महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-103

भिन्नकुम्भा विरुधिराश्छिन्नहस्ताश्च वारणाः ।
भिन्नगात्रवराश्चैव च्छिन्नवालाश्च मारिष ।
छिन्नाभ्राणीव संपेतुर्वध्यमाना महात्मना ॥१०३॥

103. bhinnakumbhā virudhirāśchinnahastāśca vāraṇāḥ ,
bhinnagātravarāścaiva cchinnavālāśca māriṣa ,
chinnābhrāṇīva saṁpeturvadhyamānā mahātmanā.

103. bhinnakumbhāḥ virudhirāḥ chinnahastāḥ
ca vāraṇāḥ bhinnagātravārāḥ ca
eva chinnabālāḥ ca māriṣa chinnābhrāṇi
iva saṃpetuḥ vadhyamānāḥ mahātmanā

103. māriṣa mahātmanā vadhyamānāḥ
bhinnakumbhāḥ virudhirāḥ chinnahastāḥ ca
bhinnagātravārāḥ ca eva chinnabālāḥ
ca vāraṇāḥ chinnābhrāṇi iva saṃpetuḥ

103. O venerable one, elephants with shattered frontal globes, bleeding profusely, with severed trunks, and with their excellent bodies broken, and with their tails cut off, fell down like torn clouds, being slain by the great hero.

Words meanings summery:

• भिन्नकुम्भाः (bhinnakumbhāḥ) - with broken frontal globes (temples)

• विरुधिराः (virudhirāḥ) - bleeding profusely (bleeding profusely, without blood)

• छिन्नहस्ताः (chinnahastāḥ) - with severed trunks

• च (ca) - and

• वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

• भिन्नगात्रवाराः (bhinnagātravārāḥ) - with their excellent bodies shattered (with excellent bodies shattered, with broken superior parts of the body)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just

• छिन्नबालाः (chinnabālāḥ) - with severed tails (or tail-hairs)

• च (ca) - and

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O venerable one, O respected one

• छिन्नाभ्राणि (chinnābhrāṇi) - torn clouds

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• संपेतुः (saṁpetuḥ) - they fell down

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great hero (e.g., Arjuna or Bhīma) (by the great-souled one, by the great hero)

Words meanings and morphology

भिन्नकुम्भाः (bhinnakumbhāḥ) - with broken frontal globes (temples)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhinnakumbha

bhinnakumbha - having broken frontal globes (of an elephant's head)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+kumbha)

• bhinna – broken, shattered
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhid (to break, cleave) + kta (past passive participle suffix).
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• kumbha – jar, pitcher, frontal globe on an elephant's head
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

विरुधिराः (virudhirāḥ) - bleeding profusely (bleeding profusely, without blood)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of virudhira

virudhira - profusely bleeding, bloodless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+rudhira)

• vi – apart, asunder, extensively, intensively
  indeclinable
• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

छिन्नहस्ताः (chinnahastāḥ) - with severed trunks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinnahasta

chinnahasta - having a severed trunk (of an elephant), having a severed hand

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+hasta)

• chinna – torn, cut, severed
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √chid (to cut, tear) + kta (past passive participle suffix).
  Root: chid (class 7)
• hasta – hand, elephant's trunk
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, repelling

भिन्नगात्रवाराः (bhinnagātravārāḥ) - with their excellent bodies shattered (with excellent bodies shattered, with broken superior parts of the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhinnagātravāra

bhinnagātravāra - having shattered excellent bodies or parts of the body

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+gātra+vara)

• bhinna – broken, shattered
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhid (to break, cleave) + kta (past passive participle suffix).
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• gātra – limb, body
  noun (neuter)
• vara – best, excellent, choice
  adjective

Note: Modifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just

(indeclinable)

छिन्नबालाः (chinnabālāḥ) - with severed tails (or tail-hairs)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinnabāla

chinnabāla - having severed tail-hairs or a severed tail

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+bāla)

• chinna – torn, cut, severed
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √chid (to cut, tear) + kta (past passive participle suffix).
  Root: chid (class 7)
• bāla – hair (especially of the tail), tail
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मारिष (māriṣa) - O venerable one, O respected one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - venerable person, respected sir

छिन्नाभ्राणि (chinnābhrāṇi) - torn clouds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of chinnābhrā

chinnābhrā - a torn cloud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (chinna+abhra)

• chinna – torn, cut, severed
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √chid (to cut, tear) + kta (past passive participle suffix).
  Root: chid (class 7)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe 'vāraṇāḥ' by comparison.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

संपेतुः (saṁpetuḥ) - they fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of sam-pat

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slaughtered, being punished

Present Passive Participle

From root √vadh (to strike, kill), often derived from √han (to strike) in causative form, + śānac (passive participle suffix).

Root: vadh (class 1)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great hero (e.g., Arjuna or Bhīma) (by the great-souled one, by the great hero)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, noble
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)