महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-65, verse-18

अपरे दन्तवेष्टेषु कुम्भेषु च कटेषु च ।
शरैः समर्पिता नागाः क्रौञ्चवद्व्यनदन्मुहुः ॥१८॥

18. apare dantaveṣṭeṣu kumbheṣu ca kaṭeṣu ca ,
śaraiḥ samarpitā nāgāḥ krauñcavadvyanadanmuhuḥ.

18. apare dantaveṣṭeṣu kumbheṣu ca kaṭeṣu ca śaraiḥ
samarpitāḥ nāgāḥ krauñcavāt vyanadan muhuḥ

18. apare nāgāḥ dantaveṣṭeṣu kumbheṣu ca kaṭeṣu ca
śaraiḥ samarpitāḥ krauñcavāt muhuḥ vyanadan

18. Other elephants (nāgāḥ), struck by arrows in the sheaths of their tusks, in their temples, and in their flanks, repeatedly roared like cranes.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others

• दन्तवेष्टेषु (dantaveṣṭeṣu) - in the sheaths of tusks

• कुम्भेषु (kumbheṣu) - in the temples (of elephants), in pots

• च (ca) - and

• कटेषु (kaṭeṣu) - in the flanks, in the hips

• च (ca) - and

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• समर्पिताः (samarpitāḥ) - struck, pierced, offered

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, serpents, noble ones)

• क्रौञ्चवात् (krauñcavāt) - like a krauñca bird, like a crane

• व्यनदन् (vyanadan) - roared, shrieked

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

दन्तवेष्टेषु (dantaveṣṭeṣu) - in the sheaths of tusks

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of dantaveṣṭa

dantaveṣṭa - tusk-sheath, tusk-covering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (danta+veṣṭa)

• danta – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)
• veṣṭa – covering, sheath, enclosure
  noun (masculine)

कुम्भेषु (kumbheṣu) - in the temples (of elephants), in pots

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kumbha

kumbha - pot, pitcher, temple of an elephant

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कटेषु (kaṭeṣu) - in the flanks, in the hips

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kaṭa

kaṭa - hip, flank, temple of an elephant, mat

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, water-plant

समर्पिताः (samarpitāḥ) - struck, pierced, offered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samarpita

samarpita - offered, presented, entrusted, given, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root 'ṛ' (to go) with upasargas 'sam' and 'api'. The causative stem 'samarpayati' means to offer, deliver, strike. 'samarpita' is the PPP of this causative.

Prefixes: sam+api

Root: ṛ (class 3)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, serpents, noble ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, elephant, a mountain, a noble person

क्रौञ्चवात् (krauñcavāt) - like a krauñca bird, like a crane

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'krauñca' (crane/curlew) with the suffix '-vat' indicating similarity.

व्यनदन् (vyanadan) - roared, shrieked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of nad

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)