महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-3, verse-34

नष्टचन्द्रा यथा रात्रिः सेनेयं हतनायका ।
नागभग्नद्रुमा शुष्का नदीवाकुलतां गता ॥३४॥

34. naṣṭacandrā yathā rātriḥ seneyaṁ hatanāyakā ,
nāgabhagnadrumā śuṣkā nadīvākulatāṁ gatā.

34. naṣṭacandrā yathā rātriḥ senā iyam hatanāyakā
nāgabhagnadrumā śuṣkā nadī vā ākulatām gatā

34. iyam senā hatanāyakā yathā naṣṭacandrā rātriḥ
nāgabhagnadrumā śuṣkā nadī vā ākulatām gatā

34. This army, its leader slain, is like a night without a moon. It is distraught, like a dry river whose (bank's) trees have been shattered by elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• नष्टचन्द्रा (naṣṭacandrā) - having lost its moon, moonless

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

• रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night

• सेना (senā) - army, host

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• हतनायका (hatanāyakā) - its commander or chief having been slain (having its leader killed)

• नागभग्नद्रुमा (nāgabhagnadrumā) - having its trees broken by elephants

• शुष्का (śuṣkā) - dry, dried up

• नदी (nadī) - river

• वा (vā) - or, like

• आकुलताम् (ākulatām) - agitation, distress, distraughtness

• गता (gatā) - having reached a state of (gone, reached, attained)

Words meanings and morphology

नष्टचन्द्रा (naṣṭacandrā) - having lost its moon, moonless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naṣṭacandra

naṣṭacandra - whose moon is lost, moonless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (naṣṭa+candra)

• naṣṭa – lost, perished, destroyed
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'naś'.
  Root: naś (class 4)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

(indeclinable)

रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

सेना (senā) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, forces

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

हतनायका (hatanāyakā) - its commander or chief having been slain (having its leader killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hatanāyaka

hatanāyaka - whose leader is killed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hata+nāyaka)

• hata – killed, slain, destroyed
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'han'.
  Root: han (class 2)
• nāyaka – leader, chief, commander
  noun (masculine)

नागभग्नद्रुमा (nāgabhagnadrumā) - having its trees broken by elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nāgabhagnadruma

nāgabhagnadruma - whose trees are broken by elephants

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nāga+bhagna+druma)

• nāga – elephant, snake
  noun (masculine)
• bhagna – broken, shattered, crushed
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'bhañj'.
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

शुष्का (śuṣkā) - dry, dried up

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuṣka

śuṣka - dry, dried, withered

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

वा (vā) - or, like

(indeclinable)

आकुलताम् (ākulatām) - agitation, distress, distraughtness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākulatā

ākulatā - agitation, confusion, distress, distraughtness

गता (gatā) - having reached a state of (gone, reached, attained)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, passed, departed

past passive participle

Derived from root 'gam'.

Root: gam (class 1)