महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-33

तथा गजान्प्रभिन्नांश्च सुप्रभिन्ना महागजाः ।
तस्मिन्नेव पदे यत्ता निगृह्णन्ति स्म भारत ॥३३॥

33. tathā gajānprabhinnāṁśca suprabhinnā mahāgajāḥ ,
tasminneva pade yattā nigṛhṇanti sma bhārata.

33. tathā gajān prabhinnān ca suprabhinnāḥ mahāgajāḥ
tasmin eva pade yattāḥ nigṛhṇanti sma bhārata

33. bhārata tathā suprabhinnāḥ mahāgajāḥ yattāḥ tasmin
eva pade gajān prabhinnān ca nigṛhṇanti sma

33. O descendant of Bharata, similarly, the greatly enraged powerful elephants, being fully engaged, seized and controlled even other elephants that were in rut right there in that very spot.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

• गजान् (gajān) - elephants

• प्रभिन्नान् (prabhinnān) - other elephants that were in rut (those in rut, maddened, broken forth)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुप्रभिन्नाः (suprabhinnāḥ) - greatly enraged, well-rutted, greatly maddened

• महागजाः (mahāgajāḥ) - great elephants, powerful elephants

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• पदे (pade) - in the place, in the footprint, in the spot

• यत्ताः (yattāḥ) - striving, engaged, intent, ready

• निगृह्णन्ति (nigṛhṇanti) - they seize, they restrain, they control, they overpower

• स्म (sma) - particle used with present tense to indicate past action

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

गजान् (gajān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

प्रभिन्नान् (prabhinnān) - other elephants that were in rut (those in rut, maddened, broken forth)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prabhinna

prabhinna - broken, split, pierced, maddened, in rut

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'bhid' (to split, break) with the prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: bhid (class 7)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुप्रभिन्नाः (suprabhinnāḥ) - greatly enraged, well-rutted, greatly maddened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suprabhinna

suprabhinna - greatly broken, greatly split, greatly maddened, greatly in rut

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'bhid' (to split, break) with the prefixes 'su' and 'pra'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+prabhinna)

• su – good, well, intensely, greatly
  indeclinable
• prabhinna – broken, split, pierced, maddened, in rut
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'bhid' (to split, break) with the prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhid (class 7)

महागजाः (mahāgajāḥ) - great elephants, powerful elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāgaja

mahāgaja - great elephant, powerful elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+gaja)

• mahat – great, large, powerful
  adjective
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

पदे (pade) - in the place, in the footprint, in the spot

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, place, position

यत्ताः (yattāḥ) - striving, engaged, intent, ready

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yatta

yatta - prepared, ready, striving, engaged, intent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'yat' (to strive, exert oneself)

Root: yat (class 1)

निगृह्णन्ति (nigṛhṇanti) - they seize, they restrain, they control, they overpower

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nigṛhṇati

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

स्म (sma) - particle used with present tense to indicate past action

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata