योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-36

त देहकाः पाञ्चनदैर्दलिता मत्तकाशिभिः ।
कुन्तदन्तद्रुमोद्दामा नगा इव मतङ्गजैः ॥ ३६ ॥

ta dehakāḥ pāñcanadairdalitā mattakāśibhiḥ ,
kuntadantadrumoddāmā nagā iva mataṅgajaiḥ 36

36. te dehakāḥ pāñcanadaiḥ dalitāḥ matta-kāśibhiḥ
kunta-danta-druma-uddāmāḥ nagāḥ iva mataṅga-jaiḥ

36. te kunta-danta-druma-uddāmāḥ dehakāḥ pāñcanadaiḥ
matta-kāśibhiḥ dalitāḥ nagāḥ iva mataṅga-jaiḥ

36. Those bodies of warriors, powerful like trees with spears and tusks, were crushed by the Pañchanadas and the furious Kāśis, just as mountains are [crushed] by elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those

• देहकाः (dehakāḥ) - fallen warriors, bodies of the slain (bodies, carcasses)

• पाञ्चनदैः (pāñcanadaiḥ) - by people/warriors from the region of five rivers (by the Pañchanadas)

• दलिताः (dalitāḥ) - crushed, broken, destroyed

• मत्त-काशिभिः (matta-kāśibhiḥ) - by the furious warriors from Kashi (by the intoxicated Kāśis)

• कुन्त-दन्त-द्रुम-उद्दामाः (kunta-danta-druma-uddāmāḥ) - warriors powerful like trees, armed with spears and tusks (mighty with spears and tusks and like trees)

• नगाः (nagāḥ) - trees (given the comparison to elephants) (mountains, trees)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मतङ्ग-जैः (mataṅga-jaiḥ) - by wild elephants (by elephants)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the previously mentioned plundered cities or their inhabitants/warriors.

देहकाः (dehakāḥ) - fallen warriors, bodies of the slain (bodies, carcasses)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehaka

dehaka - body, form; small body; carcass

Diminutive or derived form of deha.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

पाञ्चनदैः (pāñcanadaiḥ) - by people/warriors from the region of five rivers (by the Pañchanadas)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāñcanada

pāñcanada - related to the five rivers; inhabitant of the Pañcanada region

From pañca-nada (five rivers).

Note: Agent of destruction.

दलिताः (dalitāḥ) - crushed, broken, destroyed

(past passive participle)

Note: Predicate participle.

मत्त-काशिभिः (matta-kāśibhiḥ) - by the furious warriors from Kashi (by the intoxicated Kāśis)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of matta-kāśi

matta-kāśi - intoxicated person from Kashi; furious warrior from Kashi

Compound type : karmadhāraya (matta+kāśi)

• matta – intoxicated, drunk, furious, excited, arrogant
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mad (to be intoxicated, to rejoice).
  Root: mad (class 4)
• kāśi – Kashi (Varanasi); inhabitant of Kashi
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Another agent of destruction.

कुन्त-दन्त-द्रुम-उद्दामाः (kunta-danta-druma-uddāmāḥ) - warriors powerful like trees, armed with spears and tusks (mighty with spears and tusks and like trees)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kunta-danta-druma-uddāma

kunta-danta-druma-uddāma - mighty with spears, tusks, and trees (as an epithet for warriors)

Compound describing the warriors as formidable.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kunta+danta+druma+uddāma)

• kunta – spear, lance, javelin
  noun (masculine)
• danta – tooth, tusk, ivory
  noun (masculine)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
• uddāma – unrestrained, wild, furious, great, powerful, violent
  adjective (masculine)
  From ud- + dām (to bind) in negative sense (unbound).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dām (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying dehakāḥ.

नगाः (nagāḥ) - trees (given the comparison to elephants) (mountains, trees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naga

naga - mountain, tree (literally 'not moving')

na (not) + ga (going).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of the simile, 'like mountains/trees'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.

मतङ्ग-जैः (mataṅga-jaiḥ) - by wild elephants (by elephants)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mataṅga-ja

mataṅga-ja - elephant (born from the cloud, or from Mataṅga forest)

mataṅga (a mythical mountain, a forest) + ja (born from).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mataṅga+ja)

• mataṅga – an elephant; a mythical forest or mountain; a sage
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agent in the simile.