महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-21

स तोत्त्रैरिव मातङ्गो वार्यमाणः पतत्रिभिः ।
अभ्यधावदसंभ्रान्तः सूतपुत्रं वृकोदरः ॥२१॥

21. sa tottrairiva mātaṅgo vāryamāṇaḥ patatribhiḥ ,
abhyadhāvadasaṁbhrāntaḥ sūtaputraṁ vṛkodaraḥ.

21. sa tottraiḥ iva mātaṅgaḥ vāryamāṇaḥ patatribhiḥ
abhyadhāvat asaṃbhrāntaḥ sūtaputram vṛkodaraḥ

21. sa vṛkodaraḥ asaṃbhrāntaḥ patatribhiḥ tottraiḥ
iva vāryamāṇaḥ mātaṅgaḥ sūtaputram abhyadhāvat

21. He (Bhima), undismayed, rushed towards the son of the charioteer (Karna), just like an elephant (mātaṅga) being restrained by arrows (which acted like goads).

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (referring to Bhima) (he, that)

• तोत्त्रैः (tottraiḥ) - by goads (by goads, with goads)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - an elephant (elephant, a man of low caste)

• वार्यमाणः (vāryamāṇaḥ) - an elephant being restrained (being restrained, being checked, being held back)

• पतत्रिभिः (patatribhiḥ) - by arrows (literally 'by those that fly') (by birds, by arrows)

• अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - Bhima rushed towards (he rushed towards, he ran to meet)

• असंभ्रान्तः (asaṁbhrāntaḥ) - Bhima, who was undismayed (undismayed, unperplexed, calm)

• सूतपुत्रम् (sūtaputram) - Karna (son of the charioteer) (son of a charioteer)

• वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhima, whose epithet is Vrikodara (wolf-bellied, name of Bhima)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (referring to Bhima) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तोत्त्रैः (tottraiḥ) - by goads (by goads, with goads)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of tottra

tottra - a goad, an iron prod for driving elephants

Root: tud (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - an elephant (elephant, a man of low caste)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - an elephant, an elephant driver, a man of low caste

वार्यमाणः (vāryamāṇaḥ) - an elephant being restrained (being restrained, being checked, being held back)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāryamāṇa

vāryamāṇa - being restrained, being held back, being prevented

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the causative of √vṛ (to cover, restrain) in passive voice

Root: vṛ (class 5)

पतत्रिभिः (patatribhiḥ) - by arrows (literally 'by those that fly') (by birds, by arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patatri

patatri - a bird, an arrow, a feather

अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - Bhima rushed towards (he rushed towards, he ran to meet)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of √dhāv

Imperfect Tense

Root verb with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

असंभ्रान्तः (asaṁbhrāntaḥ) - Bhima, who was undismayed (undismayed, unperplexed, calm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhrānta

asaṁbhrānta - undismayed, unperplexed, calm, tranquil

Negative particle 'a' + Past Passive Participle 'saṃbhrānta'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhrānta)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
• saṃbhrānta – agitated, confused, perplexed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from saṃ-√bhram (to wander, to be confused)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)

सूतपुत्रम् (sūtaputram) - Karna (son of the charioteer) (son of a charioteer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer (an epithet for Karna)

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, one born from a kṣatriya father and brāhmaṇa mother
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhima, whose epithet is Vrikodara (wolf-bellied, name of Bhima)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied; a name of Bhima, referring to his enormous appetite

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)