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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-6

पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठबाहुशाखानिरन्तरम् ।
वनं कुरूणां छेत्स्यामि भल्लैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥६॥
6. pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśākhānirantaram ,
vanaṁ kurūṇāṁ chetsyāmi bhallaiḥ saṁnataparvabhiḥ.
6. pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśākhānirantaram vanam
kurūṇām chetsyāmi bhallaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
6. I will cut down the Kuru army, which is like a dense forest of hands, feet, heads, backs, and arm-branches, using my sharp-pointed arrows (bhallaiḥ).

Words meanings summery:

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  • पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठबाहुशाखानिरन्तरम् (pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśākhānirantaram) - densely packed with the hands, feet, heads, backs, and arm-like branches (of the Kuru warriors) (full of hands, feet, heads, backs, and arm-branches; densely packed with limbs)
  • वनम् (vanam) - forest (metaphor for the Kuru army) (forest, wood, grove)
  • कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus
  • छेत्स्यामि (chetsyāmi) - I will cut, I will cut down, I will cut off
  • भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with sharp-pointed arrows (with lances, with spears, with certain kinds of arrows)
  • संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with sharp-pointed (arrows) (with well-bent joints/nodes; with sharp points)

Words meanings and morphology

पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठबाहुशाखानिरन्तरम् (pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśākhānirantaram) - densely packed with the hands, feet, heads, backs, and arm-like branches (of the Kuru warriors) (full of hands, feet, heads, backs, and arm-branches; densely packed with limbs)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśākhānirantara
pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśākhānirantara - full of hands, feet, heads, backs, and arm-branches
Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāṇi+pāda+śiras+pṛṣṭha+bāhu+śākhā+nirantara)
  • pāṇi – hand
    noun (masculine)
  • pāda – foot, leg
    noun (masculine)
  • śiras – head
    noun (neuter)
  • pṛṣṭha – back, surface
    noun (neuter)
  • bāhu – arm
    noun (masculine)
  • śākhā – branch, limb
    noun (feminine)
  • nirantara – without interval, dense, full of
    adjective (neuter)
    Prefix: nis
Note: Qualifies 'vanam'.
वनम् (vanam) - forest (metaphor for the Kuru army) (forest, wood, grove)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vana
vana - forest, wood, grove
Root: van (class 1)
Note: Object of 'chetsyāmi'.
कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru
kuru - Kuru (ancestor of a dynasty), descendants of Kuru
Note: Possessive, 'of the Kurus'.
छेत्स्यामि (chetsyāmi) - I will cut, I will cut down, I will cut off
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of chid
Future form of root √chid
Root: chid (class 7)
भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with sharp-pointed arrows (with lances, with spears, with certain kinds of arrows)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhalla
bhalla - spear, lance, a particular kind of arrow
Note: Instrument of cutting.
संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with sharp-pointed (arrows) (with well-bent joints/nodes; with sharp points)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of saṃnataparva
saṁnataparva - having well-bent joints/nodes, having sharp points
Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃnata+parvan)
  • saṃnata – bent, bowed, lowered, well-set
    participle (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    from prefix saṃ- and root √nam (to bend, bow)
    Prefix: sam
    Root: nam (class 1)
  • parvan – joint, knot, limb, division, tip of an arrow
    noun (neuter)
Note: Qualifies 'bhallaiḥ'.