महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-8

सन्ति नित्यहिमा देशा निर्वृक्षमृगपक्षिणः ।
सन्ति केचिन्महावर्षा दुर्गाः केचिद्दुरासदाः ॥८॥

8. santi nityahimā deśā nirvṛkṣamṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ,
santi kecinmahāvarṣā durgāḥ keciddurāsadāḥ.

8. santi nityahimāḥ deśāḥ nirvṛkṣamṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
santi kecit mahāvarṣāḥ durgāḥ kecit durāsadāḥ

8. Some regions are perpetually snow-covered and devoid of trees, animals, and birds. Some are characterized by heavy rainfall, while others are difficult to access and hard to approach.

8. יש שם אזורים של קרח תמידי, שאין בהם עצים, חיות או ציפורים. יש בהם מקומות של גשמים עזים, ויש מקומות קשים שקשה להגיע אליהם.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

• नित्यहिमाः (nityahimāḥ) - perpetually cold/snowy

• देशाः (deśāḥ) - regions, countries, places

• निर्वृक्षमृगपक्षिणः (nirvṛkṣamṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - devoid of trees, animals, and birds; treeless, without deer or birds

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• महावर्षाः (mahāvarṣāḥ) - characterized by great/heavy rains

• दुर्गाः (durgāḥ) - difficult to access, inaccessible places, forts, passes

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - difficult to approach, hard to reach

Words meanings and morphology

सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

नित्यहिमाः (nityahimāḥ) - perpetually cold/snowy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nityahima

nityahima - perpetually cold/snowy

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nitya+hima)

• nitya – eternal, constant, perpetual
  adjective
• hima – snow, ice, cold
  noun (neuter)

देशाः (deśāḥ) - regions, countries, places

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deśa

deśa - region, country, place

निर्वृक्षमृगपक्षिणः (nirvṛkṣamṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - devoid of trees, animals, and birds; treeless, without deer or birds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirvṛkṣamṛgapakṣin

nirvṛkṣamṛgapakṣin - devoid of trees, animals, and birds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛkṣa+mṛga+pakṣin)

• nir – without, free from
  indeclinable
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣin – bird
  noun (masculine)

सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some, any

Note: Derived from 'ka' (who) + 'cid' (a particle intensifying indefiniteness)

महावर्षाः (mahāvarṣāḥ) - characterized by great/heavy rains

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāvarṣa

mahāvarṣa - having heavy rains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+varṣa)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• varṣa – rain, year
  noun (neuter)

दुर्गाः (durgāḥ) - difficult to access, inaccessible places, forts, passes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durga

durga - difficult to access, stronghold, fort, pass

Prefix: dur

Root: gam (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some, any

Note: Derived from 'ka' (who) + 'cid' (a particle intensifying indefiniteness)

दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - difficult to approach, hard to reach

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, hard to reach, inaccessible

Prefixes: dur+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

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