अन्वयः

तदा then, सः that, धरणीधरः holder of the earth, mountain, निश्वसद्भि: hissing out of the rocks, अर्धनि:सृतैः protruding half of their body, भुजगैः serpents, सपताकः इव like the flags, आभाति appeared.

M N Dutt

With its serpents hissing, with their bodies half issuing (from their holes), the mountain seemed as if it shone with pennons displayed. And the heap of crags forsaken by saints exercised with fear and agitation, looked doleful, like a wayfarer left in a vast forest by his companions.

Summary

The serpents with their bodies half protruded out of the rocks and hissing looked like flags planted on the mountain.

पदच्छेदः

निःश्वसद्भिस्तदा	निःश्वसत् (√निः-श्वस् + शतृ, ३.३)–तदा (अव्ययः)
तैस्तु	तद् (३.३)–तु (अव्ययः)
भुजगैर्	भुजग (३.३)
अर्धनिःसृतैः	अर्ध–निःसृत (√निः-सृ + क्त, ३.३)
सपताक	स (अव्ययः)–पताका (१.१)
इवाभाति	इव (अव्ययः)–आभाति (√आ-भा लट् प्र.पु. एक.)
स	तद् (१.१)
तदा	तदा (अव्ययः)
धरणीधरः	धरणीधर (१.१)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८
निः	श्व	स	द्भि	स्त	दा	तै	स्तु
भु	ज	गै	र	र्ध	निः	सृ	तैः
स	प	ता	क	इ	वा	भा	ति
स	त	दा	ध	र	णी	ध	रः