महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-220, verse-3

तदेतदद्भुतं ब्रह्मञ्शार्ङ्गानामविनाशनम् ।
कीर्तयस्वाग्निसंमर्दे कथं ते न विनाशिताः ॥३॥

3. tadetadadbhutaṁ brahmañśārṅgānāmavināśanam ,
kīrtayasvāgnisaṁmarde kathaṁ te na vināśitāḥ.

3. tat etat adbhutam brahman śārṅgānām avināśanam
kīrtayasva agnisaṃmarde katham te na vināśitāḥ

3. O Brahmin, this amazing survival of the Śārṅgas (birds) from destruction is astonishing. Please explain how they were not destroyed in the fiery conflagration.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous statement) (that, therefore)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the matter at hand) (this)

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing (wonderful, amazing, extraordinary)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin!

• शार्ङ्गानाम् (śārṅgānām) - of the Śārṅga birds (of the Śārṅgas, of the birds called Śārṅgas)

• अविनाशनम् (avināśanam) - their survival from destruction (non-destruction, indestructibility, survival)

• कीर्तयस्व (kīrtayasva) - please explain (recount, explain, make known)

• अग्निसंमर्दे (agnisaṁmarde) - in the fiery conflagration (in the conflagration, in the destruction by fire)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what way?)

• ते (te) - they (the Śārṅgas) (they, those (masculine))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विनाशिताः (vināśitāḥ) - were destroyed (destroyed, annihilated)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous statement) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the matter at hand) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing (wonderful, amazing, extraordinary)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, a wonder

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a brahmin, the creator god Brahmā, the absolute (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

शार्ङ्गानाम् (śārṅgānām) - of the Śārṅga birds (of the Śārṅgas, of the birds called Śārṅgas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śārṅga

śārṅga - a kind of bird (often used synonymously with śārṅgaka)

derivative of śṛṅga (horn)

अविनाशनम् (avināśanam) - their survival from destruction (non-destruction, indestructibility, survival)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avināśana

avināśana - non-destruction, indestructibility

negation (a-) of 'vināśana' (destruction)

Root: naś (class 4)

कीर्तयस्व (kīrtayasva) - please explain (recount, explain, make known)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kīrtay

denominative verb from kīrti

formed from the noun kīrti (fame, mention)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

अग्निसंमर्दे (agnisaṁmarde) - in the fiery conflagration (in the conflagration, in the destruction by fire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agnisaṃmarda

agnisaṁmarda - conflagration, violent friction, destruction by fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+saṃmarda)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ag (class 1)
• saṃmarda – crushing, violent friction, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
  from saṃ-mṛd
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mṛd (class 9)

कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what way?)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they (the Śārṅgas) (they, those (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विनाशिताः (vināśitāḥ) - were destroyed (destroyed, annihilated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vināśita

vināśita - destroyed, ruined, annihilated

Past Passive Participle

from vi-naś + causal suffix i + kta suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)