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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-36

शरैः सहस्रशो विद्धा द्विपाः प्रस्रुतशोणिताः ।
व्यदृश्यन्ताद्रयः काले गैरिकाम्बुस्रवा इव ॥३६॥
36. śaraiḥ sahasraśo viddhā dvipāḥ prasrutaśoṇitāḥ ,
vyadṛśyantādrayaḥ kāle gairikāmbusravā iva.
36. śaraiḥ sahasraśo viddhā dvipāḥ prasrutaśoṇitāḥ
vyadṛśyanta adrayaḥ kāle gairikāmbu-sravāḥ iva
36. kāle sahasraśaḥ śaraiḥ viddhāḥ prasrutaśoṇitāḥ
dvipāḥ gairikāmbu-sravāḥ adrayaḥ iva vyadṛśyanta
36. The elephants, pierced by thousands of arrows and profusely bleeding, looked like mountains from which streams of ochre-colored water flowed.

Words meanings summery:

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  • शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows
  • सहस्रशो (sahasraśo) - by thousands, in thousands
  • विद्धा (viddhā) - pierced, struck
  • द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants
  • प्रस्रुतशोणिताः (prasrutaśoṇitāḥ) - with flowing blood, whose blood was flowing
  • व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - they appeared, they were seen
  • अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains
  • काले (kāle) - at that time, in time
  • गैरिकाम्बु-स्रवाः (gairikāmbu-sravāḥ) - with streams of ochre-colored water, having streams of red chalk water
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow, reed, dart
सहस्रशो (sahasraśo) - by thousands, in thousands
(indeclinable)
Adverbial suffix -śas indicating 'by thousands'
विद्धा (viddhā) - pierced, struck
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of viddha
viddha - pierced, struck, wounded
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of root vyadh
Root: vyadh (class 4)
द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of dvipa
dvipa - elephant (lit. 'two-drinker'), serpent, fish
प्रस्रुतशोणिताः (prasrutaśoṇitāḥ) - with flowing blood, whose blood was flowing
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of prasrutaśoṇita
prasrutaśoṇita - having flowing blood
Compound type : bahuvrihi (prasruta+śoṇita)
  • prasruta – flowed forth, gushed
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Past Passive Participle of pra-√sru
    Prefix: pra
    Root: sru (class 1)
  • śoṇita – blood, red
    noun (neuter)
व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - they appeared, they were seen
(verb)
3rd person , plural, passive, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś
Imperfect Passive
Imperfect passive 3rd plural of root dṛś with prefix vi
Prefix: vi
Root: dṛś (class 1)
अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of adri
adri - mountain, stone, cloud
काले (kāle) - at that time, in time
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, season, period, fate
गैरिकाम्बु-स्रवाः (gairikāmbu-sravāḥ) - with streams of ochre-colored water, having streams of red chalk water
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of gairikāmbusrava
gairikāmbusrava - having streams of ochre-colored water
Compound type : bahuvrihi (gairika+ambu+srava)
  • gairika – ochre, red chalk, made of ochre
    noun (neuter)
  • ambu – water
    noun (neuter)
  • srava – flowing, stream, exudation
    noun (masculine)
    Root: sru (class 1)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)