महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-73

शतशः शेरते भूमौ निकृत्ता गोवृषा इव ।
रुधिरेण परीताङ्गाः श्वसृगालादनीकृताः ॥७३॥

73. śataśaḥ śerate bhūmau nikṛttā govṛṣā iva ,
rudhireṇa parītāṅgāḥ śvasṛgālādanīkṛtāḥ.

73. śataśaḥ śerate bhūmau nikṛttāḥ govṛṣāḥ iva
| rudhireṇa parītāṅgāḥ śvasṛgālādanīkṛtāḥ

73. śataśaḥ nikṛttāḥ govṛṣāḥ iva (te) bhūmau śerate
rudhireṇa parītāṅgāḥ śvasṛgālādanīkṛtāḥ (te)

73. By hundreds, they lie on the ground, cut down like bulls. Their bodies are covered in blood and have become food for dogs and jackals.

Words meanings summery:

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• शेरते (śerate) - they lie down, they rest

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• निकृत्ताः (nikṛttāḥ) - cut down, severed, slain

• गोवृषाः (govṛṣāḥ) - bulls

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - with blood, by means of blood

• परीताङ्गाः (parītāṅgāḥ) - having limbs surrounded/covered

• श्वसृगालादनीकृताः (śvasṛgālādanīkṛtāḥ) - made food for dogs and jackals, devoured by dogs and jackals

Words meanings and morphology

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

from 'śata' (hundred) with suffix '-śas'

शेरते (śerate) - they lie down, they rest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Present Middle

3rd person plural, Present Tense, Ātmanepada, from root śī

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Used reflexively, indicating their state.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

निकृत्ताः (nikṛttāḥ) - cut down, severed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nikṛtta

nikṛtta - cut down, severed, killed

Past Passive Participle

from root 'kṛt' (to cut) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of 'śerate' (the warriors).

गोवृषाः (govṛṣāḥ) - bulls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of govṛṣa

govṛṣa - bull, ox (literally 'bull of cows')

Compound type : tatpurusha (go+vṛṣa)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• vṛṣa – bull, male, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - with blood, by means of blood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood

परीताङ्गाः (parītāṅgāḥ) - having limbs surrounded/covered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parītāṅga

parītāṅga - whose limbs are surrounded, covered (with something)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parīta+aṅga)

• parīta – surrounded, covered, encompassed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'pari'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (warriors).

श्वसृगालादनीकृताः (śvasṛgālādanīkṛtāḥ) - made food for dogs and jackals, devoured by dogs and jackals

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śvasṛgālādanīkṛta

śvasṛgālādanīkṛta - made food for dogs and jackals, devoured by dogs and jackals

Past Passive Participle

from 'kṛta' (made) preceded by 'śva-sṛgāla-adana' (food for dogs and jackals)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śvan+sṛgāla+adana+kṛta)

• śvan – dog
  noun (masculine)
• sṛgāla – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• adana – eating, food, act of eating
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'ad' (to eat) with suffix '-ana'
  Root: ad (class 2)
• kṛta – made, done, accomplished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (warriors). The compound can be understood as 'made into food for dogs and jackals'.