महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-158, verse-7

संध्या संरज्यते घोरा पूर्वरात्रागमेषु या ।
अशीतिभिस्त्रुटैर्हीनं तं मुहूर्तं प्रचक्षते ॥७॥

7. saṁdhyā saṁrajyate ghorā pūrvarātrāgameṣu yā ,
aśītibhistruṭairhīnaṁ taṁ muhūrtaṁ pracakṣate.

7. sandhyā saṃrajyate ghorā pūrvarātrāgameṣu yā
aśītibhiḥ truṭaiḥ hīnam tam muhūrtam pracakṣate

7. They declare that the dreadful twilight, which appears at the onset of early night, constitutes a specific auspicious moment (muhūrta) that is eighty truṭis shorter (than its usual duration).

Words meanings summery:

• सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - twilight, evening, juncture of day and night

• संरज्यते (saṁrajyate) - appears, becomes colored, manifests

• घोरा (ghorā) - dreadful, terrible

• पूर्वरात्रागमेषु (pūrvarātrāgameṣu) - at the approaches/beginnings of early night

• या (yā) - which, who

• अशीतिभिः (aśītibhiḥ) - by eighty

• त्रुटैः (truṭaiḥ) - by truṭis (a minute division of time)

• हीनम् (hīnam) - lacking, diminished by, deficient in

• तम् (tam) - that

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - auspicious moment (muhūrta), a specific unit of time

• प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare, they call, they state

Words meanings and morphology

सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - twilight, evening, juncture of day and night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sandhyā

sandhyā - twilight (morning or evening), juncture, period of transition

संरज्यते (saṁrajyate) - appears, becomes colored, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (Lat) of sam-rañj

Prefix: sam

Root: rañj (class 1)

घोरा (ghorā) - dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, formidable, fierce, awful

Note: Agrees with 'sandhyā'.

पूर्वरात्रागमेषु (pūrvarātrāgameṣu) - at the approaches/beginnings of early night

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pūrvarātrāgama

pūrvarātrāgama - the approach of early night, beginning of the first part of the night

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+rātra+āgama)

• pūrva – early, prior, former, first part
  adjective
• rātra – night
  noun (masculine)
• āgama – arrival, coming, approach, onset
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā- (towards).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

या (yā) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'sandhyā'.

अशीतिभिः (aśītibhiḥ) - by eighty

(numeral)

त्रुटैः (truṭaiḥ) - by truṭis (a minute division of time)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of truṭi

truṭi - a minute division of time, an instant, a particle

हीनम् (hīnam) - lacking, diminished by, deficient in

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hīna

hīna - left, abandoned, devoid of, deficient, less, inferior

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hā (to abandon, forsake, leave).

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'muhūrtam'.

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'muhūrtam'.

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - auspicious moment (muhūrta), a specific unit of time

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, an instant, a division of time (usually 48 minutes), an auspicious time

प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare, they call, they state

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (Lat) of pra-cakṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: cakṣ (class 2)