महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-14, verse-44

योधानां च महाशङ्खान्पाण्डुरांश्च प्रकीर्णकान् ।
निरस्तजिह्वान्मातङ्गाञ्शयानान्पर्वतोपमान् ॥४४॥

44. yodhānāṁ ca mahāśaṅkhānpāṇḍurāṁśca prakīrṇakān ,
nirastajihvānmātaṅgāñśayānānparvatopamān.

44. yodhānām ca mahāśaṅkhān pāṇḍurān ca prakīrṇakān
nirastajihvān mātaṅgān śayānān parvatopamān

44. ca yodhānām prakīrṇakān mahāśaṅkhān ca pāṇḍurān
nirastajihvān parvatopamān śayānān mātaṅgān

44. And behold the scattered great, white conch shells of the warriors, as well as the mountain-like elephants lying fallen with their tongues hanging out.

Words meanings summery:

• योधानाम् (yodhānām) - of the warriors

• च (ca) - and

• महाशङ्खान् (mahāśaṅkhān) - great conch shells

• पाण्डुरान् (pāṇḍurān) - white, pale

• च (ca) - and

• प्रकीर्णकान् (prakīrṇakān) - scattered

• निरस्तजिह्वान् (nirastajihvān) - with tongues thrown out/lolling out

• मातङ्गान् (mātaṅgān) - elephants

• शयानान् (śayānān) - lying down, fallen

• पर्वतोपमान् (parvatopamān) - resembling mountains

Words meanings and morphology

योधानाम् (yodhānām) - of the warriors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महाशङ्खान् (mahāśaṅkhān) - great conch shells

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāśaṅkha

mahāśaṅkha - great conch shell

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+śaṅkha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• śaṅkha – conch shell
  noun (masculine)

पाण्डुरान् (pāṇḍurān) - white, pale

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍura

pāṇḍura - white, pale

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रकीर्णकान् (prakīrṇakān) - scattered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prakīrṇaka

prakīrṇaka - scattered, strewn

Past Passive Participle

derived from prakīrṇa with suffix -ka

Prefix: pra

Root: √kīr

निरस्तजिह्वान् (nirastajihvān) - with tongues thrown out/lolling out

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nirastajihva

nirastajihva - having the tongue thrown out

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nirasta+jihva)

• nirasta – thrown out, expelled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: nir
  Root: √as
• jihva – tongue
  noun (feminine)

मातङ्गान् (mātaṅgān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant

शयानान् (śayānān) - lying down, fallen

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śayāna

śayāna - lying down, fallen

Present Active Participle (ātmanepada)

Root: √śī (class 2)

पर्वतोपमान् (parvatopamān) - resembling mountains

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parvatopama

parvatopama - resembling a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvata+upama)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• upama – resembling, comparable
  adjective