महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-19, verse-47

निर्मनुष्याश्च मातङ्गा विनदन्तस्ततस्ततः ।
छिन्नाभ्राणीव संपेतुः संप्रविश्य परस्परम् ॥४७॥

47. nirmanuṣyāśca mātaṅgā vinadantastatastataḥ ,
chinnābhrāṇīva saṁpetuḥ saṁpraviśya parasparam.

47. nirmanuṣyāḥ ca mātaṅgāḥ vinadantaḥ tataḥ tataḥ
chinnābhrāṇi iva saṃpetuḥ saṃpraviśya parasparam

47. ca nirmanuṣyāḥ mātaṅgāḥ tataḥ tataḥ vinadantaḥ
chinnābhrāṇi iva parasparam saṃpraviśya saṃpetuḥ

47. And the riderless elephants, roaring in all directions, crashed into each other like scattered clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्मनुष्याः (nirmanuṣyāḥ) - riderless (without men, manless, unpeopled, riderless)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मातङ्गाः (mātaṅgāḥ) - elephants

• विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - roaring, trumpeting (roaring, trumpeting (present participle))

• ततः (tataḥ) - from here and there (from there, then, therefore, in all directions (when repeated))

• ततः (tataḥ) - in all directions (from there, then, therefore, in all directions (when repeated))

• छिन्नाभ्राणि (chinnābhrāṇi) - scattered clouds (scattered clouds, broken clouds)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• संपेतुः (saṁpetuḥ) - crashed (they fell together, they crashed)

• संप्रविश्य (saṁpraviśya) - crashing into (having entered, crashing into (absolutive))

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

Words meanings and morphology

निर्मनुष्याः (nirmanuṣyāḥ) - riderless (without men, manless, unpeopled, riderless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirmanuṣya

nirmanuṣya - without men, desolate, unpeopled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+manuṣya)

• nis – without, out, forth
  indeclinable
• manuṣya – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with mātaṅgāḥ

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मातङ्गाः (mātaṅgāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant, a man of the lowest caste

Note: Subject of the sentence

विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - roaring, trumpeting (roaring, trumpeting (present participle))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinadat

vinadat - roaring, trumpeting

Present Active Participle

Derived from verb root nad with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Modifies mātaṅgāḥ

ततः (tataḥ) - from here and there (from there, then, therefore, in all directions (when repeated))

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the idiom 'tataḥ tataḥ'

ततः (tataḥ) - in all directions (from there, then, therefore, in all directions (when repeated))

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the idiom 'tataḥ tataḥ', meaning 'here and there' or 'in all directions'

छिन्नाभ्राणि (chinnābhrāṇi) - scattered clouds (scattered clouds, broken clouds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of chinnābhrā

chinnābhrā - broken clouds, scattered clouds

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (chinna+abhra)

• chinna – cut, broken, torn, separated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root chid (to cut) with suffix kta
  Root: chid (class 7)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as the object of comparison for the elephants

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison

संपेतुः (saṁpetuḥ) - crashed (they fell together, they crashed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of saṃpat

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada

Root pat, prefixed with sam, perfect tense 3rd person plural

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence

संप्रविश्य (saṁpraviśya) - crashing into (having entered, crashing into (absolutive))

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root viś with prefixes sam and pra, with suffix -ya (after prefixes)

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Connects the action of entering/crashing with the main verb saṃpetuḥ

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use, 'into each other'