महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-61

अन्विच्छन्तः शरीरं तु भारद्वाजस्य पार्थिवाः ।
नाध्यगच्छंस्तदा राजन्कबन्धायुतसंकुले ॥६१॥

61. anvicchantaḥ śarīraṁ tu bhāradvājasya pārthivāḥ ,
nādhyagacchaṁstadā rājankabandhāyutasaṁkule.

61. anvicchantaḥ śarīram tu bhāradvājasya pārthivāḥ
na adhyagacchan tadā rājan kabandhāyutasaṃkule

61. rājan tu tadā pārthivāḥ anvicchantaḥ bhāradvājasya
śarīram na adhyagacchan kabandhāyutasaṃkule

61. But then, O King, the princes, searching for the body of Bharadvaja [Droṇa], could not find it at that time amidst the confusion of thousands of headless torsos.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्विच्छन्तः (anvicchantaḥ) - seeking, searching for, investigating

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, physical form

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• भारद्वाजस्य (bhāradvājasya) - of Drona (son of Bharadvaja) (of Bharadvaja)

• पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - the (Kaurava) princes (kings, princes, rulers, earthy ones)

• न (na) - not, no

• अध्यगच्छन् (adhyagacchan) - they found (they found, they attained, they reached, they understood)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O King)

• कबन्धायुतसंकुले (kabandhāyutasaṁkule) - amidst the confusion of thousands of headless torsos (on the battlefield) (in a multitude of ten thousand headless bodies, amidst thousands of headless torsos)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्विच्छन्तः (anvicchantaḥ) - seeking, searching for, investigating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anvicchat

anvicchat - seeking, searching for, investigating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root iṣ (to wish, seek) with prefixes anu + vi.

Prefixes: anu+vi

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'pārthivāḥ'.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, physical form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form, frame

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Object of 'anvicchantaḥ'.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle expressing contrast or emphasis.

भारद्वाजस्य (bhāradvājasya) - of Drona (son of Bharadvaja) (of Bharadvaja)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhāradvāja

bhāradvāja - descendant of Bharadvāja, (a patronymic of Droṇa)

Patronymic.

Note: Qualifies 'śarīram'.

पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - the (Kaurava) princes (kings, princes, rulers, earthy ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthy, terrestrial, sovereign, king, prince

Derived from pṛthivī (earth).

Note: Subject of 'adhyagacchan'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb 'adhyagacchan'.

अध्यगच्छन् (adhyagacchan) - they found (they found, they attained, they reached, they understood)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of adhigam

Imperfect (Laṅ)

3rd person plural, active voice. Root gam with prefix adhi.

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time, derived from 'tad' (that).

राजन् (rājan) - O King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

N-stem noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

कबन्धायुतसंकुले (kabandhāyutasaṁkule) - amidst the confusion of thousands of headless torsos (on the battlefield) (in a multitude of ten thousand headless bodies, amidst thousands of headless torsos)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kabandhāyutasaṃkula

kabandhāyutasaṁkula - crowded with ten thousand headless trunks, a mass of thousands of headless bodies

Tatpuruṣa compound: kabandha (headless trunk) + ayuta (ten thousand) + saṃkula (crowd, confusion).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kabandha+ayuta+saṃkula)

• kabandha – headless trunk, torso (of a killed person)
  noun (masculine)
• ayuta – ten thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• saṃkula – crowded, filled with, confused, mass
  adjective (neuter)
  From prefix sam + root kul (to collect, crowd).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Describes the location where they searched.