महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-350, verse-3

यतो वायुर्विनिःसृत्य सूर्यरश्म्याश्रितो महान् ।
विजृम्भत्यम्बरे विप्र किमाश्चर्यतरं ततः ॥३॥

3. yato vāyurviniḥsṛtya sūryaraśmyāśrito mahān ,
vijṛmbhatyambare vipra kimāścaryataraṁ tataḥ.

3. yataḥ vāyuḥ viniḥsṛtya sūryaraśmyāśritaḥ mahān
vijṛmbhati ambare vipra kim āścaryataram tataḥ

3. O Brahmin, what could be more astonishing than that mighty wind, which issues forth from him, relies on the sun's rays, and expands in the sky?

Words meanings summery:

• यतः (yataḥ) - from the Sun god (from whom, from which, because of which)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

• विनिःसृत्य (viniḥsṛtya) - having issued forth, having come out

• सूर्यरश्म्याश्रितः (sūryaraśmyāśritaḥ) - dependent on the sun's rays

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

• विजृम्भति (vijṛmbhati) - spreads, expands, manifests

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

• विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin

• किम् (kim) - what

• आश्चर्यतरम् (āścaryataram) - more astonishing, more wondrous

• ततः (tataḥ) - than the phenomenon just described (than that, from that, thence)

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - from the Sun god (from whom, from which, because of which)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Ablative singular of yad

Note: Refers to the Sun god, the source of the wind.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air

Root: vā

Note: Subject of vijṛmbhati.

विनिःसृत्य (viniḥsṛtya) - having issued forth, having come out

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefixes vi-nir and root sṛ (to flow, to move)

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Expresses a preceding action to vijṛmbhati.

सूर्यरश्म्याश्रितः (sūryaraśmyāśritaḥ) - dependent on the sun's rays

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūryaraśmyāśrita

sūryaraśmyāśrita - dependent on the sun's rays

Compound adjective: sūryaraśmi (sun-ray) + āśrita (dependent)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūryaraśmi+āśrita)

• sūryaraśmi – sunbeam, sunray
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of sūrya (sun) and raśmi (ray)
• āśrita – dependent, resorted to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of ā-śri (to resort to)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying vāyuḥ.

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large

Root: mah

Note: Adjective modifying vāyuḥ.

विजृम्भति (vijṛmbhati) - spreads, expands, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vijṛmbh

Present active

Formed with prefix vi and root jṛmbh

Prefix: vi

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth

Root: am

Note: Locative of place.

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, priest, wise

Root: vip

Note: Direct address to the Brahmin.

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Subject of the interrogative sentence.

आश्चर्यतरम् (āścaryataram) - more astonishing, more wondrous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āścaryatara

āścaryatara - more wonderful, more astonishing

Comparative degree of āścarya, formed with suffix -tara

Note: Predicative adjective.

ततः (tataḥ) - than the phenomenon just described (than that, from that, thence)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that)