महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-102

तत्र तत्र च संभ्रान्ता विचेरुर्मत्तकुञ्जराः ।
दवाग्निना परीताङ्गा यथैव स्युर्महावने ॥१०२॥

102. tatra tatra ca saṁbhrāntā vicerurmattakuñjarāḥ ,
davāgninā parītāṅgā yathaiva syurmahāvane.

102. tatra tatra ca saṃbhrāntāḥ viceruḥ mattakuñjarāḥ
davāgninā parītāṅgāḥ yathā eva syuḥ mahāvane

102. ca tatra tatra mattakuñjarāḥ mahāvane davāgninā
parītāṅgāḥ yathā eva syuḥ saṃbhrāntāḥ viceruḥ

102. And here and there, maddened elephants, their bodies as if surrounded by a raging forest fire in a great wilderness, wandered about in confusion.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• च (ca) - and

• संभ्रान्ताः (saṁbhrāntāḥ) - confused, agitated, bewildered

• विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - wandered about, roamed

• मत्तकुञ्जराः (mattakuñjarāḥ) - frenzied elephants, maddened elephants

• दवाग्निना (davāgninā) - by a forest fire

• परीताङ्गाः (parītāṅgāḥ) - whose bodies are engulfed (by fire) (whose bodies are surrounded, engulfed)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, like

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

• महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest, in a great wilderness

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in repetition 'tatra tatra' meaning 'here and there'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in repetition 'tatra tatra' meaning 'here and there'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संभ्रान्ताः (saṁbhrāntāḥ) - confused, agitated, bewildered

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃbhrānta

saṁbhrānta - confused, agitated, bewildered, terrified

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhram (to wander, to be confused) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mattakuñjarāḥ'.

विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - wandered about, roamed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vi-car

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

मत्तकुञ्जराः (mattakuñjarāḥ) - frenzied elephants, maddened elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mattakuñjara

mattakuñjara - a maddened or rutting elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (matta+kuñjara)

• matta – intoxicated, frenzied, maddened
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √mad (to be intoxicated, revel) + kta (past passive participle suffix).
  Root: mad (class 4)
• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)

दवाग्निना (davāgninā) - by a forest fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of davāgni

davāgni - forest fire, conflagration of a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāva+agni)

• dāva – forest, wilderness, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire, sacrificial fire
  noun (masculine)

परीताङ्गाः (parītāṅgāḥ) - whose bodies are engulfed (by fire) (whose bodies are surrounded, engulfed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parītāṅga

parītāṅga - having a body surrounded or covered

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parīta+aṅga)

• parīta – surrounded, encompassed, covered
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √i (to go) with prefix pari-.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'mattakuñjarāḥ'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, like

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest, in a great wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - a great forest or wilderness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+vana)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)