महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-22, verse-79

शिरो गृहीत्वा केशेषु कबन्धः समदृश्यत ।
उद्यम्य निशितं खड्गं रुधिरेण समुक्षितम् ॥७९॥

79. śiro gṛhītvā keśeṣu kabandhaḥ samadṛśyata ,
udyamya niśitaṁ khaḍgaṁ rudhireṇa samukṣitam.

79. śiraḥ gṛhītvā keśeṣu kabandhaḥ samadṛśyata
udyamya niśitam khaḍgam rudhireṇa samukṣitam

79. kabandhaḥ śiraḥ keśeṣu gṛhītvā rudhireṇa
samukṣitam niśitam khaḍgam udyamya samadṛśyata

79. A headless torso (kabandha) was seen, having seized a head by its hair and brandishing a sharp sword drenched with blood.

Words meanings summery:

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

• केशेषु (keśeṣu) - in the hairs, among the hairs, by the hairs

• कबन्धः (kabandhaḥ) - a headless demon/body (headless torso, trunk of the body without head and limbs)

• समदृश्यत (samadṛśyata) - was seen, appeared

• उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having lifted, having raised, having brandished

• निशितम् (niśitam) - sharpened, keen, pointed

• खड्गम् (khaḍgam) - sword

• रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - with blood, by blood

• समुक्षितम् (samukṣitam) - sprinkled, drenched, besprinkled

Words meanings and morphology

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top, summit

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √grah (to seize) + -tvā suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

केशेषु (keśeṣu) - in the hairs, among the hairs, by the hairs

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of keśa

keśa - hair

कबन्धः (kabandhaḥ) - a headless demon/body (headless torso, trunk of the body without head and limbs)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kabandha

kabandha - headless trunk, headless demon

समदृश्यत (samadṛśyata) - was seen, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of samadṛśyata

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having lifted, having raised, having brandished

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √yam (to restrain, hold) with prefix ud (up) + -ya suffix.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

निशितम् (niśitam) - sharpened, keen, pointed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, pointed, whetted

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √śo (to sharpen) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

खड्गम् (khaḍgam) - sword

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of khaḍga

khaḍga - sword, scimitar

रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - with blood, by blood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

समुक्षितम् (samukṣitam) - sprinkled, drenched, besprinkled

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samukṣita

samukṣita - sprinkled, drenched, besprinkled

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √ukṣ (to sprinkle) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: ukṣ (class 1)