महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-38

गजाः शुशुभिरे तत्र निःश्वसन्तो महीतले ।
विशीर्णा गिरयो यद्वन्निःश्वसद्भिर्महोरगैः ॥३८॥

38. gajāḥ śuśubhire tatra niḥśvasanto mahītale ,
viśīrṇā girayo yadvanniḥśvasadbhirmahoragaiḥ.

38. gajāḥ śuśubhire tatra niḥśvasantaḥ mahītale
viśīrṇāḥ girayaḥ yadvat niḥśvasadbhiḥ mahoragaiḥ

38. tatra gajāḥ mahītale niḥśvasantaḥ śuśubhire; yadvat
viśīrṇāḥ girayaḥ niḥśvasadbhiḥ mahoragaiḥ (śuśubhire)

38. The elephants, sighing deeply on the ground, looked splendid there, just as disintegrated mountains appear (magnificent) with great, sighing serpents.

Words meanings summery:

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

• शुशुभिरे (śuśubhire) - they shone, they appeared beautiful/splendid

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• निःश्वसन्तः (niḥśvasantaḥ) - sighing, breathing deeply (masc. nom. pl.)

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground, on the earth's surface

• विशीर्णाः (viśīrṇāḥ) - crumbled, disintegrated, fallen apart (masc. nom. pl.)

• गिरयः (girayaḥ) - mountains

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, like, in the manner that

• निःश्वसद्भिः (niḥśvasadbhiḥ) - by sighing ones, by (those) breathing deeply (masc. inst. pl.)

• महोरगैः (mahoragaiḥ) - by great serpents

Words meanings and morphology

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - an elephant

शुशुभिरे (śuśubhire) - they shone, they appeared beautiful/splendid

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of śubh

Root: śubh (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

Note: adverb of place/time

निःश्वसन्तः (niḥśvasantaḥ) - sighing, breathing deeply (masc. nom. pl.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niḥśvasat

niḥśvasat - sighing, breathing deeply

Present Active Participle

Prefix: nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground, on the earth's surface

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

विशीर्णाः (viśīrṇāḥ) - crumbled, disintegrated, fallen apart (masc. nom. pl.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśīrṇa

viśīrṇa - crumbled, broken, decayed, disintegrated, scattered

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

गिरयः (girayaḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of giri

giri - mountain, hill

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Note: correlative of tadvat

निःश्वसद्भिः (niḥśvasadbhiḥ) - by sighing ones, by (those) breathing deeply (masc. inst. pl.)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niḥśvasat

niḥśvasat - sighing, breathing deeply

Present Active Participle

Prefix: nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

महोरगैः (mahoragaiḥ) - by great serpents

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahoraga

mahoraga - a great serpent

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+uraga)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• uraga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)