महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-101, verse-6

सहस्रशिरसः केचित्केचित्पञ्चशताननाः ।
शतशीर्षास्तथा केचित्केचित्त्रिशिरसोऽपि च ॥६॥

6. sahasraśirasaḥ kecitkecitpañcaśatānanāḥ ,
śataśīrṣāstathā kecitkecittriśiraso'pi ca.

6. sahasraśirasaḥ kecit kecit pañcaśatānanāḥ
śataśīrṣāḥ tathā kecit kecit triśirasaḥ api ca

6. Some of them had a thousand heads, while others had five hundred faces. Similarly, some possessed a hundred heads, and some even had three heads.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्रशिरसः (sahasraśirasaḥ) - having a thousand heads

• केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

• केचित् (kecit) - others (some, certain ones)

• पञ्चशताननाः (pañcaśatānanāḥ) - having five hundred faces

• शतशीर्षाः (śataśīrṣāḥ) - having a hundred heads

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in the same way, likewise)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (even) (some, certain ones)

• त्रिशिरसः (triśirasaḥ) - having three heads

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्रशिरसः (sahasraśirasaḥ) - having a thousand heads

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahasraśiras

sahasraśiras - having a thousand heads

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+śiras)

• sahasra – a thousand
  numeral/noun (neuter)
• śiras – head, skull, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes 'nāgāḥ'.

केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka_cid

ka_cid - someone, something, some, certain

Formed from interrogative pronoun 'ka' + indeclinable 'cid'.

Note: Refers to 'nāgāḥ'.

केचित् (kecit) - others (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka_cid

ka_cid - someone, something, some, certain

Formed from interrogative pronoun 'ka' + indeclinable 'cid'.

Note: Refers to 'nāgāḥ', distinguishing them from the previous group.

पञ्चशताननाः (pañcaśatānanāḥ) - having five hundred faces

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pañcaśatānana

pañcaśatānana - having five hundred faces

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañcaśata+ānana)

• pañcaśata – five hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• ānana – face, mouth, surface
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Describes 'nāgāḥ'.

शतशीर्षाः (śataśīrṣāḥ) - having a hundred heads

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śataśīrṣa

śataśīrṣa - hundred-headed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+śīrṣa)

• śata – a hundred
  numeral/noun (neuter)
• śīrṣa – head, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes 'nāgāḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in the same way, likewise)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses, meaning "likewise".

केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka_cid

ka_cid - someone, something, some, certain

Formed from interrogative pronoun 'ka' + indeclinable 'cid'.

Note: Refers to 'nāgāḥ'.

केचित् (kecit) - some (even) (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka_cid

ka_cid - someone, something, some, certain

Formed from interrogative pronoun 'ka' + indeclinable 'cid'.

Note: Refers to 'nāgāḥ', distinguishing them from the previous group.

त्रिशिरसः (triśirasaḥ) - having three heads

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of triśiras

triśiras - three-headed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+śiras)

• tri – three
  numeral
• śiras – head, skull, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes 'nāgāḥ'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.