महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-8, verse-27

ते गजा घनसंकाशाः पेतुरुर्व्यां समन्ततः ।
वज्ररुग्णा इव बभुः पर्वता युगसंक्षये ॥२७॥

27. te gajā ghanasaṁkāśāḥ petururvyāṁ samantataḥ ,
vajrarugṇā iva babhuḥ parvatā yugasaṁkṣaye.

27. te gajāḥ ghanasaṃkāśāḥ petuḥ urvyām samantataḥ
vajrarugṇāḥ iva babhuḥ parvatāḥ yugasaṃkṣaye

27. te ghanasaṃkāśāḥ gajāḥ urvyām samantataḥ petuḥ
yugasaṃkṣaye vajrarugṇāḥ parvatāḥ iva babhuḥ

27. Those elephants, which resembled clouds, fell everywhere on the earth. They looked like mountains shattered by a thunderbolt at the time of the cosmic dissolution (yuga-saṃkṣaya).

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those, they

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

• घनसंकाशाः (ghanasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling clouds, cloud-like

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

• उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides, everywhere, completely

• वज्ररुग्णाः (vajrarugṇāḥ) - shattered by a thunderbolt

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बभुः (babhuḥ) - they shone, they appeared

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

• युगसंक्षये (yugasaṁkṣaye) - at the dissolution of an age

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural nominative

Note: Agrees with 'gajāḥ'

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

Root: gaj (class 1)

घनसंकाशाः (ghanasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling clouds, cloud-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghanasaṃkāśa

ghanasaṁkāśa - resembling clouds, cloud-like

Compound type : upamāna-pūrva-pada-bahuvrīhi (ghana+saṃkāśa)

• ghana – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'kāś' (to appear, shine) with 'sam' (together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'gajāḥ'

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect Active

3rd person plural, reduplicated perfect form

Root: pat (class 1)

उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of urvī

urvī - earth, ground

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides, everywhere, completely

(indeclinable)

From 'samanta' (all around) + suffix '-tas'

वज्ररुग्णाः (vajrarugṇāḥ) - shattered by a thunderbolt

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajrarugṇa

vajrarugṇa - shattered by a thunderbolt

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajra+rugṇa)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaj
• rugṇa – broken, shattered, diseased
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ruj' (to break, to pain)
  Root: ruj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'parvatāḥ'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

बभुः (babhuḥ) - they shone, they appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

3rd person plural, reduplicated perfect form

Root: bhū (class 1)

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Root: pṝ

युगसंक्षये (yugasaṁkṣaye) - at the dissolution of an age

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugasaṃkṣaya

yugasaṁkṣaya - dissolution of an age/era, cosmic dissolution (yuga-saṃkṣaya)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+saṃkṣaya)

• yuga – age, epoch, era
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj
• saṃkṣaya – destruction, dissolution, end
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam-kṣi' (to destroy completely)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 5)