महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-14

नदन्तो विविधान्नादान्मेघा इव सविद्युतः ।
शरशक्त्यृष्टिनाराचैर्निघ्नन्तो गजयोधिनः ॥१४॥

14. nadanto vividhānnādānmeghā iva savidyutaḥ ,
śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārācairnighnanto gajayodhinaḥ.

14. nadantaḥ vividhān nādān meghāḥ iva savidyutaḥ
śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārācaiḥ nighnantaḥ gajayodhinaḥ

14. savidyutaḥ meghāḥ iva vividhān nādān nadantaḥ (te rākṣasāḥ)
śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārācaiḥ gajayodhinaḥ nighnantaḥ (āsan)

14. Roaring various sounds like clouds with lightning, they struck the elephant warriors with arrows, spears, javelins, and iron darts.

Words meanings summery:

• नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring, shouting, making noise

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

• नादान् (nādān) - sounds, roars, cries

• मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• सविद्युतः (savidyutaḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

• शरशक्त्यृष्टिनाराचैः (śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārācaiḥ) - with arrows, spears, javelins, and iron darts

• निघ्नन्तः (nighnantaḥ) - striking, killing, slaying

• गजयोधिनः (gajayodhinaḥ) - elephant warriors

Words meanings and morphology

नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring, shouting, making noise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nadat

nadat - roaring, sounding, making a noise, shouting

Present Active Participle

From root √nad (to roar, sound).

Root: nad (class 1)

विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different kinds of

Note: Agrees with nādān.

नादान् (nādān) - sounds, roars, cries

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry, noise

From root √nad (to roar).

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Object of nadantaḥ.

मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

Root: mih (class 1)

Note: Used in comparison with iva.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

सविद्युतः (savidyutaḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of savidyut

savidyut - accompanied by lightning, with lightning

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vidyut)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'with'.
• vidyut – lightning, flash
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vidyut (class 1)

Note: Agrees with meghāḥ.

शरशक्त्यृष्टिनाराचैः (śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārācaiḥ) - with arrows, spears, javelins, and iron darts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārāca

śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārāca - a collection of weapons including arrows, spears, javelins, and iron darts

Compound type : dvandva (śara+śakti+ṛṣṭi+nārāca)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ (class 3)
• śakti – spear, lance, dart
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)
• ṛṣṭi – spear, javelin
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ṛṣ (class 1)
• nārāca – iron dart, arrow (made of iron)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrument for striking.

निघ्नन्तः (nighnantaḥ) - striking, killing, slaying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nighnat

nighnat - striking, killing, slaying, destroying

Present Active Participle

From root √han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

गजयोधिनः (gajayodhinaḥ) - elephant warriors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gajayodhin

gajayodhin - one who fights on an elephant, an elephant-warrior

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+yodhin)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• yodhin – fighter, warrior
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √yudh (to fight).
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of nighnantaḥ.