महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-5, verse-8

अथापश्यद्वनं घोरं समन्ताद्वागुरावृतम् ।
बाहुभ्यां संपरिष्वक्तं स्त्रिया परमघोरया ॥८॥

8. athāpaśyadvanaṁ ghoraṁ samantādvāgurāvṛtam ,
bāhubhyāṁ saṁpariṣvaktaṁ striyā paramaghorayā.

8. atha apaśyat vanam ghoram samantāt vāgurā āvṛtam
bāhubhyām sampariṣvaktam striyā paramaghorayā

8. atha saḥ ghoram vanam apaśyat samantāt vāgurā āvṛtam
paramaghorayā striyā bāhubhyām sampariṣvaktam

8. Then he saw a dreadful forest, encircled on all sides by nets, and embraced by the two arms of an exceedingly terrifying woman.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides, all around, entirely

• वागुरा (vāgurā) - by a net, snare, trap

• आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

• बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - by two arms

• सम्परिष्वक्तम् (sampariṣvaktam) - embraced, clasped, entwined

• स्त्रिया (striyā) - by a woman

• परमघोरया (paramaghorayā) - by an extremely dreadful, by a most terrifying (woman)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides, all around, entirely

(indeclinable)

वागुरा (vāgurā) - by a net, snare, trap

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāgurā

vāgurā - net, snare, trap

आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, enveloped, enclosed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root `vṛ` (to cover, enclose) with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - by two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

सम्परिष्वक्तम् (sampariṣvaktam) - embraced, clasped, entwined

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sampariṣvakta

sampariṣvakta - embraced, clasped, encircled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root `svaj` (to embrace) with prefixes `sam` and `pari`.

Prefixes: sam+pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

स्त्रिया (striyā) - by a woman

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

परमघोरया (paramaghorayā) - by an extremely dreadful, by a most terrifying (woman)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of paramaghora

paramaghora - extremely dreadful, most terrible

Compound of 'parama' and 'ghora'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ghora)

• parama – supreme, highest, utmost, extreme
  adjective (masculine)
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, fearful
  adjective (masculine)