महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-41

ते क्षत्रियाः कुण्डलिनो युवानः परस्परं सायकविक्षताङ्गाः ।
कुम्भेषु लीनाः सुषुपुर्गजानां कुचेषु लग्ना इव कामिनीनाम् ॥४१॥

41. te kṣatriyāḥ kuṇḍalino yuvānaḥ; parasparaṁ sāyakavikṣatāṅgāḥ ,
kumbheṣu līnāḥ suṣupurgajānāṁ; kuceṣu lagnā iva kāminīnām.

41. te kṣatriyāḥ kuṇḍalinaḥ yuvānaḥ parasparam sāyakavikṣatāṅgāḥ
kumbheṣu līnāḥ suṣupuḥ gajānām kuceṣu lagnāḥ iva kāminīnām

41. te kuṇḍalinaḥ yuvānaḥ parasparam sāyakavikṣatāṅgāḥ kṣatriyāḥ
kumbheṣu līnāḥ gajānām kuceṣu kāminīnām lagnāḥ iva suṣupuḥ

41. Those young Kṣatriya warriors, wearing earrings and with bodies wounded by each other's arrows, lay (slept/died) on the frontal globes of elephants as if clinging to the breasts of women.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those, they

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, belonging to the warrior class

• कुण्डलिनः (kuṇḍalinaḥ) - wearing earrings, adorned with earrings

• युवानः (yuvānaḥ) - young, youths

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other, among themselves

• सायकविक्षताङ्गाः (sāyakavikṣatāṅgāḥ) - having bodies wounded by arrows

• कुम्भेषु (kumbheṣu) - in the frontal globes (of elephants), on the temples

• लीनाः (līnāḥ) - absorbed, merged, clinging, attached

• सुषुपुः (suṣupuḥ) - they slept (metaphorically, they died)

• गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants

• कुचेषु (kuceṣu) - on the breasts

• लग्नाः (lagnāḥ) - attached, clinging, embraced

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• कामिनीनाम् (kāminīnām) - of women, of beloved women

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, belonging to the warrior class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior class, warrior

कुण्डलिनः (kuṇḍalinaḥ) - wearing earrings, adorned with earrings

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuṇḍalin

kuṇḍalin - wearing earrings, adorned with earrings

युवानः (yuvānaḥ) - young, youths

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yuvan

yuvan - young, youth

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other, among themselves

(indeclinable)

सायकविक्षताङ्गाः (sāyakavikṣatāṅgāḥ) - having bodies wounded by arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāyakavikṣatāṅga

sāyakavikṣatāṅga - having limbs/body wounded by arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāyaka+vikṣata+aṅga)

• sāyaka – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vikṣata – wounded, injured
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṣaṇ 'to wound' with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣaṇ
• aṅga – body, limb
  noun (neuter)

कुम्भेषु (kumbheṣu) - in the frontal globes (of elephants), on the temples

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kumbha

kumbha - a pot, pitcher; frontal globe (of an elephant's head)

लीनाः (līnāḥ) - absorbed, merged, clinging, attached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of līna

līna - clung, attached, absorbed, merged, dissolved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root lī 'to cling, adhere, dissolve'

Root: lī (class 4)

सुषुपुः (suṣupuḥ) - they slept (metaphorically, they died)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of svap

Root: svap (class 2)

गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

कुचेषु (kuceṣu) - on the breasts

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kuca

kuca - breast, bosom

लग्नाः (lagnāḥ) - attached, clinging, embraced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lagna

lagna - attached, connected, clinging, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root lag 'to cling, adhere'

Root: lag (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

कामिनीनाम् (kāminīnām) - of women, of beloved women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kāminī

kāminī - a loving woman, beloved woman, charming woman