महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-150, verse-12

शोषयत्येव पातालं विवान्गन्धवहः शुचिः ।
ह्रदांश्च सरितश्चैव सागरांश्च तथैव ह ॥१२॥

12. śoṣayatyeva pātālaṁ vivāngandhavahaḥ śuciḥ ,
hradāṁśca saritaścaiva sāgarāṁśca tathaiva ha.

12. śoṣayati eva pātālaṃ vivān gandhavahaḥ śuciḥ
hradān ca saritaḥ ca eva sāgarān ca tathā eva ha

12. hi śuciḥ vivān gandhavahaḥ pātālaṃ eva tathā
eva ca hradān ca saritaḥ ca sāgarān śoṣayati

12. Indeed, the pure (śuciḥ) and blowing (vivān) wind (gandhavaha) dries up the netherworld (pātālaṃ), and similarly lakes, rivers, and oceans.

Words meanings summery:

• शोषयति (śoṣayati) - dries up, causes to dry

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• पातालं (pātālaṁ) - netherworld, lowest region

• विवान् (vivān) - blowing

• गन्धवहः (gandhavahaḥ) - wind (carrier of smell)

• शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

• ह्रदान् (hradān) - lakes, deep pools

• च (ca) - and

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, also, only

• सागरान् (sāgarān) - oceans, seas

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

शोषयति (śoṣayati) - dries up, causes to dry

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śuṣ

Present active indicative (causative)

From root śuṣ (to dry) with causative suffix -ay

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

पातालं (pātālaṁ) - netherworld, lowest region

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pātāla

pātāla - netherworld, lowest region

विवान् (vivān) - blowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivāc

vivāc - blowing (present active participle from root vā 'to blow')

Present Active Participle

From root vā (to blow) with suffix -an

Root: vā (class 2)

गन्धवहः (gandhavahaḥ) - wind (carrier of smell)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandhavaha

gandhavaha - carrier of smell, wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gandha+vaha)

• gandha – smell, fragrance
  noun (masculine)
• vaha – carrying, conveying
  adjective (masculine)
  From root vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, bright

ह्रदान् (hradān) - lakes, deep pools

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hrada

hrada - lake, deep pool

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, also, only

(indeclinable)

सागरान् (sāgarān) - oceans, seas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)