महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-8

घोरं जलचरारावरौद्रं भैरवनिस्वनम् ।
गम्भीरावर्तकलिलं सर्वभूतभयंकरम् ॥८॥

8. ghoraṁ jalacarārāvaraudraṁ bhairavanisvanam ,
gambhīrāvartakalilaṁ sarvabhūtabhayaṁkaram.

8. ghoram jalacarārāvaraudram bhairavanisvanam
gambhīrāvārtakalilam sarvabhūtabhayaṃkaram

8. It was dreadful, made fierce by the roars of aquatic creatures, with a terrifying sound, murky with deep whirlpools, and terrifying to all beings.

8. (הים) נורא, אדיר בשאגות יצורי המים, מרעיש בקול מבעית, גדוש מערבולות עמוקות ומטיל אימה על כל היצורים.

Words meanings summery:

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, formidable (dreadful, terrible)

• जलचरारावरौद्रम् (jalacarārāvaraudram) - made dreadful by the cries of water-dwelling beings (made fierce by the roars of aquatic creatures)

• भैरवनिस्वनम् (bhairavanisvanam) - with a terrifying roar (having a dreadful sound, with terrible noise)

• गम्भीरावार्तकलिलम् (gambhīrāvārtakalilam) - turbulent with deep whirlpools (murky/filled with deep whirlpools)

• सर्वभूतभयंकरम् (sarvabhūtabhayaṁkaram) - causing terror to all creatures (terrifying to all beings)

Words meanings and morphology

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, formidable (dreadful, terrible)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

Note: Agrees with an implied neuter noun, likely 'ocean' (ratnākaram) from a later verse.

जलचरारावरौद्रम् (jalacarārāvaraudram) - made dreadful by the cries of water-dwelling beings (made fierce by the roars of aquatic creatures)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jalacarārāvaraudra

jalacarārāvaraudra - made terrible/fierce by the cries/roars of water-animals

Compound type : tatpurusha (jalacara+ārāva+raudra)

• jalacara – aquatic animal, water-dweller
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from jala + car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)
• ārāva – roar, cry, sound
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from ā + ru (to sound, roar)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ru (class 2)
• raudra – fierce, terrible, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)
  from rudra (noun) + a (suffix)

Note: Compound: 'jalacara-ārāva' (genitive tatpuruṣa) + 'raudra' (bahuvrīhi 'that by which it is made fierce').

भैरवनिस्वनम् (bhairavanisvanam) - with a terrifying roar (having a dreadful sound, with terrible noise)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhairavanisvana

bhairavanisvana - having a terrible sound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhairava+nisvana)

• bhairava – dreadful, terrible, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
  from bhīru + a (suffix)
• nisvana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from ni + svan (to sound)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Bahuvrīhi compound: 'that which has dreadful sound'.

गम्भीरावार्तकलिलम् (gambhīrāvārtakalilam) - turbulent with deep whirlpools (murky/filled with deep whirlpools)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gambhīrāvārtakalila

gambhīrāvārtakalila - full of deep whirlpools

Compound type : tatpurusha (gambhīra+āvarta+kalila)

• gambhīra – deep, profound
  adjective (masculine)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from ā + vṛt (to turn)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• kalila – full of, mixed with, dense, confused, turbulent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Compound: 'gambhīra' (deep) + 'āvarta' (whirlpool) + 'kalila' (turbulent/filled with).

सर्वभूतभयंकरम् (sarvabhūtabhayaṁkaram) - causing terror to all creatures (terrifying to all beings)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarvabhūtabhayaṃkara

sarvabhūtabhayaṁkara - causing fear to all beings

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarvabhūta+bhayaṃkara)

• sarvabhūta – all beings, all creatures
  noun (neuter)
• bhayaṃkara – terrifying, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from bhaya (fear) + kara (maker)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Compound: 'sarvabhūta' (all beings) + 'bhayaṃkara' (causing fear).

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