महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-225, verse-2

ततः प्रलीने सर्वस्मिन्स्थावरे जङ्गमे तथा ।
अकाष्ठा निस्तृणा भूमिर्दृश्यते कूर्मपृष्ठवत् ॥२॥

2. tataḥ pralīne sarvasminsthāvare jaṅgame tathā ,
akāṣṭhā nistṛṇā bhūmirdṛśyate kūrmapṛṣṭhavat.

2. tataḥ pralīne sarvasmin sthāvare jaṅgame tathā
akāṣṭhā nistṛṇā bhūmiḥ dṛśyate kūrmapṛṣṭhavat

2. tataḥ sarvasmin sthāvare tathā jaṅgame pralīne
akāṣṭhā nistṛṇā bhūmiḥ kūrmapṛṣṭhavat dṛśyate

2. Then, when all moving and stationary [beings] have dissolved, the earth, without wood and without grass, is seen like the back of a tortoise.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, therefrom, after that)

• प्रलीने (pralīne) - when dissolved (dissolved, disappeared)

• सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - when all (in all, in the entire)

• स्थावरे (sthāvare) - in the stationary (beings) (in the stationary, in the immovable)

• जङ्गमे (jaṅgame) - in the moving (beings) (in the moving, in the mobile)

• तथा (tathā) - and (likewise) (thus, so, and, likewise)

• अकाष्ठा (akāṣṭhā) - without wood (treeless) (without wood, treeless)

• निस्तृणा (nistṛṇā) - without grass (without grass, grassless)

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - the earth (earth, ground, land)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen (is seen, appears)

• कूर्मपृष्ठवत् (kūrmapṛṣṭhavat) - like the back of a tortoise (like a tortoise's back)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, therefrom, after that)

(indeclinable)

adverb

प्रलीने (pralīne) - when dissolved (dissolved, disappeared)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pralīna

pralīna - dissolved, disappeared, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

from pra-lī (to dissolve)

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, agreeing with 'sarvasmin sthāvare jaṅgame'.

सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - when all (in all, in the entire)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

universal pronoun/adjective

Note: Agrees with 'pralīne', 'sthāvare', 'jaṅgame'.

स्थावरे (sthāvare) - in the stationary (beings) (in the stationary, in the immovable)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthāvara

sthāvara - stationary, immovable, standing

from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvasmin' and 'pralīne'.

जङ्गमे (jaṅgame) - in the moving (beings) (in the moving, in the mobile)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jaṅgama

jaṅgama - moving, mobile, animate

reduplicated intensive from gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvasmin' and 'pralīne'.

तथा (tathā) - and (likewise) (thus, so, and, likewise)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

Note: Connects 'sthāvare' and 'jaṅgame'.

अकाष्ठा (akāṣṭhā) - without wood (treeless) (without wood, treeless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akāṣṭha

akāṣṭha - without wood, treeless

negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of a (not) and kāṣṭha (wood)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāṣṭha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kāṣṭha – wood, timber, piece of wood
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kaś

Note: Agrees with 'bhūmiḥ'.

निस्तृणा (nistṛṇā) - without grass (without grass, grassless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nistṛṇa

nistṛṇa - without grass

compound of nis (without) and tṛṇa (grass)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (nis+tṛṇa)

• nis – out, forth, without, away
  indeclinable
  prefix
• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tṛ

Note: Agrees with 'bhūmiḥ'.

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - the earth (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyate'.

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen (is seen, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Passive voice of root dṛś (class 1)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कूर्मपृष्ठवत् (kūrmapṛṣṭhavat) - like the back of a tortoise (like a tortoise's back)

(indeclinable)

compound noun kūrmapṛṣṭha + vat (suffix meaning 'like')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kūrma+pṛṣṭha+vat)

• kūrma – tortoise, turtle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kū
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pṛṣ
• vat – like, as, similar to
  suffix
  Secondary suffix forming adverbs of comparison