महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-14

तोमरान्गजिभिर्मुक्तान्प्रतीपानास्थितान्बहून् ।
हस्तैर्विचेरुस्ते नागा बभञ्जुश्चापरे तथा ॥१४॥

14. tomarāngajibhirmuktānpratīpānāsthitānbahūn ,
hastairviceruste nāgā babhañjuścāpare tathā.

14. tomarān gajibhiḥ muktān pratīpān āsthitān bahūn
hastaiḥ viceruḥ te nāgāḥ babhañjuḥ ca apare tathā

14. te nāgāḥ gajibhiḥ muktān bahūn tomarān pratīpān
āsthitān hastaiḥ viceruḥ ca tathā apare babhañjuḥ

14. Those elephants moved about, catching many iron lances (tomara) hurled by enemy riders confronting them, and others broke them as well.

Words meanings summery:

• तोमरान् (tomarān) - iron lances, javelins

• गजिभिः (gajibhiḥ) - by elephants

• मुक्तान् (muktān) - hurled, released

• प्रतीपान् (pratīpān) - hostile, opposing

• आस्थितान् (āsthitān) - standing, positioned, mounted

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

• हस्तैः (hastaiḥ) - with trunks (with trunks, with hands)

• विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - moved about, roamed

• ते (te) - those

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants

• बभञ्जुः (babhañjuḥ) - broke, shattered

• च (ca) - and

• अपरे (apare) - others

• तथा (tathā) - thus, and similarly

Words meanings and morphology

तोमरान् (tomarān) - iron lances, javelins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tomara

tomara - an iron lance, a javelin

गजिभिः (gajibhiḥ) - by elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gajin

gajin - possessing elephants, elephant rider

मुक्तान् (muktān) - hurled, released

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - released, hurled, freed

Past Passive Participle

from muc root

Root: muc (class 6)

प्रतीपान् (pratīpān) - hostile, opposing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pratīpa

pratīpa - hostile, adverse, opposing

आस्थितान् (āsthitān) - standing, positioned, mounted

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āsthita

āsthita - standing upon, mounted, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

from ā + sthā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many

हस्तैः (hastaiḥ) - with trunks (with trunks, with hands)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hasta

hasta - hand, elephant trunk

विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - moved about, roamed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vicar

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - elephant, snake

बभञ्जुः (babhañjuḥ) - broke, shattered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of bhañj

Root: bhañj (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, subsequent, alternative

तथा (tathā) - thus, and similarly

(indeclinable)

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