महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-37

गिरिमात्रा हि ते नागा भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमाः ।
विरेजुर्वसुधां प्राप्य विकीर्णा इव पर्वताः ॥३७॥

37. girimātrā hi te nāgā bhinnāñjanacayopamāḥ ,
virejurvasudhāṁ prāpya vikīrṇā iva parvatāḥ.

37. giri-mātrāḥ hi te nāgāḥ bhinnāñjana-caya-upamāḥ
virejuḥ vasudhām prāpya vikīrṇāḥ iva parvatāḥ

37. hi te giri-mātrāḥ bhinnāñjana-caya-upamāḥ nāgāḥ
vasudhām prāpya vikīrṇāḥ parvatāḥ iva virejuḥ

37. Indeed, those elephants, massive as mountains and resembling scattered piles of collyrium, looked splendid as they reached the earth, like mountains strewn about.

Words meanings summery:

• गिरि-मात्राः (giri-mātrāḥ) - mountain-sized, as big as mountains

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• ते (te) - those

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants; serpents)

• भिन्नाञ्जन-चय-उपमाः (bhinnāñjana-caya-upamāḥ) - resembling scattered heaps of collyrium

• विरेजुः (virejuḥ) - they shone, they appeared splendid

• वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

• विकीर्णाः (vikīrṇāḥ) - scattered, strewn

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

Words meanings and morphology

गिरि-मात्राः (giri-mātrāḥ) - mountain-sized, as big as mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of giri-mātra

giri-mātra - mountain-sized, of the measure of a mountain

Compound adjective

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (giri+mātra)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṝ
• mātra – measure, extent, quantity; mere, only
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root mā (to measure)
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agreement with 'nāgāḥ'

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agreement with 'nāgāḥ'

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants; serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake; elephant; a class of mythical beings

Note: Subject of 'virejuḥ'

भिन्नाञ्जन-चय-उपमाः (bhinnāñjana-caya-upamāḥ) - resembling scattered heaps of collyrium

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhinnāñjana-caya-upama

bhinnāñjana-caya-upama - resembling scattered heaps of collyrium

Compound adjective

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bhinna+añjana+caya+upama)

• bhinna – broken, scattered, separated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhid (to break, cleave)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• añjana – collyrium, black pigment
  noun (neuter)
  Root: añj (class 7)
• caya – heap, pile, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root ci (to gather)
  Root: ci (class 5)
• upama – resemblance, comparison, similar
  adjective (masculine)
  From upa + mā
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agreement with 'nāgāḥ'

विरेजुः (virejuḥ) - they shone, they appeared splendid

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of virāj

imperfect tense, 3rd plural

vi-√rāj

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth (bearer of wealth)

From vasu (wealth) + dhā (to hold)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of prāpya

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From pra-√āp + lyaP suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies virejuḥ

विकीर्णाः (vikīrṇāḥ) - scattered, strewn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikīrṇa

vikīrṇa - scattered, strewn, dispersed

Past Passive Participle

From vi-√kṛ (to scatter) + kta suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Agreement with 'parvatāḥ' (implied comparison)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Root: pṛ

Note: Completes the simile with 'nāgāḥ'