महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-52

स वाजिरथमातङ्गान्निघ्नन्व्यचरदर्जुनः ।
प्रभिन्न इव मातङ्गो मृद्नन्नडवनं यथा ॥५२॥

52. sa vājirathamātaṅgānnighnanvyacaradarjunaḥ ,
prabhinna iva mātaṅgo mṛdnannaḍavanaṁ yathā.

52. saḥ vājirathamātaṅgān nighnan vyacarat arjunaḥ
| prabhinnaḥ iva mātaṅgaḥ mṛdnan naḍavanam yathā

52. saḥ arjunaḥ vājirathamātaṅgān nighnan vyacarat,
yathā prabhinnaḥ mātaṅgaḥ naḍavanam mṛdnan (acarad)

52. He, Arjuna, moved about striking down horses, chariots, and elephants, just as an enraged elephant crushes a reed thicket.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)

• वाजिरथमातङ्गान् (vājirathamātaṅgān) - the enemy's horses, chariots, and elephants (horses, chariots, and elephants)

• निघ्नन् (nighnan) - striking down, killing

• व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved about, roamed

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• प्रभिन्नः (prabhinnaḥ) - enraged (as an elephant in musth) (enraged, rutting, split open)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - elephant

• मृद्नन् (mṛdnan) - crushing, destroying

• नडवनम् (naḍavanam) - reed thicket, bamboo forest

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वाजिरथमातङ्गान् (vājirathamātaṅgān) - the enemy's horses, chariots, and elephants (horses, chariots, and elephants)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vājirathamātaṅga

vājirathamātaṅga - horses, chariots, and elephants

Compound type : dvandva (vājin+ratha+mātaṅga)

• vājin – horse
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• mātaṅga – elephant
  noun (masculine)

निघ्नन् (nighnan) - striking down, killing

(verbal derivative)

व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved about, roamed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vyacarat

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

प्रभिन्नः (prabhinnaḥ) - enraged (as an elephant in musth) (enraged, rutting, split open)

(verbal derivative)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant

मृद्नन् (mṛdnan) - crushing, destroying

(verbal derivative)

नडवनम् (naḍavanam) - reed thicket, bamboo forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naḍavana

naḍavana - reed thicket, bamboo forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (naḍa+vana)

• naḍa – reed, bamboo
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, thicket
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)