महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-24, verse-28

भीमसेनस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा नागान्मत्तगजोपमः ।
करेण गृह्य महतीं गदामभ्यपतद्बली ।
अवप्लुत्य रथात्तूर्णं दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥२८॥

28. bhīmasenastu tāndṛṣṭvā nāgānmattagajopamaḥ ,
kareṇa gṛhya mahatīṁ gadāmabhyapatadbalī ,
avaplutya rathāttūrṇaṁ daṇḍapāṇirivāntakaḥ.

28. bhīmasenaḥ tu tān dṛṣṭvā nāgān
mattagajopamaḥ kareṇa gṛhya mahatīm
gadām abhyapatat balī avaplutya
rathāt tūrṇam daṇḍapāṇiḥ iva antakaḥ

28. tu mattagajopamaḥ balī bhīmasenaḥ
tān nāgān dṛṣṭvā kareṇa mahatīm
gadām gṛhya tūrṇam rathāt avaplutya
daṇḍapāṇiḥ iva antakaḥ abhyapatat

28. But the mighty Bhimasena, seeing those elephants and resembling a rutting elephant himself, grasped his enormous mace with his hand and rushed forward. He quickly leaped down from his chariot, like Yama, the wielder of the staff (Daṇḍapāṇi).

Words meanings summery:

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तान् (tān) - those elephants (them, those)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

• नागान् (nāgān) - elephants (plural)

• मत्तगजोपमः (mattagajopamaḥ) - resembling a rutting elephant

• करेण (kareṇa) - by hand, with the hand

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having grasped, having seized

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, huge, mighty

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

• अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - he rushed towards, he attacked

• बली (balī) - mighty, strong, powerful one

• अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having leaped down, having jumped down

• रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot

• तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly

• दण्डपाणिः (daṇḍapāṇiḥ) - Yama, the god of death (mace-bearer, wielder of the staff (epithet of Yama))

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - Yama, the personification of death (the Ender, Yama (god of death))

Words meanings and morphology

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (name of the second Pāṇḍava)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those elephants (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नागान् (nāgān) - elephants (plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, elephant, mountain

मत्तगजोपमः (mattagajopamaḥ) - resembling a rutting elephant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mattagajopama

mattagajopama - resembling a rutting elephant

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (matta+gaja+upama)

• matta – intoxicated, rutting, frantic
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mad (to be intoxicated)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• upama – resemblance, comparison, similar to
  adjective (masculine)

करेण (kareṇa) - by hand, with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having grasped, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root grah (to seize, grasp) with suffix -ya (after prefix, but here without explicit prefix)

Root: grah (class 9)

महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, huge, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - he rushed towards, he attacked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abhipat

Root pat (to fall) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

बली (balī) - mighty, strong, powerful one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - strong, powerful, mighty; a powerful person

Derived from bala (strength) with suffix -in

अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having leaped down, having jumped down

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root plu (to float, to leap) with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: plu (class 1)

रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

दण्डपाणिः (daṇḍapāṇiḥ) - Yama, the god of death (mace-bearer, wielder of the staff (epithet of Yama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍapāṇi

daṇḍapāṇi - mace-bearer, staff-wielder; an epithet of Yama

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (daṇḍa+pāṇi)

• daṇḍa – staff, rod, mace
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - Yama, the personification of death (the Ender, Yama (god of death))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - the Ender, terminator; an epithet of Yama

Agent noun

Derived from anta (end) + √kṛ (to make), or from root ant (to bind)

Root: ant (class 10)