महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-17

इत्येवं झषमकरोर्मिसंकुलं तं गम्भीरं विकसितमम्बरप्रकाशम् ।
पातालज्वलनशिखाविदीपितं तं पश्यन्त्यौ द्रुतमभिपेततुस्तदानीम् ॥१७॥

17. ityevaṁ jhaṣamakarormisaṁkulaṁ taṁ; gambhīraṁ vikasitamambaraprakāśam ,
pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpitaṁ taṁ; paśyantyau drutamabhipetatustadānīm.

17. iti evam jhaṣamakarormisaṅkulam tam
gambhīram vikasitam ambaraprakāśam
pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpitam tam
paśyantyau drutam abhipetatuḥ tadānīm

17. Thus, seeing that deep, vast, and sky-radiant ocean — teeming with fish, crocodiles, and waves, and illuminated by the flames of the netherworld — those two then quickly approached it.

17. כך, כשהביטו בו מלא דגים, מפלצות ים וגלים, עמוק, נרחב ומבהיק כמו השמיים, ומואר בלהבות אש הפָּאטָאלַה, מיהרו שתיהן באותו רגע להמשיך הלאה.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this way)

• झषमकरोर्मिसङ्कुलम् (jhaṣamakarormisaṅkulam) - teeming with marine life and agitated by waves (crowded with fishes, crocodiles, and waves)

• तम् (tam) - that (ocean) (that (masculine accusative singular))

• गम्भीरम् (gambhīram) - deep (deep, profound)

• विकसितम् (vikasitam) - vast, spread out (expanded, opened, developed, blooming)

• अम्बरप्रकाशम् (ambaraprakāśam) - shining like the sky (shining like the sky, of sky-like brilliance)

• पातालज्वलनशिखाविदीपितम् (pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpitam) - lit up by the blazing fire from the underworld (illuminated by the flames of the netherworld fire)

• तम् (tam) - that (ocean) (that (masculine accusative singular))

• पश्यन्त्यौ (paśyantyau) - the two (observers) seeing (they two seeing (feminine nominative dual))

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

• अभिपेततुः (abhipetatuḥ) - they both quickly approached (they two approached/flew towards)

• तदानीम् (tadānīm) - then, at that moment (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

झषमकरोर्मिसङ्कुलम् (jhaṣamakarormisaṅkulam) - teeming with marine life and agitated by waves (crowded with fishes, crocodiles, and waves)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jhaṣamakarormisaṅkula

jhaṣamakarormisaṅkula - crowded with fish, crocodiles, and waves

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jhaṣa+makara+ūrmi+saṅkula)

• jhaṣa – fish
  noun (masculine)
• makara – crocodile, sea-monster
  noun (masculine)
• ūrmi – wave, billow
  noun (masculine/feminine)
• saṅkula – crowded, full of, confused
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Modifies 'tam' (the ocean).

तम् (tam) - that (ocean) (that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies the implied object (ocean).

गम्भीरम् (gambhīram) - deep (deep, profound)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gambhīra

gambhīra - deep, profound, serious

Note: Modifies the implied object (ocean).

विकसितम् (vikasitam) - vast, spread out (expanded, opened, developed, blooming)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikasita

vikasita - expanded, opened, bloomed, developed

past participle

Past participle from root kas (to open) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: kas (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied object (ocean).

अम्बरप्रकाशम् (ambaraprakāśam) - shining like the sky (shining like the sky, of sky-like brilliance)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ambaraprakāśa

ambaraprakāśa - sky-like brilliance, shining like the sky

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ambara+prakāśa)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• prakāśa – light, splendor, brilliance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies the implied object (ocean).

पातालज्वलनशिखाविदीपितम् (pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpitam) - lit up by the blazing fire from the underworld (illuminated by the flames of the netherworld fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpita

pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpita - illuminated by the flames of the netherworld fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pātāla+jvalana+śikhā+vidīpita)

• pātāla – netherworld, underworld
  noun (neuter)
• jvalana – fire, blazing
  noun (masculine)
• śikhā – flame, peak, crest
  noun (feminine)
• vidīpita – illuminated, inflamed
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  past participle
  Past participle from root dīp with prefix vi.
  Root: dīp

Note: Modifies the implied object (ocean).

तम् (tam) - that (ocean) (that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Reinforces the direct object (ocean).

पश्यन्त्यौ (paśyantyau) - the two (observers) seeing (they two seeing (feminine nominative dual))

(nominal form)

Nominative, feminine, dual of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, beholding

present participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see), with present stem paśya, and śatṛ suffix. Feminine dual nominative.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Nominative dual feminine, acting as the subject of 'abhipetatuḥ'.

द्रुतम् (drutam) - quickly (quickly, rapidly)

(indeclinable)

past participle

Past participle from root dru (to run). Used adverbially here.

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Adverb.

अभिपेततुः (abhipetatuḥ) - they both quickly approached (they two approached/flew towards)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

perfect tense

Perfect tense, 3rd person dual, Parasmaipada, from root pat with prefix abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

तदानीम् (tadānīm) - then, at that moment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

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