महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-9

पतितान्युत्तमाङ्गानि बाहवश्च विभूषिताः ।
व्यचेष्टन्त महीं प्राप्य शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥९॥

9. patitānyuttamāṅgāni bāhavaśca vibhūṣitāḥ ,
vyaceṣṭanta mahīṁ prāpya śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

9. patitāni uttama-aṅgāni bāhavaḥ ca vibhūṣitāḥ |
vyaceṣṭanta mahīm prāpya śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

9. patitāni uttama-aṅgāni ca vibhūṣitāḥ bāhavaḥ
mahīm prāpya śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ vyaceṣṭanta

9. The fallen heads and adorned arms, having reached the ground, twitched by hundreds and then by thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• पतितानि (patitāni) - fallen (off bodies) (fallen, descended, dropped)

• उत्तम-अङ्गानि (uttama-aṅgāni) - heads (as the best/highest limb) (best limbs, heads, excellent parts)

• बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• विभूषिताः (vibhūṣitāḥ) - adorned, decorated, ornamented

• व्यचेष्टन्त (vyaceṣṭanta) - they twitched, stirred, moved convulsively

• महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

पतितानि (patitāni) - fallen (off bodies) (fallen, descended, dropped)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped, low, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pat (to fall) with suffix -ta

Root: pat (class 1)

उत्तम-अङ्गानि (uttama-aṅgāni) - heads (as the best/highest limb) (best limbs, heads, excellent parts)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of uttama-aṅga

uttama-aṅga - best limb, head

Compound type : karmadhāraya (uttama+aṅga)

• uttama – best, highest, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of 'ud' (up, out) or 'ucca' (high)
• aṅga – limb, body, part, member
  noun (neuter)

बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

विभूषिताः (vibhūṣitāḥ) - adorned, decorated, ornamented

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vibhūṣita

vibhūṣita - adorned, decorated, ornamented, embellished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhūṣ (to adorn) with prefix vi- and suffix -ita

Prefix: vi

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

व्यचेष्टन्त (vyaceṣṭanta) - they twitched, stirred, moved convulsively

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of ceṣṭa

Prefix: vi

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √āp (to obtain) with prefix pra- and suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śaḥ indicating 'by numbers'

अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śaḥ indicating 'by numbers'