महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-136, verse-7

निकृत्तैर्हस्तिहस्तैश्च लुठमानैस्ततस्ततः ।
रराज वसुधा कीर्णा विसर्पद्भिरिवोरगैः ॥७॥

7. nikṛttairhastihastaiśca luṭhamānaistatastataḥ ,
rarāja vasudhā kīrṇā visarpadbhirivoragaiḥ.

7. nikṛttaiḥ hastihastaiḥ ca luṭhamānaiḥ tataḥ tataḥ
rarāja vasudhā kīrṇā visarpadbhiḥ iva uragaiḥ

7. vasudhā nikṛttaiḥ luṭhamānaiḥ hastihastaiḥ ca
tataḥ tataḥ visarpadbhiḥ uragaiḥ iva kīrṇā rarāja

7. The earth appeared scattered with severed elephant trunks writhing here and there, like it was covered with slithering snakes.

Words meanings summery:

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

• हस्तिहस्तैः (hastihastaiḥ) - by elephant trunks

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• लुठमानैः (luṭhamānaiḥ) - by writhing (by those rolling, by those writhing)

• ततः (tataḥ) - here (from there, then, therefore, thereupon, here, there)

• ततः (tataḥ) - there (from there, then, therefore, thereupon, here, there)

• रराज (rarāja) - appeared (splendid) (it shone, it glittered, it appeared splendid)

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth (the earth, ground, land)

• कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - scattered, covered (scattered, spread, covered)

• विसर्पद्भिः (visarpadbhiḥ) - by slithering (by those slithering, by those creeping)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• उरगैः (uragaiḥ) - by snakes

Words meanings and morphology

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

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nikṛtta

nikṛtta - cut off, severed, mutilated, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṛt (to cut) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: √kṛt (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'hastihastaiḥ'.

हस्तिहस्तैः (hastihastaiḥ) - by elephant trunks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hastihasta

hastihasta - elephant's trunk

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (hastin+hasta)

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

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

लुठमानैः (luṭhamānaiḥ) - by writhing (by those rolling, by those writhing)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of luṭhamāna

luṭhamāna - rolling, wallowing, writhing, floundering

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root √luṭh (to roll, wallow) in present tense, middle voice.

Root: √luṭh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'hastihastaiḥ'.

ततः (tataḥ) - here (from there, then, therefore, thereupon, here, there)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

ततः (tataḥ) - there (from there, then, therefore, thereupon, here, there)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

रराज (rarāja) - appeared (splendid) (it shone, it glittered, it appeared splendid)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √rāj

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice.

Root: √rāj (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'vasudhā'.

वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth (the earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth, ground, land, wealth-bestowing

Note: Subject of 'rarāja'.

कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - scattered, covered (scattered, spread, covered)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrṇa

kīrṇa - scattered, spread, diffused, covered, filled with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṛ (to scatter, strew).

Root: √kṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'vasudhā'.

विसर्पद्भिः (visarpadbhiḥ) - by slithering (by those slithering, by those creeping)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of visarpant

visarpant - slithering, creeping, moving slowly, extending

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √sṛp (to creep, glide) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: √sṛp (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'uragaiḥ'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

उरगैः (uragaiḥ) - by snakes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of uraga

uraga - a snake, serpent (lit. 'chest-goer')

Compound.

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (uras+ga)

• uras – breast, chest, front
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, relating to, existing in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √gam (to go).
  Root: √gam (class 1)