महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-117

निकृत्तैर्हस्तिहस्तैश्च विचलद्भिरितस्ततः ।
रराज वसुधा कीर्णा विसर्पद्भिरिवोरगैः ॥११७॥

117. nikṛttairhastihastaiśca vicaladbhiritastataḥ ,
rarāja vasudhā kīrṇā visarpadbhirivoragaiḥ.

117. nikṛttaiḥ hastihastaiḥ ca vicaladbhiḥ itaḥ tataḥ
rarāja vasudhā kīrṇā visarpadbhiḥ iva uragaiḥ

117. nikṛttaiḥ vicaladbhiḥ itaḥ tataḥ hastihastaiḥ ca
kīrṇā vasudhā visarpadbhiḥ uragaiḥ iva rarāja

117. The earth, strewn with severed elephant trunks wriggling here and there, shone as if (it were covered) with crawling snakes.

Words meanings summery:

• निकृत्तैः (nikṛttaiḥ) - by severed, by cut off

• हस्तिहस्तैः (hastihastaiḥ) - by elephant trunks

• च (ca) - and

• विचलद्भिः (vicaladbhiḥ) - by moving, by wriggling, by shaking

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

• ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thither

• रराज (rarāja) - it shone, it glittered, it looked beautiful

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth, the ground

• कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - scattered, strewn, covered

• विसर्पद्भिः (visarpadbhiḥ) - by crawling, by moving about

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उरगैः (uragaiḥ) - by snakes

Words meanings and morphology

निकृत्तैः (nikṛttaiḥ) - by severed, by cut off

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nikṛtta

nikṛtta - cut off, severed, dismembered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛt (to cut) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'hastihastaiḥ'.

हस्तिहस्तैः (hastihastaiḥ) - by elephant trunks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hastihasta

hastihasta - elephant's trunk

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hastin+hasta)

• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विचलद्भिः (vicaladbhiḥ) - by moving, by wriggling, by shaking

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vicalat

vicalat - moving, shaking, trembling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root cal (to move) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'hastihastaiḥ'.

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thither

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'itaḥ' to mean 'here and there'.

रराज (rarāja) - it shone, it glittered, it looked beautiful

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of rāj

Perfect (liṭ)

Reduplicated perfect form of root rāj

Root: rāj (class 1)

वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth, the ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, ground (literally 'treasure-bearing')

कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - scattered, strewn, covered

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrṇa

kīrṇa - scattered, strewn, covered, diffused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to scatter, to strew)

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vasudhā'.

विसर्पद्भिः (visarpadbhiḥ) - by crawling, by moving about

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of visarpat

visarpat - crawling, gliding, moving about

Present Active Participle

Derived from root sṛp (to crawl, to glide) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'uragaiḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उरगैः (uragaiḥ) - by snakes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of uraga

uraga - snake, serpent (literally 'chest-goer')

Formed from uras (chest) + ga (going)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uras+ga)

• uras – chest, breast
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving
  participle (masculine)
  Agent noun/suffix -ga
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)