महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-272, verse-11

ततो नादः समभवद्वादित्राणां च निस्वनः ।
देवासुराणां सर्वेषां तस्मिन्युद्ध उपस्थिते ॥११॥

11. tato nādaḥ samabhavadvāditrāṇāṁ ca nisvanaḥ ,
devāsurāṇāṁ sarveṣāṁ tasminyuddha upasthite.

11. tataḥ nādaḥ samabhavat vāditrāṇām ca nisvanaḥ
devāsurāṇām sarveṣām tasmin yuddha upasthite

11. tasmin yuddha upasthite,
devāsurāṇām sarveṣām tataḥ nādaḥ ca vāditrāṇām nisvanaḥ samabhavat

11. Then a roar and the blare of instruments arose from all the gods and asuras as that battle commenced.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that, thereupon

• नादः (nādaḥ) - sound, roar, cry

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - it arose, it happened, it occurred

• वादित्राणाम् (vāditrāṇām) - of instruments, of musical instruments

• च (ca) - and

• निस्वनः (nisvanaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

• देवासुराणाम् (devāsurāṇām) - of gods and asuras, of the divine and demonic beings

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• युद्ध (yuddha) - in the battle

• उपस्थिते (upasthite) - as the battle had commenced (having begun, being present, imminent)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that, thereupon

(indeclinable)

नादः (nādaḥ) - sound, roar, cry

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāda

nāda - sound, noise, roar, cry, thunder

समभवत् (samabhavat) - it arose, it happened, it occurred

(verb)

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

Root verb with prefix sam- (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

वादित्राणाम् (vāditrāṇām) - of instruments, of musical instruments

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of vāditra

vāditra - musical instrument, instrument

Derived from root vad (to speak, sound) with suffix -itra.

Root: vad (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निस्वनः (nisvanaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nisvana

nisvana - sound, noise, roar, voice

Derived from root svan (to sound) with prefix nis- (out, forth).

Prefix: nis

Root: svan (class 1)

देवासुराणाम् (devāsurāṇām) - of gods and asuras, of the divine and demonic beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of devāsura

devāsura - gods and asuras, divine and demonic beings

Compound type : dvandva (deva+asura)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – asura (a class of beings, often translated as 'demon' or 'anti-god')
  noun (masculine)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

युद्ध (yuddha) - in the battle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: This form of locative singular is sometimes used in verse, possibly for metrical reasons, in place of the more common 'yuddhe'.

उपस्थिते (upasthite) - as the battle had commenced (having begun, being present, imminent)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, near, standing by, commenced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix upa- (near).

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'yuddha'.