महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-25

अथाम्बराद्भयजननाः प्रपेदिरे सपादपा बहुविधमेघरूपिणः ।
महाद्रयः प्रविगलिताग्रसानवः परस्परं द्रुतमभिहत्य सस्वनाः ॥२५॥

25. athāmbarādbhayajananāḥ prapedire; sapādapā bahuvidhamegharūpiṇaḥ ,
mahādrayaḥ pravigalitāgrasānavaḥ; parasparaṁ drutamabhihatya sasvanāḥ.

25. atha ambarāt bhayajananāḥ prapredire
sapādapāḥ bahuvidhamegharūpiṇaḥ
mahādrayaḥ pravigalitāgrasanavaḥ
parasparam drutam abhihatya sasvanāḥ

25. Then, from the sky, great mountains—fear-inducing, laden with trees, appearing in various cloud-like forms, and with their peaks and slopes crumbling—descended, swiftly striking each other with loud sounds.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, next, now)

• अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

• भयजननाः (bhayajananāḥ) - fear-inducing (causing fear, fear-inducing)

• प्रप्रेदिरे (prapredire) - they descended (they fell down, they descended, they arrived)

• सपादपाः (sapādapāḥ) - laden with trees (with trees, tree-laden)

• बहुविधमेघरूपिणः (bahuvidhamegharūpiṇaḥ) - appearing in various cloud-like forms (having various forms of clouds, cloud-like in many ways)

• महाद्रयः (mahādrayaḥ) - great mountains

• प्रविगलिताग्रसनवः (pravigalitāgrasanavaḥ) - with their peaks and slopes crumbling (whose peaks and slopes were crumbling/falling off)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other (mutually, each other)

• द्रुतम् (drutam) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, rapidly)

• अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck (having struck, having hit)

• सस्वनाः (sasvanāḥ) - with loud sounds/roars (with sounds, roaring, noisy)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, next, now)

(indeclinable)

अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

Note: Denotes source of falling.

भयजननाः (bhayajananāḥ) - fear-inducing (causing fear, fear-inducing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhayajanana

bhayajanana - causing fear, fear-inducing

action noun/adjective

compound: 'bhaya' (fear) + 'janana' (causing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+janana)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• janana – producing, causing, begetting
  adjective (masculine)
  action noun/agent noun
  from root 'jan'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with "mahādrayaḥ".

प्रप्रेदिरे (prapredire) - they descended (they fell down, they descended, they arrived)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of pra-pad

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

सपादपाः (sapādapāḥ) - laden with trees (with trees, tree-laden)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sapādapa

sapādapa - with trees, tree-laden

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+pādapa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• pādapa – tree (lit. 'foot-drinker')
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with "mahādrayaḥ".

बहुविधमेघरूपिणः (bahuvidhamegharūpiṇaḥ) - appearing in various cloud-like forms (having various forms of clouds, cloud-like in many ways)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahuvidhamegharūpin

bahuvidhamegharūpin - having various forms of clouds, cloud-like in many ways

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahuvidha+megha+rūpin)

• bahuvidha – of many kinds, various
  adjective (masculine)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• rūpin – having the form of, characterized by
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix -in denoting possession

Note: Agrees with "mahādrayaḥ".

महाद्रयः (mahādrayaḥ) - great mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahādri

mahādri - great mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+adri)

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

Note: Subject of "prapredire".

प्रविगलिताग्रसनवः (pravigalitāgrasanavaḥ) - with their peaks and slopes crumbling (whose peaks and slopes were crumbling/falling off)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravigalitāgrasanu

pravigalitāgrasanu - whose peaks and slopes were crumbling/falling off

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pravigalita+agra+sānu)

• pravigalita – completely fallen off, crumbling
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  past passive participle of root 'gal' with prefixes 'pra' and 'vi'
  Prefixes: pra+vi
  Root: gal (class 1)
• agra – peak, tip, top
  noun (neuter)
• sānu – slope, ridge, plateau (of a mountain)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with "mahādrayaḥ".

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other (mutually, each other)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbially modifies "abhihatya".

द्रुतम् (drutam) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, rapidly)

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of ppp 'druta'

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Adverbially modifies "abhihatya".

अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck (having struck, having hit)

(verb)

active, past (lyap) of abhihatya

gerund (absolutive)

gerund from root 'han' with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

सस्वनाः (sasvanāḥ) - with loud sounds/roars (with sounds, roaring, noisy)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sasvana

sasvana - with sound, noisy, roaring

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+svana)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with "mahādrayaḥ".