महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-74, verse-33

छिन्नहस्ता विकवचा विदेहाश्च नरोत्तमाः ।
पतितास्तत्र दृश्यन्ते शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥३३॥

33. chinnahastā vikavacā videhāśca narottamāḥ ,
patitāstatra dṛśyante śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

33. chinnahastāḥ vikavacāḥ videhāḥ ca narottamāḥ
patitāḥ tatra dṛśyante śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

33. tatra chinnahastāḥ vikavacāḥ videhāḥ ca narottamāḥ
patitāḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ dṛśyante

33. There, excellent men (heroes) with severed hands, without armor, and disembodied (headless) are seen fallen in hundreds and thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्नहस्ताः (chinnahastāḥ) - having severed hands, with hands cut off

• विकवचाः (vikavacāḥ) - without armor, disarmed

• विदेहाः (videhāḥ) - headless bodies, as their heads have been severed (without bodies, disembodied)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नरोत्तमाः (narottamāḥ) - excellent men, best of men, heroes

• पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen, collapsed, dropped

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, are visible

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - in hundreds, by hundreds

• अथ (atha) - and, then, now, moreover

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - in thousands, by thousands

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्नहस्ताः (chinnahastāḥ) - having severed hands, with hands cut off

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinnahasta

chinnahasta - having severed hands, with hands cut off

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+hasta)

• chinna – severed, cut, broken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root chid (to cut) with suffix -ta
  Root: chid (class 7)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'narottamāḥ'.

विकवचाः (vikavacāḥ) - without armor, disarmed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikavaca

vikavaca - without armor

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+kavaca)

• vi – without, separation, negation
  prefix
• kavaca – armor, mail, breastplate
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'narottamāḥ'.

विदेहाः (videhāḥ) - headless bodies, as their heads have been severed (without bodies, disembodied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of videha

videha - without a body, disembodied; a headless trunk (metaphorical for lack of body)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+deha)

• vi – without, separation, negation
  prefix
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'narottamāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नरोत्तमाः (narottamāḥ) - excellent men, best of men, heroes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of narottama

narottama - best of men, excellent man, hero

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen, collapsed, dropped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, degraded

Past Passive Participle

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

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'narottamāḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, are visible

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - in hundreds, by hundreds

(indeclinable)

Derived from śata (hundred) with suffix -śas

अथ (atha) - and, then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - in thousands, by thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from sahasra (thousand) with suffix -śas