महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-105

अपरे निष्टनन्तः स्म व्यदृश्यन्त महाद्विपाः ।
क्षरन्तः शोणितं गात्रैर्नगा इव जलप्लवम् ॥१०५॥

105. apare niṣṭanantaḥ sma vyadṛśyanta mahādvipāḥ ,
kṣarantaḥ śoṇitaṁ gātrairnagā iva jalaplavam.

105. apare niṣṭanantaḥ sma vyadṛśyanta mahādvipāḥ
kṣarantaḥ śoṇitam gātraiḥ nagāḥ iva jalaplavam

105. apare mahādvipāḥ niṣṭanantaḥ sma gātraiḥ śoṇitam
kṣarantaḥ nagāḥ jalaplavam iva vyadṛśyanta

105. Others, great elephants, were seen groaning, their bodies streaming blood like mountains gushing forth water.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others, other ones, some others

• निष्टनन्तः (niṣṭanantaḥ) - trumpeting, groaning, roaring

• स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle, indicating past tense or vivid present

• व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - were seen, appeared

• महाद्विपाः (mahādvipāḥ) - great elephants

• क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - oozing, dripping, streaming

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

• गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - from their bodies, with their bodies

• नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains

• इव (iva) - like, as

• जलप्लवम् (jalaplavam) - a flood of water, a gush of water

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others, other ones, some others

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

निष्टनन्तः (niṣṭanantaḥ) - trumpeting, groaning, roaring

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niṣṭanat

niṣṭanat - roaring, trumpeting, groaning

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'stan' with prefix 'niṣ'.

Prefix: niṣ

Root: stan (class 1)

स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle, indicating past tense or vivid present

(indeclinable)

व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - were seen, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Imperfect tense, passive voice, third person plural of root dṛś with upasargas vi and a (vy-a-).

महाद्विपाः (mahādvipāḥ) - great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahādvipa

mahādvipa - great elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+dvipa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• dvipa – elephant (lit. 'two-drinker', referring to trunk and mouth)
  noun (masculine)

क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - oozing, dripping, streaming

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣarat

kṣarat - flowing, trickling, oozing, dropping

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'kṣar'.

Root: kṣar (class 1)

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood; red

गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - from their bodies, with their bodies

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body

नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naga

naga - mountain (lit. 'that which does not move')

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

जलप्लवम् (jalaplavam) - a flood of water, a gush of water

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jalaplava

jalaplava - flood of water, overflow, deluge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+plava)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• plava – flood, overflow, a boat, swimming
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root plu (to float, swim).
  Root: plu