महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-64, verse-54

हस्तिभिः पतितैर्भिन्नैस्तव सैन्यमदृश्यत ।
अन्तकाले यथा भूमिर्विनिकीर्णैर्महीधरैः ॥५४॥

54. hastibhiḥ patitairbhinnaistava sainyamadṛśyata ,
antakāle yathā bhūmirvinikīrṇairmahīdharaiḥ.

54. hastibhiḥ patitaiḥ bhinnaiḥ tava sainyam adṛśyata
antakāle yathā bhūmiḥ vinikīrṇaiḥ mahīdharaiḥ

54. tava sainyam patitaiḥ bhinnaiḥ hastibhiḥ adṛśyata
yathā antakāle bhūmiḥ vinikīrṇaiḥ mahīdharaiḥ

54. Your army was seen with elephants fallen and shattered, just as the earth at the time of dissolution (antakāla) appears with scattered mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• हस्तिभिः (hastibhiḥ) - by elephants

• पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - (elephants) that have fallen (by the fallen ones, by those who have fallen)

• भिन्नैः (bhinnaiḥ) - (elephants) that are shattered/pierced (by the shattered ones, by the pierced ones, by the broken ones)

• तव (tava) - your

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army

• अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - was seen

• अन्तकाले (antakāle) - at the time of the end, at the time of destruction

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground, land

• विनिकीर्णैः (vinikīrṇaiḥ) - (mountains) that are scattered (by the scattered ones, by those dispersed)

• महीधरैः (mahīdharaiḥ) - by mountains

Words meanings and morphology

हस्तिभिः (hastibhiḥ) - by elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hastin

hastin - elephant

पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - (elephants) that have fallen (by the fallen ones, by those who have fallen)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with hastibhiḥ.

भिन्नैः (bhinnaiḥ) - (elephants) that are shattered/pierced (by the shattered ones, by the pierced ones, by the broken ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhinna

bhinna - broken, shattered, pierced, split

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhid' (to break, split)

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with hastibhiḥ.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Pronominal adjective, genitive of 'you'.

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, military

Note: Subject of 'adṛśyata'.

अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - was seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect Middle/Passive

3rd person singular imperfect passive, or middle voice (used for passive in this context).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अन्तकाले (antakāle) - at the time of the end, at the time of destruction

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of antakāla

antakāla - time of end, time of death, dissolution

Compound type : Tatpurusha (anta+kāla)

• anta – end, boundary, death
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Subject in the simile.

विनिकीर्णैः (vinikīrṇaiḥ) - (mountains) that are scattered (by the scattered ones, by those dispersed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vinikīrṇa

vinikīrṇa - scattered, dispersed, thrown about

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to scatter) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni'.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with mahīdharaiḥ.

महीधरैः (mahīdharaiḥ) - by mountains

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahīdhara

mahīdhara - mountain, support of the earth

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mahī+dhara)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• dhara – holding, bearing, supporting
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'dhṛ' (to hold) with suffix -a
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)