महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-11

प्रावर्तत महावेगा नदी रुधिरवाहिनी ।
मातङ्गाङ्गशिलारौद्रा मांसशोणितकर्दमा ॥११॥

11. prāvartata mahāvegā nadī rudhiravāhinī ,
mātaṅgāṅgaśilāraudrā māṁsaśoṇitakardamā.

11. prāvartata mahā-vegā nadī rudhira-vāhinī |
mātaṅga-aṅga-śilā-raudrā māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā

11. mahā-vegā rudhira-vāhinī mātaṅga-aṅga-śilā-raudrā
māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā nadī prāvartata

11. A mighty, swiftly flowing river, carrying blood, began to flow; it was fierce with elephant bodies as its rocks and had flesh and blood as its mud.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - it began to flow (it began, it commenced, it flowed)

• महा-वेगा (mahā-vegā) - swift-flowing, very fast, having great speed

• नदी (nadī) - river

• रुधिर-वाहिनी (rudhira-vāhinī) - carrying blood, flowing with blood

• मातङ्ग-अङ्ग-शिला-रौद्रा (mātaṅga-aṅga-śilā-raudrā) - fierce with elephant bodies as rocks

• मांस-शोणित-कर्दमा (māṁsa-śoṇita-kardamā) - having mud of flesh and blood

Words meanings and morphology

प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - it began to flow (it began, it commenced, it flowed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

महा-वेगा (mahā-vegā) - swift-flowing, very fast, having great speed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahā-vega

mahā-vega - having great speed, swiftly flowing

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+vega)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• vega – speed, velocity, impulse
  noun (masculine)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

रुधिर-वाहिनी (rudhira-vāhinī) - carrying blood, flowing with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rudhira-vāhinī

rudhira-vāhinī - carrying blood, flowing with blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rudhira+vāhinī)

• rudhira – blood, bloody
  noun (neuter)
• vāhinī – carrying, flowing, a river
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent Noun (feminine)
  Derived from root √vah (to carry, flow)
  Root: vah (class 1)

मातङ्ग-अङ्ग-शिला-रौद्रा (mātaṅga-aṅga-śilā-raudrā) - fierce with elephant bodies as rocks

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātaṅga-aṅga-śilā-raudra

mātaṅga-aṅga-śilā-raudra - fierce/dreadful with elephant bodies acting as rocks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mātaṅga-aṅga+śilā+raudra)

• mātaṅga – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)
• śilā – rock, stone, slab
  noun (feminine)
• raudra – fierce, dreadful, terrible, belonging to Rudra
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Here, 'mātaṅgāṅga' serves as an Upamāna, like 'elephant bodies are rocks'.

मांस-शोणित-कर्दमा (māṁsa-śoṇita-kardamā) - having mud of flesh and blood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māṃsa-śoṇita-kardama

māṁsa-śoṇita-kardama - having mud consisting of flesh and blood

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (māṃsa+śoṇita+kardama)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• kardama – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)