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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-19

तत्र नानाजलचरा विनिष्पिष्टा महाद्रिणा ।
विलयं समुपाजग्मुः शतशो लवणाम्भसि ॥१९॥
19. tatra nānājalacarā viniṣpiṣṭā mahādriṇā ,
vilayaṁ samupājagmuḥ śataśo lavaṇāmbhasi.
19. tatra nānājalacarāḥ viniṣpiṣṭāḥ mahādriṇā
vilayam samupājagmuḥ śataśaḥ lavaṇāmbhasi
19. There, hundreds of various aquatic creatures, crushed by the great mountain, met their end in the salty ocean.

Words meanings summery:

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  • तत्र (tatra) - there (at the churning site) (there, then, in that place)
  • नानाजलचराः (nānājalacarāḥ) - various creatures living in the water (various aquatic creatures)
  • विनिष्पिष्टाः (viniṣpiṣṭāḥ) - utterly crushed (crushed, pulverized, thoroughly ground)
  • महाद्रिणा (mahādriṇā) - by the large mountain (Mandara) (by the great mountain)
  • विलयम् (vilayam) - destruction, annihilation (dissolution, destruction, disappearance)
  • समुपाजग्मुः (samupājagmuḥ) - they met (destruction) (they reached, attained, approached)
  • शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds (of creatures) (in hundreds, by hundreds)
  • लवणाम्भसि (lavaṇāmbhasi) - in the ocean (in the salty waters/ocean)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (at the churning site) (there, then, in that place)
(indeclinable)
नानाजलचराः (nānājalacarāḥ) - various creatures living in the water (various aquatic creatures)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nānājalacara
nānājalacara - various aquatic creatures
Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+jalacara)
  • nānā – various, diverse
    indeclinable
  • jalacara – moving in water, aquatic (creature)
    noun (masculine)
    agent noun
    jala (water) + cara (mover)
    Root: car (class 1)
विनिष्पिष्टाः (viniṣpiṣṭāḥ) - utterly crushed (crushed, pulverized, thoroughly ground)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of viniṣpiṣṭa
viniṣpiṣṭa - crushed, pounded, pulverized
past passive participle
from root piṣ
Prefixes: vi+niḥ
Root: piṣ (class 7)
महाद्रिणा (mahādriṇā) - by the large mountain (Mandara) (by the great mountain)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahādri
mahādri - great mountain
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+adri)
  • mahat – great, large, vast
    adjective
  • adri – mountain, stone
    noun (masculine)
विलयम् (vilayam) - destruction, annihilation (dissolution, destruction, disappearance)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vilaya
vilaya - dissolution, melting away, destruction
action noun
from root lī
Prefix: vi
Root: lī (class 4)
समुपाजग्मुः (samupājagmuḥ) - they met (destruction) (they reached, attained, approached)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of samupāgam
Prefixes: sam+upa+ā
Root: gam (class 1)
शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds (of creatures) (in hundreds, by hundreds)
(indeclinable)
suffix -śas indicating distribution
Note: Used here distributively, implying hundreds of individual creatures.
लवणाम्भसि (lavaṇāmbhasi) - in the ocean (in the salty waters/ocean)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of lavaṇāmbhas
lavaṇāmbhas - salty water, ocean
Compound type : karmadhāraya (lavaṇa+ambhas)
  • lavaṇa – salty, salt
    adjective (neuter)
  • ambhas – water
    noun (neuter)