महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-166, verse-39

वसिष्ठो घातिताञ्श्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रेण तान्सुतान् ।
धारयामास तं शोकं महाद्रिरिव मेदिनीम् ॥३९॥

39. vasiṣṭho ghātitāñśrutvā viśvāmitreṇa tānsutān ,
dhārayāmāsa taṁ śokaṁ mahādririva medinīm.

39. vasiṣṭhaḥ ghātitān śrutvā viśvāmitreṇa tān sutān
dhārayāmāsa tam śokam mahā-adriḥ iva medinīm

39. Having heard that those sons were killed by Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha bore that grief, just as a great mountain supports the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

• घातितान् (ghātitān) - killed, slain

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• विश्वामित्रेण (viśvāmitreṇa) - by Viśvāmitra

• तान् (tān) - those

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons, children

• धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - he bore, he held, he sustained

• तम् (tam) - that

• शोकम् (śokam) - grief, sorrow, distress

• महा-अद्रिः (mahā-adriḥ) - great mountain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth, land

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)

घातितान् (ghātitān) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghātita

ghātita - killed, slain, murdered

Past Passive Participle

Causative of root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

विश्वामित्रेण (viśvāmitreṇa) - by Viśvāmitra

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - Viśvāmitra (name of a Vedic sage and king)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सुतान् (sutān) - sons, children

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sū (to bear, produce)

Root: sū (class 2)

धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - he bore, he held, he sustained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dhāray

Causative stem

Derived from root dhṛ (to bear, hold) with causative suffix

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शोकम् (śokam) - grief, sorrow, distress

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - grief, sorrow, distress, lamentation

महा-अद्रिः (mahā-adriḥ) - great mountain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādri

mahādri - great mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+adri)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• adri – mountain, rock, stone
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, land, ground