महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-44, verse-95

महादंष्ट्रा ह्रस्वदंष्ट्राश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रास्तथापरे ।
वारणेन्द्रनिभाश्चान्ये भीमा राजन्सहस्रशः ॥९५॥

95. mahādaṁṣṭrā hrasvadaṁṣṭrāścaturdaṁṣṭrāstathāpare ,
vāraṇendranibhāścānye bhīmā rājansahasraśaḥ.

95. mahādaṃṣṭrāḥ hrasvadaṃṣṭrāḥ caturdaṃṣṭrāḥ tathā apare
vāraṇendranibhāḥ ca anye bhīmāḥ rājan sahasraśaḥ

95. rājan sahasraśaḥ apare mahādaṃṣṭrāḥ hrasvadaṃṣṭrāḥ
caturdaṃṣṭrāḥ tathā ca anye vāraṇendranibhāḥ bhīmāḥ

95. O king, there were thousands of others, some with great tusks or fangs, others with short tusks or fangs, and some with four tusks or fangs. Still others resembled mighty elephants and were formidable.

Words meanings summery:

• महादंष्ट्राः (mahādaṁṣṭrāḥ) - great-tusked/fanged ones

• ह्रस्वदंष्ट्राः (hrasvadaṁṣṭrāḥ) - short-tusked/fanged ones

• चतुर्दंष्ट्राः (caturdaṁṣṭrāḥ) - four-tusked/fanged ones

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, and

• अपरे (apare) - others

• वारणेन्द्रनिभाः (vāraṇendranibhāḥ) - resembling mighty elephants

• च (ca) - and

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - formidable, terrible, fierce

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

महादंष्ट्राः (mahādaṁṣṭrāḥ) - great-tusked/fanged ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahādaṃṣṭra

mahādaṁṣṭra - having great tusks or fangs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+daṃṣṭra)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• daṃṣṭra – tusk, fang
  noun (masculine)

Note: Reconstructed to plural nominative from original Devanagari: महादंष्ट्रा

ह्रस्वदंष्ट्राः (hrasvadaṁṣṭrāḥ) - short-tusked/fanged ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hrasvadaṃṣṭra

hrasvadaṁṣṭra - having short tusks or fangs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hrasva+daṃṣṭra)

• hrasva – short, small
  adjective
• daṃṣṭra – tusk, fang
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of sandhi: hrasvadaṃṣṭrāś-caturdaṃṣṭrāstathāpare

चतुर्दंष्ट्राः (caturdaṁṣṭrāḥ) - four-tusked/fanged ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of caturdaṃṣṭra

caturdaṁṣṭra - having four tusks or fangs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+daṃṣṭra)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daṃṣṭra – tusk, fang
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of sandhi: caturdaṃṣṭrāstathāpare

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, and

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of sandhi: caturdaṃṣṭrāstathāpare

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different

Note: Part of sandhi: tathāpare

वारणेन्द्रनिभाः (vāraṇendranibhāḥ) - resembling mighty elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇendranibha

vāraṇendranibha - resembling a king of elephants, mighty-elephant-like

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāraṇendra+nibha)

• vāraṇa – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, king, lord
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – resembling, like
  adjective

Note: Part of sandhi: vāraṇendranibhāś-cānye

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of sandhi: vāraṇendranibhāś-cānye

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Part of sandhi: cānye

भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - formidable, terrible, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, fierce

Note: Original Devanagari: भीमा

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

Note: Original Devanagari: राजन्

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas (अर्शस्) indicating 'in portions of'

Note: Original Devanagari: सहस्रशः