महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-25, verse-15

तमापतन्तं मातङ्गमम्बुदप्रतिमस्वनम् ।
कुम्भान्तरे भीमसेनो नाराचेनार्दयद्भृशम् ॥१५॥

15. tamāpatantaṁ mātaṅgamambudapratimasvanam ,
kumbhāntare bhīmaseno nārācenārdayadbhṛśam.

15. tam āpatantam mātaṅgam ambudapratimasvanam
kumbhāntare bhīmasenaḥ nārācena ardayat bhṛśam

15. bhīmasenaḥ ambudapratimasvanam āpatantam tam
mātaṅgam kumbhāntare nārācena bhṛśam ardayat

15. That approaching elephant (mātaṅga), whose roar was like thunder (ambu-da-pratima-svanam), Bhimasena violently struck with an arrow (nārāca) in the region of its temple (kumbhāntara).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that elephant (that (masculine))

• आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching, coming towards

• मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - elephant

• अम्बुदप्रतिमस्वनम् (ambudapratimasvanam) - whose roar is like a cloud, having a sound like thunder

• कुम्भान्तरे (kumbhāntare) - in the region of the temple (of an elephant's head)

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (another name for Bhima)

• नाराचेन (nārācena) - with an iron arrow, with an arrow

• अर्दयत् (ardayat) - struck, pained, tormented, caused to suffer

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - violently, exceedingly, greatly

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that elephant (that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching, coming towards

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpatat

āpatat - approaching, falling upon, arriving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall) with prefix ā and suffix -at (present participle marker)

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant, pariah

अम्बुदप्रतिमस्वनम् (ambudapratimasvanam) - whose roar is like a cloud, having a sound like thunder

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ambudapratimasvana

ambudapratimasvana - having a sound like a cloud (thunder)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ambuda+pratima+svana)

• ambuda – cloud (giver of water)
  noun (masculine)
• pratima – image, likeness, resembling, like
  adjective
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)

कुम्भान्तरे (kumbhāntare) - in the region of the temple (of an elephant's head)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kumbhāntara

kumbhāntara - the temple of an elephant's head, the space between the temples

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kumbha+antara)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher; the protuberance on the elephant's head (temple)
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interior, interval, region, space, within
  noun (neuter)

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (another name for Bhima)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (name of one of the Pāṇḍava brothers)

नाराचेन (nārācena) - with an iron arrow, with an arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nārāca

nārāca - an iron arrow, a strong arrow

अर्दयत् (ardayat) - struck, pained, tormented, caused to suffer

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of arday

Root: ard (class 1)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - violently, exceedingly, greatly

(indeclinable)