महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-113, verse-10

स गुहायां शिरोग्रीवं निधाय पशुरात्मनः ।
आस्ताथ वर्षमभ्यागात्सुमहत्प्लावयज्जगत् ॥१०॥

10. sa guhāyāṁ śirogrīvaṁ nidhāya paśurātmanaḥ ,
āstātha varṣamabhyāgātsumahatplāvayajjagat.

10. saḥ guhāyām śirogrīvam nidhāya paśuḥ ātmanaḥ
āsta atha varṣam abhyāgāt sumahat plāvayat jagat

10. saḥ paśuḥ ātmanaḥ śirogrīvam guhāyām nidhāya
āsta atha sumahat jagat plāvayat varṣam abhyāgāt

10. That animal (paśu) placed its head and neck into the cave and stayed there. Then, a very great rain arrived, inundating the world.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (the camel) (he, that)

• गुहायाम् (guhāyām) - in the cave

• शिरोग्रीवम् (śirogrīvam) - head and neck

• निधाय (nidhāya) - having placed, having put down

• पशुः (paśuḥ) - animal, beast, cattle

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself (the animal's own) (of oneself, his own, of the self (ātman))

• आस्त (āsta) - remained, stayed, sat

• अथ (atha) - then, next, now

• वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain (rain, year)

• अभ्यागात् (abhyāgāt) - came near, arrived, approached

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, immense

• प्लावयत् (plāvayat) - flooding, inundating, causing to float

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (the camel) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गुहायाम् (guhāyām) - in the cave

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of guhā

guhā - cave, grotto

Root: guh (class 1)

शिरोग्रीवम् (śirogrīvam) - head and neck

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śirogrīva

śirogrīva - head and neck

Compound type : dvandva (śiras+grīvā)

• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)

निधाय (nidhāya) - having placed, having put down

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from ni- + √dhā (class 3) + -ya suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

पशुः (paśuḥ) - animal, beast, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself (the animal's own) (of oneself, his own, of the self (ātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

आस्त (āsta) - remained, stayed, sat

(verb)

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

imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

augment + √ās

Root: ās (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, next, now

(indeclinable)

वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain (rain, year)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - rain, year, rainy season

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

अभ्यागात् (abhyāgāt) - came near, arrived, approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of gam

aorist, 3rd person singular

from abhi- + ā- + √gam

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, enormous

su (intensifier) + mahat

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)

प्लावयत् (plāvayat) - flooding, inundating, causing to float

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of plāvayat

plāvayat - flooding, inundating

present active participle (causative)

from √plu (class 1) in causative form plāvayati

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Participle agreeing with 'varṣam'

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving beings

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'plāvayat'