महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-83, verse-34

प्रासैरभिहताः केचिद्गजयोधाः समन्ततः ।
पतमानाः स्म दृश्यन्ते गिरिशृङ्गान्नगा इव ॥३४॥

34. prāsairabhihatāḥ kecidgajayodhāḥ samantataḥ ,
patamānāḥ sma dṛśyante giriśṛṅgānnagā iva.

34. prāsaiḥ abhihatāḥ kecit gajayodhāḥ samantataḥ
| patamānāḥ sma dṛśyante giriśṛṅgāt nagāḥ iva

34. samantataḥ prāsaiḥ abhihatāḥ kecit gajayodhāḥ
patamānāḥ giriśṛṅgāt nagāḥ iva dṛśyante sma

34. Some elephant warriors, struck by javelins (prāsa) from all sides, were seen falling like mountains from mountain peaks.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - by javelins, by spears

• अभिहताः (abhihatāḥ) - struck, hit, wounded

• केचित् (kecit) - some, a few

• गजयोधाः (gajayodhāḥ) - elephant warriors, warriors on elephants

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

• पतमानाः (patamānāḥ) - falling, in the act of falling

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen

• गिरिशृङ्गात् (giriśṛṅgāt) - from mountain peaks

• नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains (mountains, trees (that do not move))

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - by javelins, by spears

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāsa

prāsa - javelin, spear, dart, missile

अभिहताः (abhihatāḥ) - struck, hit, wounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhihata

abhihata - struck, hit, wounded, attacked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

केचित् (kecit) - some, a few

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which (as interrogative pronoun); some, a certain (as indefinite pronoun)

गजयोधाः (gajayodhāḥ) - elephant warriors, warriors on elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gajayodha

gajayodha - elephant warrior, soldier fighting from an elephant

Compound type : tatpurusha (gaja+yodha)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• yodha – warrior, fighter, combatant
  noun (masculine)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

(indeclinable)

पतमानाः (patamānāḥ) - falling, in the act of falling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patamāna

patamāna - falling, descending, dropping

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall, fly), in ātmanepada form

Root: pat (class 1)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

गिरिशृङ्गात् (giriśṛṅgāt) - from mountain peaks

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of giriśṛṅga

giriśṛṅga - mountain peak, summit of a mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (giri+śṛṅga)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – peak, horn, summit, top
  noun (neuter)

नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains (mountains, trees (that do not move))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naga

naga - mountain, tree (lit. 'not moving')

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)