महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-56, verse-25

इन्द्राशनिसमां घोरां यमदण्डमिवोद्यताम् ।
ददृशुस्ते महाराज भीमसेनस्य तां गदाम् ॥२५॥

25. indrāśanisamāṁ ghorāṁ yamadaṇḍamivodyatām ,
dadṛśuste mahārāja bhīmasenasya tāṁ gadām.

25. indrāśanisamāṃ ghorāṃ yamadaṇḍam iva udyatām
dadṛśuḥ te mahārāja bhīmasenasya tāṃ gadām

25. mahārāja te bhīmasenasya indrāśanisamāṃ ghorāṃ
udyatām yamadaṇḍam iva tāṃ gadām dadṛśuḥ

25. O great king, they saw that mace of Bhīmasena's, dreadful, like Indra's thunderbolt, and as if it were the uplifted rod of Yama.

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्राशनिसमां (indrāśanisamāṁ) - similar to Indra's thunderbolt

• घोरां (ghorāṁ) - dreadful, terrible, formidable

• यमदण्डम् (yamadaṇḍam) - Yama's rod/staff

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उद्यताम् (udyatām) - raised, uplifted, ready to strike

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

• ते (te) - the onlookers (they)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhritarāṣṭra (addressed as great king) (O great king)

• भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhimasena

• तां (tāṁ) - that specific mace (that)

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्राशनिसमां (indrāśanisamāṁ) - similar to Indra's thunderbolt

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of indrāśanisama

indrāśanisama - similar to Indra's thunderbolt

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (indra+aśani+sama)

• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
  noun (masculine)
• sama – like, similar, equal
  adjective

Note: Agrees with gadām.

घोरां (ghorāṁ) - dreadful, terrible, formidable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghorā

ghorā - dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful (feminine form of ghora)

Note: Agrees with gadām.

यमदण्डम् (yamadaṇḍam) - Yama's rod/staff

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yamadaṇḍa

yamadaṇḍa - Yama's rod, the rod of punishment

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (yama+daṇḍa)

• yama – Yama (god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as the object of comparison for gadām.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उद्यताम् (udyatām) - raised, uplifted, ready to strike

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udyatā

udyatā - raised, uplifted, prepared, ready (feminine form of udyata)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yam (to restrain, hold) with upasarga ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gadām.

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Perfect tense form.

ते (te) - the onlookers (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhritarāṣṭra (addressed as great king) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rāja – king
  noun (masculine)

भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (name of a Pandava brother)

तां (tāṁ) - that specific mace (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with gadām.

गदाम् (gadām) - mace

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club