महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-28

एवं हत्वा तव गजांस्ते पाण्डुनरकुञ्जराः ।
द्रुतं सेनामवैक्षन्त भिन्नकूलामिवापगाम् ॥२८॥

28. evaṁ hatvā tava gajāṁste pāṇḍunarakuñjarāḥ ,
drutaṁ senāmavaikṣanta bhinnakūlāmivāpagām.

28. evam hatvā tava gajān te pāṇḍunarakuñjarāḥ
drutam senām avaikṣanta bhinnakūlām iva apagām

28. evam tava gajān hatvā te pāṇḍunarakuñjarāḥ
drutam bhinnakūlām apagām iva senām avaikṣanta

28. Having thus killed your elephants, those Pāṇḍava warrior-chiefs quickly observed the (enemy) army, which was like a river with broken banks.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having struck

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• गजान् (gajān) - elephants

• ते (te) - they, those

• पाण्डुनरकुञ्जराः (pāṇḍunarakuñjarāḥ) - the Pāṇḍava chief-men, the Pāṇḍava warrior-chiefs

• द्रुतम् (drutam) - quickly, swiftly

• सेनाम् (senām) - the army

• अवैक्षन्त (avaikṣanta) - they observed, they looked at

• भिन्नकूलाम् (bhinnakūlām) - with broken banks, having shattered banks

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अपगाम् (apagām) - a river

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having struck

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Absolutive form of root han

Root: han (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

गजान् (gajān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍava warriors.

पाण्डुनरकुञ्जराः (pāṇḍunarakuñjarāḥ) - the Pāṇḍava chief-men, the Pāṇḍava warrior-chiefs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍunarakuñjara

pāṇḍunarakuñjara - chiefs among Pāṇḍava men (metaphorically, elephant-like men of Pāṇḍu)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+narakuñjara)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• narakuñjara – chief among men (literally 'man-elephant')
  compound noun (masculine)

द्रुतम् (drutam) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root dru

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

सेनाम् (senām) - the army

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, troop

अवैक्षन्त (avaikṣanta) - they observed, they looked at

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of ava-īkṣ

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

भिन्नकूलाम् (bhinnakūlām) - with broken banks, having shattered banks

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhinnakūla

bhinnakūla - having broken banks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+kūla)

• bhinna – broken, split, shattered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root bhid
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• kūla – bank (of a river), shore
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'senām' and 'apagām'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अपगाम् (apagām) - a river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apagā

apagā - river

Prefix: apa

Root: gam (class 1)