महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-26

द्रुमाणां शिखराणीव दावदग्धानि मारिष ।
अश्ववृन्दान्यदृश्यन्त रथवृन्दानि चाभिभो ।
अपतन्त रथौघाश्च तत्र तत्र सहस्रशः ॥२६॥

26. drumāṇāṁ śikharāṇīva dāvadagdhāni māriṣa ,
aśvavṛndānyadṛśyanta rathavṛndāni cābhibho ,
apatanta rathaughāśca tatra tatra sahasraśaḥ.

26. drumāṇām śikharāṇi iva dāvadagdhāni
māriṣa aśvavṛndāni adṛśyanta
rathavṛndāni ca abhibho apatanta
rathaughāḥ ca tatra tatra sahasraśaḥ

26. māriṣa abhibho drumāṇām śikharāṇi
iva dāvadagdhāni aśvavṛndāni ca
rathavṛndāni adṛśyanta ca tatra
tatra rathaughāḥ sahasraśaḥ apatanta

26. O respected one (māriṣa), masses of horses and chariots were seen, burnt by the forest fire like the tops of trees. And O lord (abhibho), throngs of chariots fell by the thousands here and there.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रुमाणाम् (drumāṇām) - of trees

• शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - tops, peaks, summits

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• दावदग्धानि (dāvadagdhāni) - burnt by forest fire

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one, O venerable one

• अश्ववृन्दानि (aśvavṛndāni) - groups of horses, herds of horses

• अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen

• रथवृन्दानि (rathavṛndāni) - groups of chariots, throngs of chariots

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभिभो (abhibho) - O lord, O master

• अपतन्त (apatanta) - they fell down

• रथौघाः (rathaughāḥ) - masses of chariots, throngs of chariots

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands

Words meanings and morphology

द्रुमाणाम् (drumāṇām) - of trees

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of druma

druma - tree

शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - tops, peaks, summits

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, top, crown

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

दावदग्धानि (dāvadagdhāni) - burnt by forest fire

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dāvadagdha

dāvadagdha - burnt by a forest fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāva+dagdha)

• dāva – forest fire, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
• dagdha – burnt, consumed by fire
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √dah (to burn)
  Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'aśvavṛndāni' and 'rathavṛndāni'.

मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one, O venerable one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - a venerable or respectable person

अश्ववृन्दानि (aśvavṛndāni) - groups of horses, herds of horses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of aśvavṛnda

aśvavṛnda - group of horses, herd of horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+vṛnda)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• vṛnda – multitude, collection, group
  noun (neuter)

अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen

(verb)

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

Imperfect Passive

3rd plural Imperfect Middle/Passive from √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रथवृन्दानि (rathavṛndāni) - groups of chariots, throngs of chariots

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rathavṛnda

rathavṛnda - group of chariots, host of chariots

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+vṛnda)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• vṛnda – multitude, collection, group
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभिभो (abhibho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of abhibhu

abhibhu - lord, master, conqueror

अपतन्त (apatanta) - they fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Imperfect Active

3rd plural Imperfect Active from apa-√pat (to fall down)

Prefix: apa

Root: pat (class 1)

रथौघाः (rathaughāḥ) - masses of chariots, throngs of chariots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rathaugha

rathaugha - mass of chariots, collection of chariots

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+ogha)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, torrent, mass, multitude
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated to mean 'here and there'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated to mean 'here and there'.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śaḥ indicating 'by, in the manner of'