महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-12, verse-40

पश्चात्तु शैलवत्पेतुस्ते गजाः सह सादिभिः ।
वज्रिवज्रप्रमथिता यथैवाद्रिचयास्तथा ॥४०॥

40. paścāttu śailavatpetuste gajāḥ saha sādibhiḥ ,
vajrivajrapramathitā yathaivādricayāstathā.

40. paścāt tu śailavat petuḥ te gajāḥ saha sādibhiḥ
vajrivajrapramathitāḥ yathā eva adricayāḥ tathā

40. paścāt tu te gajāḥ sādibhiḥ saha śailavat petuḥ
yathā eva vajrivajrapramathitāḥ adricayāḥ tathā

40. But afterwards, those elephants, along with their riders, fell like mountains, just as piles of mountains are similarly crushed by the thunderbolt of Indra.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, behind, later

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• शैलवत् (śailavat) - like a mountain, mountain-like

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

• ते (te) - they, those

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• सादिभिः (sādibhiḥ) - by riders (on elephants/horses)

• वज्रिवज्रप्रमथिताः (vajrivajrapramathitāḥ) - crushed by the thunderbolt of Indra

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अद्रिचयाः (adricayāḥ) - piles of mountains, mountain heaps

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

Words meanings and morphology

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, behind, later

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

शैलवत् (śailavat) - like a mountain, mountain-like

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating likeness

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect Tense

Root: pat (class 1)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - an elephant

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

सादिभिः (sādibhiḥ) - by riders (on elephants/horses)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sādin

sādin - a rider, horseman, elephant rider

वज्रिवज्रप्रमथिताः (vajrivajrapramathitāḥ) - crushed by the thunderbolt of Indra

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajrivajrapramathita

vajrivajrapramathita - crushed by the thunderbolt of Indra

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (vajrivajra+pramathita)

• vajrin – Indra (bearer of the thunderbolt)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (neuter)
• pramathita – crushed, churned, destroyed, subdued
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'math' (to churn, crush) with prefix 'pra-'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: math (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अद्रिचयाः (adricayāḥ) - piles of mountains, mountain heaps

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adricaya

adricaya - a pile of mountains, mountain heap

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (adri+caya)

• adri – mountain, rock, cloud
  noun (masculine)
• caya – heap, pile, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)