महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-52, verse-32

ययौ रथानां पुरतो हि सा चमूस्तथैव पश्चादतिमात्रसारिणी ।
पुरश्च पश्चाच्च यथा महानदी पुरर्क्षवन्तं गिरिमेत्य नर्मदा ॥३२॥

32. yayau rathānāṁ purato hi sā camū;stathaiva paścādatimātrasāriṇī ,
puraśca paścācca yathā mahānadī; purarkṣavantaṁ girimetya narmadā.

32. yayau rathānām purataḥ hi sā camūḥ
tathā eva paścāt atimātrasāriṇī
puraḥ ca paścāt ca yathā mahānadī
purarkṣavantam girim etya narmadā

32. sā camūḥ rathānām purataḥ hi yayau tathā
eva atimātrasāriṇī paścāt (yayau) ca
(yayau) yathā mahānadī narmadā purarkṣavantam
girim etya puraḥ ca paścāt ca (yāti)

32. Indeed, that army marched, both in front of the chariots and extending far behind them, just as the great Narmada river flows both in front and behind after reaching the Purarkṣavanta mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• ययौ (yayau) - she went, it went

• रथानाम् (rathānām) - of the chariots

• पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, before

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• सा (sā) - that

• चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, just so, only

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - behind, afterwards

• अतिमात्रसारिणी (atimātrasāriṇī) - exceedingly wide-ranging, extending far

• पुरः (puraḥ) - in front, before

• च (ca) - and

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - behind, afterwards

• च (ca) - and

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• महानदी (mahānadī) - great river

• पुरर्क्षवन्तम् (purarkṣavantam) - the Purarkṣavanta mountain

• गिरिम् (girim) - mountain

• एत्य (etya) - having reached, having approached

• नर्मदा (narmadā) - the Narmada river

Words meanings and morphology

ययौ (yayau) - she went, it went

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of yā

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Root: yā (class 2)

रथानाम् (rathānām) - of the chariots

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, before

(indeclinable)

adverb from pura (front)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of camū

camū - army, host, division of an army

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just so, only

(indeclinable)

पश्चात् (paścāt) - behind, afterwards

(indeclinable)

अतिमात्रसारिणी (atimātrasāriṇī) - exceedingly wide-ranging, extending far

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atimātrasāriṇ

atimātrasāriṇ - exceedingly widespread, extending far

Compound type : tatpurusha (atimātra+sāriṇī)

• atimātra – excessive, very much, immoderate
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: ati
• sāriṇī – flowing, extending, moving (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  from root sṛ (to flow/move)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

पुरः (puraḥ) - in front, before

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पश्चात् (paścāt) - behind, afterwards

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

महानदी (mahānadī) - great river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahānadī

mahānadī - a great river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nadī)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

पुरर्क्षवन्तम् (purarkṣavantam) - the Purarkṣavanta mountain

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purarkṣavanta

purarkṣavanta - name of a mountain mentioned in connection with the Narmada river

गिरिम् (girim) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

एत्य (etya) - having reached, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root i (to go) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

नर्मदा (narmadā) - the Narmada river

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of narmadā

narmadā - the Narmada river (a major river in central India)