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.

25. אז נפלו מן השמיים הרים גדולים ומפחידים עם עצים, בצורת עננים רבים, שפסגותיהם מתפוררות, והם התנגשו זה בזה במהירות ברעש.

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".

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