महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-22

तेषां संघर्षजश्चाग्निरर्चिर्भिः प्रज्वलन्मुहुः ।
विद्युद्भिरिव नीलाभ्रमावृणोन्मन्दरं गिरिम् ॥२२॥

22. teṣāṁ saṁgharṣajaścāgnirarcirbhiḥ prajvalanmuhuḥ ,
vidyudbhiriva nīlābhramāvṛṇonmandaraṁ girim.

22. teṣām saṅgharṣajaḥ ca agniḥ arcirbhiḥ prajvalan
muhuḥ vidyudbhiḥ iva nīlābhram āvṛṇot mandaram girim

22. And the fire generated by their friction, constantly blazing with flames, enveloped the Mandara mountain, much like a blue cloud covered by flashes of lightning.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (trees from the previous verse) (of them)

• सङ्घर्षजः (saṅgharṣajaḥ) - fire produced by the rubbing of trees (born from friction/collision, caused by rubbing)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - the fire (fire)

• अर्चिर्भिः (arcirbhiḥ) - with its flames (with flames, with rays, with splendors)

• प्रज्वलन् (prajvalan) - blazing intensely (blazing, burning brightly, shining forth)

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - constantly, repeatedly (repeatedly, constantly, frequently)

• विद्युद्भिः (vidyudbhiḥ) - with flashes of lightning (with lightning flashes)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, as it were)

• नीलाभ्रम् (nīlābhram) - a blue cloud (blue cloud, dark cloud)

• आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - (the fire) enveloped (he/it covered, enveloped, surrounded)

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

• गिरिम् (girim) - the mountain (mountain)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (trees from the previous verse) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to mahādrumāḥ from the previous verse.

सङ्घर्षजः (saṅgharṣajaḥ) - fire produced by the rubbing of trees (born from friction/collision, caused by rubbing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅgharṣaja

saṅgharṣaja - born from friction, caused by rubbing

saṅgharṣa (friction) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṅgharṣa+ja)

• saṅgharṣa – friction, collision, rubbing together
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root ghṛṣ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ghṛṣ (class 1)
• ja – born from, produced from
  suffix/adjective
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agreement with agniḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects this clause with the previous events.

अग्निः (agniḥ) - the fire (fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Subject of āvṛṇot.

अर्चिर्भिः (arcirbhiḥ) - with its flames (with flames, with rays, with splendors)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of arcis

arcis - flame, ray, splendor, light

Note: Instrument by which the fire blazes.

प्रज्वलन् (prajvalan) - blazing intensely (blazing, burning brightly, shining forth)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajvalat

prajvalat - blazing, shining brightly, flaming up

present active participle

from root jval

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Qualifies agniḥ.

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - constantly, repeatedly (repeatedly, constantly, frequently)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies prajvalan.

विद्युद्भिः (vidyudbhiḥ) - with flashes of lightning (with lightning flashes)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vidyut

vidyut - lightning, flash of lightning

Note: Instrument in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

नीलाभ्रम् (nīlābhram) - a blue cloud (blue cloud, dark cloud)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nīlābhra

nīlābhra - blue cloud, dark cloud

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nīla+abhra)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, black
  adjective
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of implied 'covered by lightning' in the simile.

आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - (the fire) enveloped (he/it covered, enveloped, surrounded)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ā-vṛ

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Subject is agniḥ.

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mandara (name of the churning mountain)

Note: Direct object of āvṛṇot.

गिरिम् (girim) - the mountain (mountain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: Appositive to mandaram.