महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-15, verse-5

सूत उवाच ।
ज्वलन्तमचलं मेरुं तेजोराशिमनुत्तमम् ।
आक्षिपन्तं प्रभां भानोः स्वशृङ्गैः काञ्चनोज्ज्वलैः ॥५॥

5. sūta uvāca ,
jvalantamacalaṁ meruṁ tejorāśimanuttamam ,
ākṣipantaṁ prabhāṁ bhānoḥ svaśṛṅgaiḥ kāñcanojjvalaiḥ.

5. sūta uvāca jvalantam acalam merum tejorāśim anuttamam
ākṣipantam prabhām bhānoḥ svaśṛṅgaiḥ kāñcanojjvalaiḥ

5. Sūta said, "(They used) the blazing, unsurpassed Mount Meru, a mass of brilliance, which eclipsed the sun's radiance with its own peaks that shone like gold."

Words meanings summery:

• सूत (sūta) - Sūta (name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - shining, blazing

• अचलम् (acalam) - mountain (Mount Meru) (mountain, immovable)

• मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru

• तेजोराशिम् (tejorāśim) - mass of brilliance, heap of light

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, unequalled

• आक्षिपन्तम् (ākṣipantam) - eclipsing, surpassing

• प्रभाम् (prabhām) - radiance, light

• भानोः (bhānoḥ) - of the sun

• स्वशृङ्गैः (svaśṛṅgaiḥ) - with its own peaks

• काञ्चनोज्ज्वलैः (kāñcanojjvalaiḥ) - shining like gold, golden-bright

Words meanings and morphology

सूत (sūta) - Sūta (name)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, Sūta (a class of mythological bards)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - shining, blazing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jvalant

jvalant - shining, blazing, burning

present active participle

śatṛ suffix from √jval (to blaze)

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'merum'.

अचलम् (acalam) - mountain (Mount Meru) (mountain, immovable)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - immovable, mountain

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+cala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• cala – moving, unsteady
  adjective
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'merum'.

मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (mythical mountain, axis of the universe)

Note: Object of an implied verb like 'having taken' or 'using'.

तेजोराशिम् (tejorāśim) - mass of brilliance, heap of light

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tejorāśi

tejorāśi - mass of light, heap of brilliance, intensely luminous

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tejas+rāśi)

• tejas – splendor, brilliance, energy, glory
  noun (neuter)
• rāśi – heap, pile, mass, quantity
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'merum'.

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, unequalled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unrivalled, unsurpassed, excellent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+uttama)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'merum'.

आक्षिपन्तम् (ākṣipantam) - eclipsing, surpassing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākṣipant

ākṣipant - eclipsing, surpassing, throwing down

present active participle

śatṛ suffix from √kṣip (to throw) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'merum'.

प्रभाम् (prabhām) - radiance, light

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prabhā

prabhā - light, splendor, radiance

Note: Object of 'ākṣipantam'.

भानोः (bhānoḥ) - of the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhānu

bhānu - sun, ray of light

Note: Possessive, "of the sun".

स्वशृङ्गैः (svaśṛṅgaiḥ) - with its own peaks

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of svaśṛṅga

svaśṛṅga - one's own peak

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+śṛṅga)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• śṛṅga – horn, peak (of a mountain), summit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Instrument for eclipsing.

काञ्चनोज्ज्वलैः (kāñcanojjvalaiḥ) - shining like gold, golden-bright

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of kāñcanojjvala

kāñcanojjvala - shining like gold, golden-bright

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāñcana+ujjvala)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold
  adjective
• ujjvala – bright, splendid, brilliant
  adjective
  Prefix: ut
  Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'svaśṛṅgaiḥ'.