महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-44, verse-87

नानावृक्षभुजाः केचित्कटिशीर्षास्तथापरे ।
भुजंगभोगवदना नानागुल्मनिवासिनः ॥८७॥

87. nānāvṛkṣabhujāḥ kecitkaṭiśīrṣāstathāpare ,
bhujaṁgabhogavadanā nānāgulmanivāsinaḥ.

87. nānāvṛkṣabhujāḥ kecit kaṭiśīrṣāḥ tathā apare
bhujaṃgabhogavadanāḥ nānāgulmanivāsinaḥ

87. nānāvṛkṣabhujāḥ kecit kaṭiśīrṣāḥ tathā apare
bhujaṃgabhogavadanāḥ nānāgulmanivāsinaḥ

87. Some had various trees for arms, while others, similarly, had heads at their waists. There were also those with faces like serpent-hoods, dwelling in various thickets.

Words meanings summery:

• नानावृक्षभुजाः (nānāvṛkṣabhujāḥ) - having various trees as arms

• केचित् (kecit) - some (masculine plural)

• कटिशीर्षाः (kaṭiśīrṣāḥ) - having heads at their waists

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• अपरे (apare) - others

• भुजंगभोगवदनाः (bhujaṁgabhogavadanāḥ) - having faces like serpent-hoods

• नानागुल्मनिवासिनः (nānāgulmanivāsinaḥ) - dwelling in various bushes/shrubs

Words meanings and morphology

नानावृक्षभुजाः (nānāvṛkṣabhujāḥ) - having various trees as arms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānāvṛkṣabhuja

nānāvṛkṣabhuja - having various trees as arms

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nānā+vṛkṣa+bhuja)

• nānā – various, manifold, diverse
  indeclinable
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• bhuja – arm, hand
  noun (masculine)

केचित् (kecit) - some (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

Derived from 'kim' + 'cid'

कटिशीर्षाः (kaṭiśīrṣāḥ) - having heads at their waists

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṭiśīrṣa

kaṭiśīrṣa - having heads at their waists

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kaṭi+śīrṣa)

• kaṭi – waist, hip
  noun (feminine)
• śīrṣa – head, top, peak
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, different, subsequent

भुजंगभोगवदनाः (bhujaṁgabhogavadanāḥ) - having faces like serpent-hoods

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhujaṃgabhogavadana

bhujaṁgabhogavadana - having faces like serpent-hoods

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhujaṃga+bhoga+vadana)

• bhujaṃga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• bhoga – hood of a serpent, coil (of a snake), enjoyment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• vadana – face, mouth, countenance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: The Devanagari shows `वदना` (vadanā). Contextually, as a masculine nominative plural adjective, `वदनाः` (vadanāḥ) is the grammatically expected form, and this analysis is based on that interpretation.

नानागुल्मनिवासिनः (nānāgulmanivāsinaḥ) - dwelling in various bushes/shrubs

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānāgulmanivāsin

nānāgulmanivāsin - dwelling in various bushes/shrubs

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānā+gulma+nivāsin)

• nānā – various, manifold, diverse
  indeclinable
• gulma – bush, shrub, thicket, cluster
  noun (masculine)
• nivāsin – dwelling, inhabiting, resident
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  From root 'vas' (to dwell) with prefix 'ni'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vas (class 1)