महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-290, verse-36

उपप्लवांस्तथा घोराञ्शशिनस्तेजसस्तथा ।
ताराणां पतनं दृष्ट्वा नक्षत्राणां च पर्ययम् ॥३६॥

36. upaplavāṁstathā ghorāñśaśinastejasastathā ,
tārāṇāṁ patanaṁ dṛṣṭvā nakṣatrāṇāṁ ca paryayam.

36. upaplavān tathā ghorān śaśinaḥ tejasaḥ tathā
tārāṇām patanam dṛṣṭvā nakṣatrāṇām ca paryayam

36. dṛṣṭvā ghorān upaplavān tathā śaśinaḥ tejasaḥ
tathā tārāṇām patanam ca nakṣatrāṇām paryayam

36. And having seen the dreadful disturbances, the fading brilliance of the moon, the falling of the stars, and the decline of the constellations.

Words meanings summery:

• उपप्लवान् (upaplavān) - dreadful disturbances (disturbances, calamities, disasters)

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

• घोरान् (ghorān) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, fearful)

• शशिनः (śaśinaḥ) - of the moon

• तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - of the brilliance (of brilliance, of light, of energy)

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

• ताराणाम् (tārāṇām) - of the stars (of stars)

• पतनम् (patanam) - the falling (fall, falling, descent)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, having perceived)

• नक्षत्राणाम् (nakṣatrāṇām) - of the constellations (of constellations, of lunar mansions)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पर्ययम् (paryayam) - the decline (or change) (change, decline, revolution, turn)

Words meanings and morphology

उपप्लवान् (upaplavān) - dreadful disturbances (disturbances, calamities, disasters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of upaplaya

upaplaya - disturbance, calamity, disaster, flood

From root √plu (to float, flow) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Object of `dṛṣṭvā`.

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

(indeclinable)

घोरान् (ghorān) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, fearful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

Root: ghṛ (class 1)

शशिनः (śaśinaḥ) - of the moon

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaśin

śaśin - moon (literally "having a hare", referring to markings on the moon)

Derived from śaśa (hare).

Note: Modifies `tejasaḥ`.

तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - of the brilliance (of brilliance, of light, of energy)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, splendor, light, energy, sharp point

From root √tij (to be sharp).

Root: tij (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

ताराणाम् (tārāṇām) - of the stars (of stars)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tārā

tārā - star, pupil of the eye

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Modifies `patanam`.

पतनम् (patanam) - the falling (fall, falling, descent)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of patana

patana - falling, descent, fall, ruin

From root √pat (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, having perceived)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From root √dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नक्षत्राणाम् (nakṣatrāṇām) - of the constellations (of constellations, of lunar mansions)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of nakṣatra

nakṣatra - star, constellation, lunar mansion

Note: Modifies `paryayam`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

पर्ययम् (paryayam) - the decline (or change) (change, decline, revolution, turn)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paryaya

paryaya - turn, change, decline, end, revolution

From root √i (to go) with prefixes pari- + ā-.

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: i (class 2)