महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-17

केचिदभ्याहता नागा नागैर्नगनिभा भुवि ।
निपेतुः समरे तस्मिन्पक्षवन्त इवाद्रयः ॥१७॥

17. kecidabhyāhatā nāgā nāgairnaganibhā bhuvi ,
nipetuḥ samare tasminpakṣavanta ivādrayaḥ.

17. kecit abhyāhatāḥ nāgāḥ nāgaiḥ naganibhāḥ bhuvi
nipetuḥ samare tasmin pakṣavantaḥ iva adrayaḥ

17. tasmin samare nāgaiḥ abhyāhatāḥ kecit naganibhāḥ
nāgāḥ bhuvi pakṣavantaḥ adrayaḥ iva nipetuḥ

17. In that battle, some mountain-like elephants, struck by (other) elephants, fell to the ground like winged mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• अभ्याहताः (abhyāhatāḥ) - struck, assailed, wounded

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, serpents)

• नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by elephants (by elephants, by serpents)

• नगनिभाः (naganibhāḥ) - mountain-like, resembling mountains

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell down, tumbled down

• समरे (samare) - in the battle, in the war

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• पक्षवन्तः (pakṣavantaḥ) - winged, having wings

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - something, someone, a little

अभ्याहताः (abhyāhatāḥ) - struck, assailed, wounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhyāhata

abhyāhata - struck, assailed, hit

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) with prefixes abhi and ā

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: han (class 2)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - elephant, serpent, mountain

नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by elephants (by elephants, by serpents)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - elephant, serpent, mountain

नगनिभाः (naganibhāḥ) - mountain-like, resembling mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naganibha

naganibha - mountain-like, resembling a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (naga+nibha)

• naga – mountain, tree
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell down, tumbled down

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in the battle, in the war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

पक्षवन्तः (pakṣavantaḥ) - winged, having wings

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣavat

pakṣavat - having wings, winged

Suffixed with -vat (possessive suffix)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adri

adri - mountain, stone, rock