महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-58, verse-6

छिन्नगात्रैर्विकवचैर्विशिरस्कैः समन्ततः ।
पतितैश्च पतद्भिश्च योधैरासीत्समावृतम् ॥६॥

6. chinnagātrairvikavacairviśiraskaiḥ samantataḥ ,
patitaiśca patadbhiśca yodhairāsītsamāvṛtam.

6. chinna-gātraiḥ vikavacaiḥ viśiraskaiḥ samantataḥ
patitaiḥ ca patadbhiḥ ca yodhaiḥ āsīt samāvṛtam

6. samantataḥ chinna-gātraiḥ vikavacaiḥ viśiraskaiḥ
patitaiḥ ca patadbhiḥ ca yodhaiḥ samāvṛtam āsīt

6. It was covered all around by warriors, both fallen and falling, with their limbs severed, armors broken, and heads detached.

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्न-गात्रैः (chinna-gātraiḥ) - with severed limbs, with cut-off body parts

• विकवचैः (vikavacaiḥ) - with broken armors, without armors

• विशिरस्कैः (viśiraskaiḥ) - with headless bodies, without heads

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

• पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - by fallen ones, by those who have fallen

• च (ca) - and, also

• पतद्भिः (patadbhiḥ) - by falling ones, by those who are falling

• च (ca) - and, also

• योधैः (yodhaiḥ) - by warriors, by fighters

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• समावृतम् (samāvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्न-गात्रैः (chinna-gātraiḥ) - with severed limbs, with cut-off body parts

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of chinna-gātra

chinna-gātra - having severed limbs, whose body parts are cut

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (chinna+gātra)

• chinna – cut, severed, broken
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √chid (class 7, to cut, cleave).
  Root: chid (class 7)
• gātra – body, limb
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'yodhaiḥ'.

विकवचैः (vikavacaiḥ) - with broken armors, without armors

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vikavaca

vikavaca - without armor, stripped of armor, having lost armor

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vi+kavaca)

• vi – without, lacking, separation
  indeclinable
  A prefix indicating separation, absence, opposition.
• kavaca – armor, cuirass
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'yodhaiḥ'.

विशिरस्कैः (viśiraskaiḥ) - with headless bodies, without heads

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viśiraska

viśiraska - headless, without a head

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vi+śiras)

• vi – without, lacking, separation
  indeclinable
  A prefix indicating separation, absence, opposition.
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'yodhaiḥ'.

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'samanta' (all around) with the suffix '-tas'.

पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - by fallen ones, by those who have fallen

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pat (class 1, to fall, fly).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Used here as an adjective qualifying 'yodhaiḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पतद्भिः (patadbhiḥ) - by falling ones, by those who are falling

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patat

patat - falling, flying, moving rapidly

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √pat (class 1, to fall, fly).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Used here as an adjective qualifying 'yodhaiḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

योधैः (yodhaiḥ) - by warriors, by fighters

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter, soldier

Derived from root √yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

समावृतम् (samāvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samāvṛta

samāvṛta - covered, surrounded, enveloped, obscured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vṛ (class 5/9, to cover, surround) with prefixes sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Adjective modifying an implicit neuter subject (e.g., 'the field').