महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-20

हतान्गजान्समाश्लिष्य पर्वतानिव वाजिनः ।
गतसत्त्वा व्यदृश्यन्त तथैव सह सादिभिः ॥२०॥

20. hatāngajānsamāśliṣya parvatāniva vājinaḥ ,
gatasattvā vyadṛśyanta tathaiva saha sādibhiḥ.

20. hatān gajān samāśliṣya parvatān iva vājinaḥ
gatasattvāḥ vyadṛśyanta tathaiva saha sādibhiḥ

20. vājinaḥ hatān gajān parvatān iva samāśliṣya
gatasattvāḥ vyadṛśyanta tathaiva saha sādibhiḥ

20. The horses, clinging to the slain elephants as if they were mountains, were seen lifeless. Likewise, their riders were also seen lifeless.

Words meanings summery:

• हतान् (hatān) - the elephants that were killed (killed, slain)

• गजान् (gajān) - the elephants that were killed in battle (elephants)

• समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - horses having clung to the dead elephants (having embraced, having clung to)

• पर्वतान् (parvatān) - as if the elephants were mountains (due to their size) (mountains)

• इव (iva) - indicating a comparison (as if, like, similar to)

• वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - the horses in the battlefield (horses)

• गतसत्त्वाः (gatasattvāḥ) - dead or completely exhausted of life (lifeless, deprived of life/strength)

• व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - they were observed in that state (they were seen, appeared)

• तथैव (tathaiva) - also in a lifeless state (in the same way, similarly)

• सह (saha) - together with their riders (with, along with)

• सादिभिः (sādibhiḥ) - referring to the warriors riding the horses (by the riders, with the riders)

Words meanings and morphology

हतान् (hatān) - the elephants that were killed (killed, slain)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

from root √han (to strike, kill)

Root: √han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies gajān.

गजान् (gajān) - the elephants that were killed in battle (elephants)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

Note: Object of samāśliṣya.

समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - horses having clung to the dead elephants (having embraced, having clung to)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from sam + ā + root √śliṣ (to embrace, cling) + suffix lyap

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: √śliṣ (class 4)

पर्वतान् (parvatān) - as if the elephants were mountains (due to their size) (mountains)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Note: Object of comparison with iva.

इव (iva) - indicating a comparison (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - the horses in the battlefield (horses)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vājin

vājin - horse, swift

derived from vāja (strength, speed) + suffix -in (possessive)

Note: Subject of vyadṛśyanta.

गतसत्त्वाः (gatasattvāḥ) - dead or completely exhausted of life (lifeless, deprived of life/strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gatasattva

gatasattva - whose life is gone, lifeless, exhausted

gata (gone) + sattva (life, spirit, strength)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+sattva)

• gata – gone, departed, dead
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root √gam (to go)
  Root: √gam (class 1)
• sattva – being, existence, life, strength, essence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies vājinaḥ and implied for sādibhiḥ.

व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - they were observed in that state (they were seen, appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect (Laṅ) Passive

3rd person plural, passive voice

Prefix: vi

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

तथैव (tathaiva) - also in a lifeless state (in the same way, similarly)

(indeclinable)

tathā (thus) + eva (indeed)

सह (saha) - together with their riders (with, along with)

(indeclinable)

preposition/adverb, takes instrumental case

सादिभिः (sādibhiḥ) - referring to the warriors riding the horses (by the riders, with the riders)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sādin

sādin - rider (of a horse or elephant), charioteer, mounted soldier

from sada (sitting) or √sad (to sit) + suffix -in

Root: √sad (class 1)

Note: Follows saha.