महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-58, verse-57

यमदण्डोपमां गुर्वीमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् ।
अपश्याम महाराज रौद्रां विशसनीं गदाम् ॥५७॥

57. yamadaṇḍopamāṁ gurvīmindrāśanisamasvanām ,
apaśyāma mahārāja raudrāṁ viśasanīṁ gadām.

57. yamadaṇḍopamām gurvīm indrāśanisamasvanām
apaśyāma mahārāja raudrām viśasanīm gadām

57. mahārāja yamadaṇḍopamām gurvīm indrāśanisamasvanām
raudrām viśasanīm gadām apaśyāma

57. O great king, we saw a dreadful, destructive mace (gadā) that was heavy, resembled Yama's rod, and had a sound like Indra's thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

• यमदण्डोपमाम् (yamadaṇḍopamām) - resembling Yama's rod

• गुर्वीम् (gurvīm) - heavy, formidable, weighty

• इन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् (indrāśanisamasvanām) - having a sound like Indra's thunderbolt

• अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• रौद्राम् (raudrām) - dreadful, ferocious, fearful

• विशसनीम् (viśasanīm) - destructive, slaughtering, tearing apart

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

Words meanings and morphology

यमदण्डोपमाम् (yamadaṇḍopamām) - resembling Yama's rod

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yamadaṇḍopamā

yamadaṇḍopamā - resembling Yama's rod, like Yama's staff

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yamadaṇḍa+upamā)

• yamadaṇḍa – Yama's rod, the staff of Yama
  noun (masculine)
• upamā – comparison, resemblance, simile
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: upa

गुर्वीम् (gurvīm) - heavy, formidable, weighty

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gurvī

gurvī - heavy, weighty, formidable (feminine of guru)

इन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् (indrāśanisamasvanām) - having a sound like Indra's thunderbolt

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of indrāśanisamasvanā

indrāśanisamasvanā - having a sound like Indra's thunderbolt

Compound type : bahuvrihi (indrāśani+sama+svana)

• indrāśani – Indra's thunderbolt
  noun (masculine)
• sama – similar, equal, like
  adjective
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)

अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

imperfect past tense

Root 'dṛś' (class 1, sometimes 4 in present stem 'paśya'). 'a-' is the augment for past tense. '-āma' is the ending for 1st person plural active imperfect.

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, sovereign
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

रौद्राम् (raudrām) - dreadful, ferocious, fearful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of raudrā

raudrā - dreadful, terrible, fierce (feminine of raudra)

Derived from Rudra, meaning 'pertaining to Rudra' or 'like Rudra'.

विशसनीम् (viśasanīm) - destructive, slaughtering, tearing apart

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśasanī

viśasanī - destructive, slaughtering, murderous (feminine of viśasanin)

Derived from the root 'śas' (to cut, kill) with the prefix 'vi-'. The suffix '-ana' denotes action, and '-in' forms an agent noun/adjective.

Prefix: vi

Root: śas (class 1)

गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club, cudgel

Root: gad (class 1)