महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-27

शिरोभिः पतितै राजन्बाहुभिश्च समन्ततः ।
आस्तीर्णा वसुधा सर्वा शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् ॥२७॥

27. śirobhiḥ patitai rājanbāhubhiśca samantataḥ ,
āstīrṇā vasudhā sarvā śūrāṇāmanivartinām.

27. śirobhiḥ patitaiḥ rājan bāhubhiḥ ca samantataḥ
āstīrṇā vasudhā sarvā śūrāṇām anivartinām

27. rājan,
samantataḥ patitaiḥ śirobhiḥ ca bāhubhiḥ ca anivartinām śūrāṇām vasudhā sarvā āstīrṇā.

27. O King, the entire earth was covered everywhere with the fallen heads and arms of unretreating heroes.

Words meanings summery:

• शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - by heads

• पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - by fallen (ones)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - by arms

• च (ca) - and

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - everywhere, all around, completely

• आस्तीर्णा (āstīrṇā) - strewn, covered, spread

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth, ground

• सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire, whole

• शूराणाम् (śūrāṇām) - of heroes, of brave men

• अनिवर्तिनाम् (anivartinām) - of those not retreating, of unretreating ones

Words meanings and morphology

शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - by heads

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, top

पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - by fallen (ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'pat' (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śirobhiḥ' and 'bāhubhiḥ'

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - by arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - everywhere, all around, completely

(indeclinable)

derived from 'samanta' (all-around) with 'tas' suffix

आस्तीर्णा (āstīrṇā) - strewn, covered, spread

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āstīrṇa

āstīrṇa - strewn, covered, spread out, overwhelmed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'stṛ' (to spread) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: stṛ (class 5)

वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth (lit. 'holding wealth')

Compound of 'vasu' (wealth) and 'dhā' (holder)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (vasu+dhā)

• vasu – wealth, riches, good
  noun (neuter)
• dhā – holding, placing, receptacle
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'dhā' (to hold, place)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the sentence (the earth was covered).

सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'vasudhā'

शूराणाम् (śūrāṇām) - of heroes, of brave men

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, valiant

Note: Possessive for 'śirobhiḥ' and 'bāhubhiḥ'

अनिवर्तिनाम् (anivartinām) - of those not retreating, of unretreating ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anivartin

anivartin - not turning back, unretreating, not fleeing

Negative compound ('na' + 'nivartin'). 'nivartin' is derived from root 'vṛt' with prefix 'ni', with suffix 'in'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nivartin)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• nivartin – turning back, retreating, returning
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from verb
  Derived from root 'vṛt' (to turn) with prefix 'ni'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śūrāṇām'.