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.

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)