महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-8, verse-29

संजज्ञे रणभूमौ तु परलोकवहा नदी ।
शोणितोदा रथावर्ता ध्वजवृक्षास्थिशर्करा ॥२९॥

29. saṁjajñe raṇabhūmau tu paralokavahā nadī ,
śoṇitodā rathāvartā dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkarā.

29. saṃjajñe raṇabhūmau tu paralokavahā nadī
śoṇitodā rathāvartā dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkarā

29. raṇabhūmau tu paralokavahā śoṇitodā rathāvartā
dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkarā nadī saṃjajñe

29. A river, indeed, formed on the battlefield, carrying souls to the other world, with blood as its water, chariots as its whirlpools, and standards as its trees and bones as its pebbles.

Words meanings summery:

• संजज्ञे (saṁjajñe) - was born, arose, came into being

• रणभूमौ (raṇabhūmau) - on the battlefield

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, on the other hand

• परलोकवहा (paralokavahā) - carrying to the other world

• नदी (nadī) - a river

• शोणितोदा (śoṇitodā) - having blood as water, blood-watered

• रथावर्ता (rathāvartā) - having chariots as whirlpools

• ध्वजवृक्षास्थिशर्करा (dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkarā) - having standards as trees and bones as pebbles

Words meanings and morphology

संजज्ञे (saṁjajñe) - was born, arose, came into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of jan

Perfect Tense, Middle Voice

Root jan with upasarga sam- in perfect middle voice

Prefix: sam

Root: jan (class 4)

रणभूमौ (raṇabhūmau) - on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of raṇabhūmi

raṇabhūmi - battlefield

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṇa+bhūmi)

• raṇa – battle, war
  noun (masculine)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land, place
  noun (feminine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

परलोकवहा (paralokavahā) - carrying to the other world

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paralokavaha

paralokavaha - carrying to the next world

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (para+loka+vaha)

• para – other, next, supreme
  adjective
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)
• vaha – carrying, conveying
  adjective
  agent noun/adjective from verbal root
  Derived from root vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Describes the river.

नदी (nadī) - a river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

शोणितोदा (śoṇitodā) - having blood as water, blood-watered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śoṇitoda

śoṇitoda - having blood as water, blood-watered

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoṇita+uda)

• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śoṇ (to redden), meaning 'reddened' and hence 'blood'
  Root: śoṇ (class 1)
• uda – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the river.

रथावर्ता (rathāvartā) - having chariots as whirlpools

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rathāvarta

rathāvarta - having chariots as whirlpools

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ratha+āvarta)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the river.

ध्वजवृक्षास्थिशर्करा (dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkarā) - having standards as trees and bones as pebbles

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkara

dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkara - having standards as trees and bones as pebbles

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhvaja+vṛkṣa+asthi+śarkarā)

• dhvaja – banner, standard
  noun (masculine)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• śarkarā – pebble, gravel
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes the river.