महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-141, verse-17

मेघसंकुलमाकाशं विद्युन्मण्डलमण्डितम् ।
संछन्नं सुमुहूर्तेन नौस्थानेनेव सागरः ॥१७॥

17. meghasaṁkulamākāśaṁ vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam ,
saṁchannaṁ sumuhūrtena nausthāneneva sāgaraḥ.

17. meghasaṃkulam ākāśam vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam
saṃchannam sumuhūrtena nausthānena iva sāgaraḥ

17. meghasaṃkulam vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam ākāśam
sumuhūrtena saṃchannam nausthānena iva sāgaraḥ

17. The sky, dense with clouds and adorned with flashes of lightning, was completely covered in a short time, just as the ocean appears covered by a harbor.

Words meanings summery:

• मेघसंकुलम् (meghasaṁkulam) - crowded with clouds, dense with clouds

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, atmosphere

• विद्युन्मण्डलमण्डितम् (vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam) - adorned with a circle of lightning, decorated with flashes of lightning

• संछन्नम् (saṁchannam) - covered, concealed

• सुमुहूर्तेन (sumuhūrtena) - in a short time, in a moment

• नौस्थानेन (nausthānena) - by a harbor, by a dockyard, by a ship's place

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean, sea

Words meanings and morphology

मेघसंकुलम् (meghasaṁkulam) - crowded with clouds, dense with clouds

(adjective)

neuter, singular of meghasaṃkula

meghasaṁkula - full of clouds, cloudy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+saṃkula)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkula – crowded, filled, dense
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, atmosphere

(noun)

neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

विद्युन्मण्डलमण्डितम् (vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam) - adorned with a circle of lightning, decorated with flashes of lightning

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍita

vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍita - adorned with a circle of lightning

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidyut+maṇḍala+maṇḍita)

• vidyut – lightning, electricity
  noun (feminine)
• maṇḍala – circle, orb, disk
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from maṇḍ (to adorn)
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

संछन्नम् (saṁchannam) - covered, concealed

(adjective)

neuter, singular of saṃchanna

saṁchanna - covered, concealed, hidden

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam-chad (to cover)

Prefix: sam

Root: chad (class 10)

सुमुहूर्तेन (sumuhūrtena) - in a short time, in a moment

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sumuhūrta

sumuhūrta - a good or short moment, a very short time

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+muhūrta)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• muhūrta – moment, instant, period of time
  noun (masculine)

नौस्थानेन (nausthānena) - by a harbor, by a dockyard, by a ship's place

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nausthāna

nausthāna - harbor, dockyard, place for ships

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nau+sthāna)

• nau – ship, boat
  noun (feminine)
• sthāna – place, station, position
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea