महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-89, verse-36

नाराचाभिहतास्त्वन्ये तथा विद्धाश्च तोमरैः ।
हतारोहा व्यदृश्यन्त विशृङ्गा इव पर्वताः ॥३६॥

36. nārācābhihatāstvanye tathā viddhāśca tomaraiḥ ,
hatārohā vyadṛśyanta viśṛṅgā iva parvatāḥ.

36. nārāca-abhihatāḥ tu anye tathā viddhāḥ ca tomaraiḥ
hata-ārohāḥ vyadṛśyanta viśṛṅgāḥ iva parvatāḥ

36. anye tu nārāca-abhihatāḥ tathā tomaraiḥ viddhāḥ
hata-ārohāḥ viśṛṅgāḥ parvatāḥ iva vyadṛśyanta

36. But other (elephants), struck by iron arrows and similarly pierced by lances, appeared with their riders slain, like mountains without peaks.

Words meanings summery:

• नाराच-अभिहताः (nārāca-abhihatāḥ) - struck by iron arrows

• तु (tu) - but (but, and, indeed)

• अन्ये (anye) - other (elephants) (others)

• तथा (tathā) - and similarly (thus, so, in that manner, and)

• विद्धाः (viddhāḥ) - pierced (by lances) (pierced, wounded, hit)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तोमरैः (tomaraiḥ) - by lances (by lances, by javelins)

• हत-आरोहाः (hata-ārohāḥ) - with their riders slain (with slain riders, having their riders killed)

• व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - they appeared (they appeared, they were seen)

• विशृङ्गाः (viśṛṅgāḥ) - without peaks (peakless, hornless)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

Words meanings and morphology

नाराच-अभिहताः (nārāca-abhihatāḥ) - struck by iron arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nārāca-abhihata

nārāca-abhihata - struck by an iron arrow

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'struck by Nārāca (iron arrow)'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nārāca+abhihata)

• nārāca – iron arrow
  noun (masculine)
• abhihata – struck, smitten
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √han (to strike, kill) with prefix abhi + -kta suffix.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `anye`.

तु (tu) - but (but, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - other (elephants) (others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another

Note: Refers to other elephants on the battlefield.

तथा (tathā) - and similarly (thus, so, in that manner, and)

(indeclinable)

विद्धाः (viddhāḥ) - pierced (by lances) (pierced, wounded, hit)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viddha

viddha - pierced, wounded, hit

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vyadh (to pierce, strike) + -kta suffix.

Root: vyadh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `anye`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तोमरैः (tomaraiḥ) - by lances (by lances, by javelins)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tomara

tomara - lance, javelin

Note: Agent causing the piercing.

हत-आरोहाः (hata-ārohāḥ) - with their riders slain (with slain riders, having their riders killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata-āroha

hata-āroha - having a slain rider

Bahuvrihi compound: 'whose riders are slain'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+āroha)

• hata – slain, killed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √han (to strike, kill) + -kta suffix.
  Root: han (class 2)
• āroha – rider, ascent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `anye`.

व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - they appeared (they appeared, they were seen)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Passive

Root √dṛś, prefixed with vi, forming the imperfect tense in passive voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विशृङ्गाः (viśṛṅgāḥ) - without peaks (peakless, hornless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśṛṅga

viśṛṅga - peakless, hornless, tuskless

Bahuvrihi compound: 'without horns/peaks'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+śṛṅga)

• vi – without, apart, away
  indeclinable
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `parvatāḥ`.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain