महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-1

सूत उवाच ।
ततोऽभ्रशिखराकारैर्गिरिशृङ्गैरलंकृतम् ।
मन्दरं पर्वतवरं लताजालसमावृतम् ॥१॥

1. sūta uvāca ,
tato'bhraśikharākārairgiriśṛṅgairalaṁkṛtam ,
mandaraṁ parvatavaraṁ latājālasamāvṛtam.

1. sūtaḥ uvāca tataḥ abhraśikharākāraiḥ giriśṛṅgaiḥ
alaṃkṛtam mandaram parvatavaram latājālasamāvṛtam

1. Sūta said: "Thereafter, the excellent mountain Mandara, adorned with mountain peaks resembling cloud summits and enveloped by a network of creepers..."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (the charioteer, Suta (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (in the narrative) (then, thereafter, from that)

• अभ्रशिखराकारैः (abhraśikharākāraiḥ) - with shapes resembling cloud summits (with forms like cloud-peaks)

• गिरिशृङ्गैः (giriśṛṅgaiḥ) - with its mountain peaks (with mountain peaks)

• अलंकृतम् (alaṁkṛtam) - adorned, embellished (adorned, decorated)

• मन्दरम् (mandaram) - Mandara mountain (Mandara (name of a mountain))

• पर्वतवरम् (parvatavaram) - the foremost among mountains (the best of mountains, excellent mountain)

• लताजालसमावृतम् (latājālasamāvṛtam) - densely covered with a tangle of vines (covered with a net of creepers)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (the charioteer, Suta (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, narrator, son

Root: sū (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (in the narrative) (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative adverb from demonstrative 'tad'

अभ्रशिखराकारैः (abhraśikharākāraiḥ) - with shapes resembling cloud summits (with forms like cloud-peaks)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of abhraśikharākāra

abhraśikharākāra - having the form of cloud peaks

Compound type : bahuvrihi (abhra+śikhara+ākāra)

• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
  Root: abh
• śikhara – peak, summit, top
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śikh
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `giriśṛṅgaiḥ`.

गिरिशृङ्गैः (giriśṛṅgaiḥ) - with its mountain peaks (with mountain peaks)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of giriśṛṅga

giriśṛṅga - mountain peak

Compound type : tatpurusha (giri+śṛṅga)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṝ (class 9)
• śṛṅga – peak, horn, summit
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śṛñj

अलंकृतम् (alaṁkṛtam) - adorned, embellished (adorned, decorated)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of alaṃkṛta

alaṁkṛta - adorned, decorated, ornamented

past participle

from root kṛ with alam

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `mandaram`.

मन्दरम् (mandaram) - Mandara mountain (Mandara (name of a mountain))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mandara mountain (used as churning rod), a cloud

Root: mand (class 1)

Note: This is the main object being described in this and the following verses.

पर्वतवरम् (parvatavaram) - the foremost among mountains (the best of mountains, excellent mountain)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvatavara

parvatavara - best mountain, excellent mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (parvata+vara)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ
• vara – best, excellent, desired
  adjective
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `mandaram`.

लताजालसमावृतम् (latājālasamāvṛtam) - densely covered with a tangle of vines (covered with a net of creepers)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of latājālasamāvṛta

latājālasamāvṛta - covered by a network of creepers

past participle

compound: latājāla + samāvṛta

Compound type : tatpurusha (latājāla+samāvṛta)

• latājāla – network of creepers, tangle of vines
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
  Root: lat
• jāla – net, network, mesh
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jval
• samāvṛta – covered, enveloped, surrounded
  adjective
  past participle
  from root vṛ with sam-ā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `mandaram`.