योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-112, verse-5

दन्तिनोऽन्योन्यमाभग्नदन्तदेहौघपीडिताः ।
मृत्यूदरोम्भकग्रासपिण्डपिण्डा इवाभवन् ॥ ५ ॥

dantino'nyonyamābhagnadantadehaughapīḍitāḥ ,
mṛtyūdarombhakagrāsapiṇḍapiṇḍā ivābhavan 5

5. dantinaḥ anyonyam ābhagnadantadehaughapīḍitāḥ
mṛtyūdarombhakagrāsapiṇḍapiṇḍāḥ iva abhavan

5. dantinaḥ anyonyam ābhagnadantadehaughapīḍitāḥ
mṛtyūdarombhakagrāsapiṇḍapiṇḍāḥ iva abhavan

5. The elephants, afflicted by masses of bodies with tusks broken against each other, became like lumps, like morsels of food filling the belly of Death (mṛtyu).

Words meanings summery:

• दन्तिनः (dantinaḥ) - elephants

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

• आभग्नदन्तदेहौघपीडिताः (ābhagnadantadehaughapīḍitāḥ) - afflicted by a multitude of bodies with mutually broken tusks

• मृत्यूदरोम्भकग्रासपिण्डपिण्डाः (mṛtyūdarombhakagrāsapiṇḍapiṇḍāḥ) - like lumps of food filling Death's belly

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

Words meanings and morphology

दन्तिनः (dantinaḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dantin

dantin - one having teeth; elephant; tusked animal

Possessive adjective formed from danta (tooth/tusk) + suffix -in. Used as a noun.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of anyony (each other).

आभग्नदन्तदेहौघपीडिताः (ābhagnadantadehaughapīḍitāḥ) - afflicted by a multitude of bodies with mutually broken tusks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ābhagnadantadehaughapīḍita

ābhagnadantadehaughapīḍita - afflicted by a mass/crowd of bodies (deha-ogha) whose tusks (danta) were broken (ābhavan)

Past Passive Participle (pīḍita)

Bahuvrīhi compound, where 'pīḍita' is the head, and 'ābhagnadantadehaugha' describes what causes the affliction.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (ābhagna+danta+deha+ogha+pīḍita)

• ābhagna – broken, fractured
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhañj (to break) with ā prefix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• danta – tusk, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 2)
• ogha – multitude, mass, flood, torrent
  noun (masculine)
• pīḍita – afflicted, oppressed, tormented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pīḍ (to vex, harass).
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

मृत्यूदरोम्भकग्रासपिण्डपिण्डाः (mṛtyūdarombhakagrāsapiṇḍapiṇḍāḥ) - like lumps of food filling Death's belly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛtyūdarombhakagrāsapiṇḍapiṇḍa

mṛtyūdarombhakagrāsapiṇḍapiṇḍa - resembling lumps of food (grāsa-piṇḍa-piṇḍa) that fill (umbhaka) the belly (udara) of Death (mṛtyu)

Complex Bahuvrīhi compound, functioning as a simile. `umbhaka` is less common, meaning 'filling' or 'that which fills'. `piṇḍa` repeated for emphasis on lumpiness/quantity.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mṛtyu+udara+umbhaka+grāsa+piṇḍa+piṇḍa)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  From root mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• udara – belly, stomach, interior
  noun (neuter)
• umbhaka – filling, stuffing; that which fills
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun / adjective
  From root umbh (to fill, to stuff).
  Root: umbh (class 1)
• grāsa – mouthful, morsel, food
  noun (masculine)
  From root gras (to swallow).
  Root: gras (class 1)
• piṇḍa – lump, ball, body, mass; rice ball
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as the predicate of abhavan via the iva particle.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect past tense, 3rd person plural

Root bhū, 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)