महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-12

गजान्गजाः समासाद्य विषाणाग्रैरदारयन् ।
विषाणाभिहतास्ते च भ्राजन्ते द्विरदा यथा ॥१२॥

12. gajāngajāḥ samāsādya viṣāṇāgrairadārayan ,
viṣāṇābhihatāste ca bhrājante dviradā yathā.

12. gajān gajāḥ samāsādya viṣāṇāgrair adārayan
viṣāṇābhihatāḥ te ca bhrājante dviradāḥ yathā

12. gajāḥ samāsādya gajān viṣāṇāgraiḥ adārayan ca
viṣāṇābhihatāḥ te dviradāḥ yathā bhrājante

12. Elephants approached other elephants and tore them apart with the tips of their tusks. Struck by tusks, those elephants shone brightly, just like (glowing) hills.

Words meanings summery:

• गजान् (gajān) - enemy elephants (elephants)

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - war elephants (elephants)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having encountered

• विषाणाग्रैः (viṣāṇāgraiḥ) - with the tips of the tusks

• अदारयन् (adārayan) - they tore, they split, they rent

• विषाणाभिहताः (viṣāṇābhihatāḥ) - struck by tusks

• ते (te) - those

• च (ca) - and

• भ्राजन्ते (bhrājante) - they shine, they glitter, they look splendid

• द्विरदाः (dviradāḥ) - elephants

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

गजान् (gajān) - enemy elephants (elephants)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

गजाः (gajāḥ) - war elephants (elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having encountered

(indeclinable)

absolutive

prefix sam + ā + root sad with ṇic

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

विषाणाग्रैः (viṣāṇāgraiḥ) - with the tips of the tusks

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of viṣāṇāgra

viṣāṇāgra - tip of the tusk

viṣāṇa (tusk) + agra (tip), tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (viṣāṇa+agra)

• viṣāṇa – tusk, horn
  noun (neuter)
• agra – tip, top, end
  noun (neuter)

अदारयन् (adārayan) - they tore, they split, they rent

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (hyaṅ) of dāray

causative

root dṝ in causative

Root: dṝ (class 9)

विषाणाभिहताः (viṣāṇābhihatāḥ) - struck by tusks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣāṇābhihata

viṣāṇābhihata - struck by tusks

Past Passive Participle

viṣāṇa (tusk) + abhihata (struck), tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (viṣāṇa+abhihata)

• viṣāṇa – tusk, horn
  noun (neuter)
• abhihata – struck, beaten
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  prefix abhi + root han
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भ्राजन्ते (bhrājante) - they shine, they glitter, they look splendid

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhrāj

Root: bhrāj (class 1)

द्विरदाः (dviradāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvirada

dvirada - elephant

dvi (two) + rada (tooth), meaning two-toothed (having tusks)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dvi+rada)

• dvi – two
  adjective (masculine)
• rada – tooth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rad (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

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