महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-19, verse-48

हतान्परिवहन्तश्च यन्त्रिताः परमायुधैः ।
दिशो जग्मुर्महानागाः केचिदेकचरा इव ॥४८॥

48. hatānparivahantaśca yantritāḥ paramāyudhaiḥ ,
diśo jagmurmahānāgāḥ kecidekacarā iva.

48. hatān parivahantaḥ ca yantritāḥ paramāyudhaiḥ
diśaḥ jagmuḥ mahānāgāḥ kecit ekacarāḥ iva

48. ca kecit mahānāgāḥ hatān parivahantaḥ
paramāyudhaiḥ yantritāḥ ekacarāḥ iva diśaḥ jagmuḥ

48. And some great elephants, carrying the dead, while others were restrained by mighty weapons, scattered in all directions as if wandering alone.

Words meanings summery:

• हतान् (hatān) - the dead (riders or other elephants) (the killed ones, the dead)

• परिवहन्तः (parivahantaḥ) - carrying (carrying around, moving around (present participle))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यन्त्रिताः (yantritāḥ) - restrained, held back (by wounds or weapons) (restrained, controlled, held back)

• परमायुधैः (paramāyudhaiḥ) - by mighty weapons (by excellent weapons, by supreme weapons)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - scattered, went (they went, they have gone)

• महानागाः (mahānāgāḥ) - great elephants (great elephants, great serpents)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

• एकचराः (ekacarāḥ) - solitary wanderers (solitary wanderers, moving alone)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

हतान् (hatān) - the dead (riders or other elephants) (the killed ones, the dead)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with suffix kta

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Object of parivahantaḥ

परिवहन्तः (parivahantaḥ) - carrying (carrying around, moving around (present participle))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parivahat

parivahat - carrying around, conveying, circulating

Present Active Participle

Derived from verb root vah with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Modifies mahānāgāḥ

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two participial clauses

यन्त्रिताः (yantritāḥ) - restrained, held back (by wounds or weapons) (restrained, controlled, held back)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yantrita

yantrita - restrained, controlled, guided, wounded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yam (to restrain) with suffix kta, often with a causative meaning (yantrayati > yantrita)

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Modifies mahānāgāḥ

परमायुधैः (paramāyudhaiḥ) - by mighty weapons (by excellent weapons, by supreme weapons)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of paramāyudha

paramāyudha - excellent weapon, supreme weapon

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (parama+āyudha)

• parama – supreme, highest, excellent
  adjective (neuter)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agent of yantritāḥ

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

Note: Object of jagmuḥ

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - scattered, went (they went, they have gone)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada

Root gam, perfect tense 3rd person plural

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence

महानागाः (mahānāgāḥ) - great elephants (great elephants, great serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahānāga

mahānāga - great elephant, great serpent, a chief of the Nāgas

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (mahat+nāga)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• nāga – serpent, elephant, mountain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of jagmuḥ

केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, certain, some

Note: Refers to a subset of mahānāgāḥ

एकचराः (ekacarāḥ) - solitary wanderers (solitary wanderers, moving alone)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekacara

ekacara - moving alone, solitary, a lone wanderer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+cara)

• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral (masculine)
• cara – moving, wandering, a wanderer
  adjective (masculine)
  From root car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies mahānāgāḥ

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison