महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-16

भिन्नकुम्भान्विरुधिरान्भिन्नगात्रांश्च वारणान् ।
अपश्याम महाराज वध्यमानान्निशाचरैः ॥१६॥

16. bhinnakumbhānvirudhirānbhinnagātrāṁśca vāraṇān ,
apaśyāma mahārāja vadhyamānānniśācaraiḥ.

16. bhinnakumbhān virudhirān bhinnagātrān ca
vāraṇān apaśyāma mahārāja vadhyamānān niśācaraiḥ

16. mahārāja,
(vayam) bhinnakumbhān virudhirān ca bhinnagātrān vāraṇān niśācaraiḥ vadhyamānān apaśyāma

16. O great king, we saw elephants whose temples were fractured, who were bleeding, and whose bodies were shattered, being slain by the Rākṣasas (night-wanderers).

Words meanings summery:

• भिन्नकुम्भान् (bhinnakumbhān) - having fractured temples/foreheads (of an elephant)

• विरुधिरान् (virudhirān) - devoid of blood, bleeding, bloodless

• भिन्नगात्रान् (bhinnagātrān) - having shattered bodies, with mangled limbs

• च (ca) - and

• वारणान् (vāraṇān) - elephants

• अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• वध्यमानान् (vadhyamānān) - being slain, being killed

• निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - by the Rākṣasas (demons) (by the night-wanderers, by the Rākṣasas)

Words meanings and morphology

भिन्नकुम्भान् (bhinnakumbhān) - having fractured temples/foreheads (of an elephant)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhinnakumbha

bhinnakumbha - having fractured or broken temples/foreheads (of an elephant)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+kumbha)

• bhinna – broken, fractured, pierced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhid (to break, split).
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• kumbha – frontal globe on an elephant's head, temple
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with vāraṇān.

विरुधिरान् (virudhirān) - devoid of blood, bleeding, bloodless

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of virudhira

virudhira - without blood, bleeding, bloodless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+rudhira)

• vi – without, away, apart
  indeclinable
  Preverb/prefix.
• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Agrees with vāraṇān.

भिन्नगात्रान् (bhinnagātrān) - having shattered bodies, with mangled limbs

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhinnagātra

bhinnagātra - having broken or mangled limbs/bodies

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+gātra)

• bhinna – broken, fractured, pierced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhid (to break, split).
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• gātra – limb, body
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with vāraṇān.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वारणान् (vāraṇān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - an elephant

Derived from √vṛ (to cover, protect, ward off).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Object of apaśyāma.

अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw

(verb)

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

Imperfect

From root √dṛś (to see), with augment 'a-' for imperfect, and present stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The speaker (e.g., Sañjaya in Mahabharata) is narrating.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
  Stem of mahat.
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root √rāj (to shine, rule).
  Root: rāj (class 1)

वध्यमानान् (vadhyamānān) - being slain, being killed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slain, being destroyed

Present Passive Participle

From root √vadh (to strike, kill), derived from √han (to kill).

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vāraṇān.

निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - by the Rākṣasas (demons) (by the night-wanderers, by the Rākṣasas)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, Rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
  Root: niś (class 1)
• cara – wanderer, moving, going
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root √car (to move, wander).
  Root: car (class 1)