महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-37

निहताः शेरते स्मान्ये बीभत्सोर्निशितैः शरैः ।
गजपृष्ठगता म्लेच्छा नानाविकृतदर्शनाः ॥३७॥

37. nihatāḥ śerate smānye bībhatsorniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
gajapṛṣṭhagatā mlecchā nānāvikṛtadarśanāḥ.

37. nihatāḥ śerate sma anye bībhatsoḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
gaja-pṛṣṭha-gatāḥ mlecchāḥ nānā-vikṛta-darśanāḥ

37. anye gaja-pṛṣṭha-gatāḥ nānā-vikṛta-darśanāḥ mlecchāḥ
bībhatsoḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ nihatāḥ śerate sma

37. Others, specifically the Mlecchas (foreigners) riding on elephants, with their strangely distorted appearances, lay slain by Arjuna's (Bibhatsu's) sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain, killed

• शेरते (śerate) - they lie, they repose

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense when used with present verb)

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• बीभत्सोः (bībhatsoḥ) - of Bibhatsu (Arjuna)

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whetted

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• गज-पृष्ठ-गताः (gaja-pṛṣṭha-gatāḥ) - mounted on elephant backs, gone onto elephant backs

• म्लेच्छाः (mlecchāḥ) - Mlecchas, barbarians, foreigners

• नाना-विकृत-दर्शनाः (nānā-vikṛta-darśanāḥ) - of various distorted appearances, having various ugly forms

Words meanings and morphology

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root han with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

शेरते (śerate) - they lie, they repose

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Present Middle

Present middle 3rd plural of root śī

Root: śī (class 2)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense when used with present verb)

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

बीभत्सोः (bībhatsoḥ) - of Bibhatsu (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bībhatsu

bībhatsu - Arjuna (epithet meaning 'one who abhors foul deeds')

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharp, whetted, keen, sharpened

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root śo with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, dart

गज-पृष्ठ-गताः (gaja-pṛṣṭha-gatāḥ) - mounted on elephant backs, gone onto elephant backs

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gajapṛṣṭhagata

gajapṛṣṭhagata - mounted on an elephant's back

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gaja+pṛṣṭha+gata)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived at, mounted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

म्लेच्छाः (mlecchāḥ) - Mlecchas, barbarians, foreigners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mleccha

mleccha - barbarian, foreigner, non-Aryan, outcaste

नाना-विकृत-दर्शनाः (nānā-vikṛta-darśanāḥ) - of various distorted appearances, having various ugly forms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānāvikṛtadarśana

nānāvikṛtadarśana - having various distorted or ugly appearances

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nānā+vikṛta+darśana)

• nānā – various, manifold, diverse
  indeclinable
• vikṛta – changed, altered, distorted, deformed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root kṛ with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• darśana – sight, appearance, form
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)