महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-320, verse-6

न बभासे सहस्रांशुर्न जज्वाल च पावकः ।
ह्रदाश्च सरितश्चैव चुक्षुभुः सागरास्तथा ॥६॥

6. na babhāse sahasrāṁśurna jajvāla ca pāvakaḥ ,
hradāśca saritaścaiva cukṣubhuḥ sāgarāstathā.

6. na babhāse sahasrāṁśuḥ na jajjvāla ca pāvakaḥ
hradāḥ ca saritaḥ ca eva cukṣubhuḥ sāgarāḥ tathā

6. sahasrāṁśuḥ na babhāse.
pāvakaḥ ca na jajjvāla.
hradāḥ ca saritaḥ ca eva tathā sāgarāḥ cukṣubhuḥ.

6. The sun did not shine, and fire did not blaze. Lakes, rivers, and oceans alike became agitated.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बभासे (babhāse) - did shine (it shone, it appeared)

• सहस्रांशुः (sahasrāṁśuḥ) - the sun (the sun (thousand-rayed))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• जज्ज्वाल (jajjvāla) - did blaze (it blazed, it burned brightly)

• च (ca) - and

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire (fire, pure, purifying)

• ह्रदाः (hradāḥ) - lakes (lakes, large ponds)

• च (ca) - and

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - alike (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• चुक्षुभुः (cukṣubhuḥ) - became agitated (they became agitated, they trembled, they shook)

• सागराः (sāgarāḥ) - oceans (oceans, seas)

• तथा (tathā) - alike (thus, so, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb babhāse.

बभासे (babhāse) - did shine (it shone, it appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of bhās

Perfect

Root bhās (1A), perfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice. Reduplicated.

Root: bhās (class 1)

सहस्रांशुः (sahasrāṁśuḥ) - the sun (the sun (thousand-rayed))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasrāṁśu

sahasrāṁśu - the sun (lit. 'thousand-rayed')

compound of sahasra + aṁśu

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sahasra+aṁśu)

• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• aṁśu – ray, beam, point
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aṁś (class 1)

Note: Subject of babhāse.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb jajjvāla.

जज्ज्वाल (jajjvāla) - did blaze (it blazed, it burned brightly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of jval

Perfect

Root jval (1P), perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplicated.

Root: jval (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire (fire, pure, purifying)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifying, pure

from root pū + ṇvul

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Subject of jajjvāla.

ह्रदाः (hradāḥ) - lakes (lakes, large ponds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hrada

hrada - lake, deep pool, pond

Root: hrad (class 1)

Note: Subject of cukṣubhuḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

from root sṛ + tip

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of cukṣubhuḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - alike (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

चुक्षुभुः (cukṣubhuḥ) - became agitated (they became agitated, they trembled, they shook)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṣubh

Perfect

Root kṣubh (1P), perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. Reduplicated.

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

सागराः (sāgarāḥ) - oceans (oceans, seas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

from sa + gara (water) or sa + agara (containing mountains)

Note: Subject of cukṣubhuḥ.

तथा (tathā) - alike (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)