महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-8, verse-17

बहवो बाहवश्छिन्ना नागराजकरोपमाः ।
उद्वेष्टन्ते विवेष्टन्ते वेगं कुर्वन्ति दारुणम् ॥१७॥

17. bahavo bāhavaśchinnā nāgarājakaropamāḥ ,
udveṣṭante viveṣṭante vegaṁ kurvanti dāruṇam.

17. bahavaḥ bāhavaḥ chinnāḥ nāgarājakaropamāḥ
udveṣṭante viveṣṭante vegam kurvanti dāruṇam

17. bahavaḥ nāgarājakaropamāḥ chinnāḥ bāhavaḥ
udveṣṭante viveṣṭante dāruṇam vegam kurvanti

17. Many severed arms, resembling the trunks of great elephants, twist and writhe, creating a terrible momentum.

Words meanings summery:

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

• बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

• छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut off, severed

• नागराजकरोपमाः (nāgarājakaropamāḥ) - resembling the trunks of great elephants

• उद्वेष्टन्ते (udveṣṭante) - they twist upwards, they writhe up

• विवेष्टन्ते (viveṣṭante) - they twist around, they writhe

• वेगम् (vegam) - speed, force, momentum

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make, they create

• दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

Words meanings and morphology

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut off, severed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root chid- (to cut, cleave)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with bāhavaḥ

नागराजकरोपमाः (nāgarājakaropamāḥ) - resembling the trunks of great elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgarājakaropama

nāgarājakaropama - resembling the trunk of a king of elephants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāgarāja+kara+upama)

• nāgarāja – king of elephants, great elephant
  noun (masculine)
• kara – hand, arm, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)
• upama – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with bāhavaḥ

उद्वेष्टन्ते (udveṣṭante) - they twist upwards, they writhe up

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of veṣṭ

Prefix: ud

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

विवेष्टन्ते (viveṣṭante) - they twist around, they writhe

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of veṣṭ

Prefix: vi

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

वेगम् (vegam) - speed, force, momentum

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, force, impetus

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make, they create

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - terrible, dreadful, fierce, cruel

Note: Agrees with vegam