महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-67, verse-40

तेषां तथा कर्षतां च गजानां रूपमाबभौ ।
सरःसु नलिनीजालं विषक्तमिव कर्षताम् ॥४०॥

40. teṣāṁ tathā karṣatāṁ ca gajānāṁ rūpamābabhau ,
saraḥsu nalinījālaṁ viṣaktamiva karṣatām.

40. teṣām tathā karṣatām ca gajānām rūpam ābabhau
saraḥsu nalinījālam viṣaktam iva karṣatām

40. teṣām gajānām tathā karṣatām ca rūpam,
saraḥsu viṣaktam nalinījālam karṣatām iva ābabhau

40. The sight of those elephants, pulling as they did, appeared like a tangled mass of lotus stalks being dragged out of lakes.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, similarly

• कर्षताम् (karṣatām) - of those pulling, of those dragging

• च (ca) - and

• गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, sight

• आबभौ (ābabhau) - shone, appeared

• सरःसु (saraḥsu) - in the lakes, in the ponds

• नलिनीजालम् (nalinījālam) - a mass of lotus stalks, a network of lotuses

• विषक्तम् (viṣaktam) - entangled, adhering, clinging

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• कर्षताम् (karṣatām) - referring to the elephants mentioned previously (of those pulling, of those dragging)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

कर्षताम् (karṣatām) - of those pulling, of those dragging

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of karṣat

karṣat - pulling, dragging

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kṛṣ (to pull) with śatṛ suffix.

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, sight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

आबभौ (ābabhau) - shone, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ābhā

Perfect Active

Root bhā with augment ā

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

सरःसु (saraḥsu) - in the lakes, in the ponds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

नलिनीजालम् (nalinījālam) - a mass of lotus stalks, a network of lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nalinījāla

nalinījāla - mass/network of lotus plants/stalks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nalinī+jāla)

• nalinī – lotus plant, lotus
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, mass, multitude
  noun (neuter)

विषक्तम् (viṣaktam) - entangled, adhering, clinging

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣakta

viṣakta - entangled, attached, adhering

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sañj (to cling) with prefix vi and kta suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: sañj (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

कर्षताम् (karṣatām) - referring to the elephants mentioned previously (of those pulling, of those dragging)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of karṣat

karṣat - pulling, dragging

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kṛṣ (to pull) with śatṛ suffix.

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)