

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prabhinnakaraṭāmukha

prabhinnakaraṭāmukha - having temples burst open (due to rut-fluid), with gushing temples

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prabhinna+karaṭa+mukha)

• prabhinna – burst open, fractured, gushing forth, split
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhid (to break, to split) with prefix 'pra-'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• karaṭa – temple (of an elephant), cheek
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – face, mouth, opening, front, orifice
  noun (neuter)

क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - flowing, oozing, distilling, raining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣarant

kṣarant - flowing, oozing, raining (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √kṣar (to flow, to distil, to drop)

Root: kṣar (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

जीमूताः (jīmūtāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīmūta

jīmūta - cloud, thundercloud

सुदन्ताः (sudantāḥ) - well-tusked, having beautiful teeth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudanta

sudanta - well-tusked, having beautiful teeth

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+danta)

• su – good, well, excellent, beautiful
  indeclinable
• danta – tooth, tusk, ivory
  noun (masculine)

षष्टिहायनाः (ṣaṣṭihāyanāḥ) - sixty years old (referring to elephants in their prime) (sixty years old)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṣaṣṭihāyana

ṣaṣṭihāyana - sixty years old

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ṣaṣṭi+hāyana)

• ṣaṣṭi – sixty
  noun (feminine)
• hāyana – year
  noun (neuter)