महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-17

अनुकर्षैः पताकाभिस्तथा सारथिवाजिभिः ।
रथैश्च भग्नैर्नागैश्च हतैः कीर्णाभवन्मही ॥१७॥

17. anukarṣaiḥ patākābhistathā sārathivājibhiḥ ,
rathaiśca bhagnairnāgaiśca hataiḥ kīrṇābhavanmahī.

17. anukarṣaiḥ patākābhiḥ tathā sārathivājibhiḥ rathaiḥ
ca bhagnaiḥ nāgaiḥ ca hataiḥ kīrṇā abhavat mahī

17. anukarṣaiḥ patākābhiḥ tathā sārathivājibhiḥ bhagnaiḥ
rathaiḥ ca hataiḥ nāgaiḥ ca mahī kīrṇā abhavat

17. With drag-ropes, flags, and charioteers and horses, as well as with broken chariots and slain elephants, the earth became strewn.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुकर्षैः (anukarṣaiḥ) - with drag-ropes, with chariot poles

• पताकाभिः (patākābhiḥ) - with banners, with flags

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

• सारथिवाजिभिः (sārathivājibhiḥ) - with charioteers and horses

• रथैः (rathaiḥ) - with chariots

• च (ca) - and

• भग्नैः (bhagnaiḥ) - referring to chariots (with broken ones)

• नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - with elephants

• च (ca) - and

• हतैः (hataiḥ) - referring to elephants (with slain ones)

• कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - strewn, covered

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened

• मही (mahī) - the earth

Words meanings and morphology

अनुकर्षैः (anukarṣaiḥ) - with drag-ropes, with chariot poles

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of anukarṣa

anukarṣa - chariot pole, drag-rope, rein

Prefix: anu

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

पताकाभिः (patākābhiḥ) - with banners, with flags

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of patākā

patākā - banner, flag, standard

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

(indeclinable)

सारथिवाजिभिः (sārathivājibhiḥ) - with charioteers and horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sārathivājin

sārathivājin - charioteer and horse

Compound type : dvandva (sārathi+vājin)

• sārathi – charioteer, driver
  noun (masculine)
• vājin – horse, swift one
  noun (masculine)

रथैः (rathaiḥ) - with chariots

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भग्नैः (bhagnaiḥ) - referring to chariots (with broken ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, frustrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhañj- (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'rathaiḥ'

नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - with elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - snake, elephant, mountain, cloud

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हतैः (hataiḥ) - referring to elephants (with slain ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han- (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nāgaiḥ'

कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - strewn, covered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrṇa

kīrṇa - strewn, scattered, spread, filled with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kīr- (to scatter, strew)

Root: kīr (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मही (mahī) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land, ground