महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-38

द्रवद्भिस्तैर्महानागैः समन्ताद्भरतर्षभ ।
दुर्योधनबलं सर्वं पुनरासीत्पराङ्मुखम् ॥३८॥

38. dravadbhistairmahānāgaiḥ samantādbharatarṣabha ,
duryodhanabalaṁ sarvaṁ punarāsītparāṅmukham.

38. dravadbhiḥ taiḥ mahānāgaiḥ samantāt bharatarṣabha
duryodhanabalam sarvam punaḥ āsīt parāṅmukham

38. bharatarṣabha,
taiḥ dravadbhiḥ mahānāgaiḥ samantāt,
sarvam duryodhanabalam punaḥ parāṅmukham āsīt

38. O best of Bharatas, by those great elephants fleeing from all sides, Duryodhana's entire army again turned its back (and fled).

Words meanings summery:

• द्रवद्भिः (dravadbhiḥ) - by those running/fleeing

• तैः (taiḥ) - referring to the elephants (by those)

• महानागैः (mahānāgaiḥ) - by great elephants

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of Bharatas)

• दुर्योधनबलम् (duryodhanabalam) - Duryodhana's army

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire, all

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it became

• पराङ्मुखम् (parāṅmukham) - having the face turned away, averted, fleeing

Words meanings and morphology

द्रवद्भिः (dravadbhiḥ) - by those running/fleeing

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dravat

dravat - running, fleeing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dru (to run, flow), class 1

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: modifying mahānāgaiḥ

तैः (taiḥ) - referring to the elephants (by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: referring to mahānāgaiḥ

महानागैः (mahānāgaiḥ) - by great elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahānāga

mahānāga - great elephant; great serpent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+nāga)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• nāga – elephant, serpent
  noun (masculine)

Note: instrumental agent of the action

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tāt

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a king
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

दुर्योधनबलम् (duryodhanabalam) - Duryodhana's army

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duryodhanabala

duryodhanabala - Duryodhana's army, strength of Duryodhana

Compound type : tatpurusha (duryodhana+bala)

• duryodhana – name of the Kaurava prince
  proper noun (masculine)
• bala – army, strength
  noun (neuter)

Note: subject of āsīt

सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire, all

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, entire, whole

Note: modifying duryodhanabalam

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice (Parasmaipada)

Root as (to be), class 2

Root: as (class 2)

Note: copular verb, linking subject to parāṅmukham

पराङ्मुखम् (parāṅmukham) - having the face turned away, averted, fleeing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parāṅmukha

parāṅmukha - turned away, having face averted, fleeing, hostile

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parāñc+mukha)

• parāñc – turned away, backwards
  adjective (masculine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: predicate adjective for duryodhanabalam