महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-96, verse-7

उवाच च महीपालान्राजञ्जलदनिःस्वनः ।
रथमारोप्य ताः कन्या भीष्मः प्रहरतां वरः ॥७॥

7. uvāca ca mahīpālānrājañjaladaniḥsvanaḥ ,
rathamāropya tāḥ kanyā bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ.

7. uvāca ca mahīpālān rājan jaladaniḥsvanaḥ ratham
āropya tāḥ kanyāḥ bhīṣmaḥ praharatām varaḥ

7. And, O King, Bhishma, the best of warriors, with a voice like the rumble of a thundercloud, made those maidens ascend a chariot and then addressed the kings.

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• च (ca) - and

• महीपालान् (mahīpālān) - to the kings, protectors of the earth

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• जलदनिःस्वनः (jaladaniḥsvanaḥ) - with a voice like a thundercloud, deep-voiced

• रथम् (ratham) - chariot

• आरोप्य (āropya) - having made ascend, having placed upon

• ताः (tāḥ) - those, them

• कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens, daughters

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - of those who strike, of warriors

• वरः (varaḥ) - the best, excellent one

Words meanings and morphology

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महीपालान् (mahīpālān) - to the kings, protectors of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahīpāla

mahīpāla - king, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Root: pā (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

जलदनिःस्वनः (jaladaniḥsvanaḥ) - with a voice like a thundercloud, deep-voiced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaladaniḥsvana

jaladaniḥsvana - one whose sound/voice is like a water-giving cloud (thundercloud)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jalada+niḥsvana)

• jalada – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Prefix: jala
  Root: dā (class 3)
• niḥsvana – sound, noise, voice
  noun (masculine)

रथम् (ratham) - chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot

आरोप्य (āropya) - having made ascend, having placed upon

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Causative form of ā-ruh + ya ending for absolutive.

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those, them

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens, daughters

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, daughter, girl

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name)

प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - of those who strike, of warriors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of praharat

praharat - one who strikes, warrior

Present Active Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वरः (varaḥ) - the best, excellent one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice