महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-89, verse-32

ते जातरुधिरापीडाः पताकाभिरलंकृताः ।
संसक्ताः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥३२॥

32. te jātarudhirāpīḍāḥ patākābhiralaṁkṛtāḥ ,
saṁsaktāḥ pratyadṛśyanta meghā iva savidyutaḥ.

32. te jātarudhirāpīḍāḥ patākābhiḥ alaṃkṛtāḥ |
saṃsaktāḥ pratyadṛśyanta meghāḥ iva savidyutaḥ

32. te jātarudhirāpīḍāḥ patākābhiḥ alaṃkṛtāḥ
saṃsaktāḥ savidyutaḥ meghāḥ iva pratyadṛśyanta

32. Those (elephants), with a stream of blood formed and adorned with banners, appeared entangled like clouds with lightning.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those elephants (referring to the elephants from the previous verse) (those)

• जातरुधिरापीडाः (jātarudhirāpīḍāḥ) - with a stream of blood formed, having a turban of blood

• पताकाभिः (patākābhiḥ) - with banners, with flags

• अलंकृताः (alaṁkṛtāḥ) - adorned, decorated

• संसक्ताः (saṁsaktāḥ) - entangled, clinging, joined together

• प्रत्यदृश्यन्त (pratyadṛśyanta) - they appeared, they were seen

• मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

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

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those elephants (referring to the elephants from the previous verse) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the elephants.

जातरुधिरापीडाः (jātarudhirāpīḍāḥ) - with a stream of blood formed, having a turban of blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jātarudhirāpīḍa

jātarudhirāpīḍa - having a stream/turban of blood formed/produced

Bahuvrīhi compound: jāta (produced, formed) + rudhira (blood) + āpīḍa (turban, crown, stream).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jāta+rudhira+āpīḍa)

• jāta – born, produced, formed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √jan (to be born, produced) with the -ta suffix.
  Root: jan (class 4)
• rudhira – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• āpīḍa – turban, garland, chaplet, stream
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√pīḍ (to press, squeeze).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

पताकाभिः (patākābhiḥ) - with banners, with flags

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of patākā

patākā - banner, flag

अलंकृताः (alaṁkṛtāḥ) - adorned, decorated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alaṃkṛta

alaṁkṛta - adorned, decorated, ornamented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from alam-√kṛ (to adorn) with the -ta suffix.

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

संसक्ताः (saṁsaktāḥ) - entangled, clinging, joined together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃsakta

saṁsakta - joined, attached, entangled, clinging

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam-√sañj (to attach, cling) with the -ta suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

प्रत्यदृश्यन्त (pratyadṛśyanta) - they appeared, they were seen

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of prati-dṛś

Imperfect

Imperfect (Laṅ-lakara) 3rd person plural passive of prati-√dṛś.

Prefix: prati

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

सविद्युतः (savidyutaḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of savidyuta

savidyuta - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

Bahuvrīhi compound: sa (with) + vidyut (lightning).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vidyut)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating accompaniment.
• vidyut – lightning
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'meghāḥ'.