महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-29

मुण्डतालवनानीव तत्र तत्र चकाशिरे ।
छिन्नध्वजरथव्राताः केचित्केचित्क्वचित्क्वचित् ॥२९॥

29. muṇḍatālavanānīva tatra tatra cakāśire ,
chinnadhvajarathavrātāḥ kecitkecitkvacitkvacit.

29. muṇḍatālavanāni iva tatra tatra cakāśire
chinnadhvajarathavrātaḥ kecit kecit kvacit kvacit

29. tatra tatra kvacit kvacit kecit kecit
chinnadhvajarathavrātaḥ muṇḍatālavanāni iva cakāśire

29. Here and there, some groups of chariots with their banners and ensigns cut down appeared like groves of headless palm trees in various places.

Words meanings summery:

• मुण्डतालवनानि (muṇḍatālavanāni) - groves of headless palm trees

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• चकाशिरे (cakāśire) - they shone, they appeared

• छिन्नध्वजरथव्रातः (chinnadhvajarathavrātaḥ) - groups of chariots with severed banners

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place

Words meanings and morphology

मुण्डतालवनानि (muṇḍatālavanāni) - groves of headless palm trees

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of muṇḍatālavana

muṇḍatālavana - grove of headless palm trees

Compound type : karmadhāraya (muṇḍa+tāla+vana)

• muṇḍa – bald, shaven, headless
  adjective (masculine)
• tāla – palm tree
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated 'tatra tatra' means 'here and there'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated 'tatra tatra' means 'here and there'

चकाशिरे (cakāśire) - they shone, they appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kāś

Root: kāś (class 1)

छिन्नध्वजरथव्रातः (chinnadhvajarathavrātaḥ) - groups of chariots with severed banners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinnadhvajarathavrāta

chinnadhvajarathavrāta - host/group of chariots with cut banners

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (chinna+dhvaja+ratha+vrāta)

• chinna – cut, severed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: chid (class 7)
• dhvaja – banner, flag
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• vrāta – multitude, group, host
  noun (masculine)

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, some

Note: Repeated 'kecit kecit' indicates 'some... others'

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, some

Note: Repeated 'kecit kecit' indicates 'some... others'

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated 'kvacit kvacit' with 'tatra tatra' emphasizes 'here and there, in various places'

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated 'kvacit kvacit' with 'tatra tatra' emphasizes 'here and there, in various places'