महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-14

भक्षयन्तः स्म मांसानि पिबन्तश्चापि शोणितम् ।
विलुम्पन्तः स्म केशांश्च मज्जाश्च बहुधा नृप ॥१४॥

14. bhakṣayantaḥ sma māṁsāni pibantaścāpi śoṇitam ,
vilumpantaḥ sma keśāṁśca majjāśca bahudhā nṛpa.

14. bhakṣayantaḥ sma māṃsāni pibantaḥ ca api śoṇitam
vilumpantaḥ sma keśān ca majjāḥ ca bahudhā nṛpa

14. nṛpa māṃsāni bhakṣayantaḥ sma api ca śoṇitam pibantaḥ
sma ca keśān ca majjāḥ bahudhā vilumpantaḥ sma

14. O King, they were devouring the flesh, and also drinking the blood, and repeatedly tearing out hair and marrow in many ways.

Words meanings summery:

• भक्षयन्तः (bhakṣayantaḥ) - devouring, eating

• स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle, indicating past tense when used with present tense verb forms or participles

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - flesh, meats

• पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

• विलुम्पन्तः (vilumpantaḥ) - plundering, tearing out, dragging away

• स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle, indicating past tense when used with present tense verb forms or participles

• केशान् (keśān) - hair

• च (ca) - and

• मज्जाः (majjāḥ) - marrow

• च (ca) - and

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly, repeatedly

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

भक्षयन्तः (bhakṣayantaḥ) - devouring, eating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhakṣayat

bhakṣayat - eating, devouring

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causal form of the root bhakṣ (to eat), or denominative from bhakṣa (food)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle, indicating past tense when used with present tense verb forms or participles

(indeclinable)

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - flesh, meats

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat

पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pibat

pibat - drinking

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root pā (to drink), present stem piba

Root: pā (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood; red

विलुम्पन्तः (vilumpantaḥ) - plundering, tearing out, dragging away

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vilumpat

vilumpat - plundering, tearing, ravaging

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root lump (to break, rob) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: lump (class 6)

स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle, indicating past tense when used with present tense verb forms or participles

(indeclinable)

केशान् (keśān) - hair

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of keśa

keśa - hair

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मज्जाः (majjāḥ) - marrow

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of majjā

majjā - marrow

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler