महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-127, verse-28

जनश्च विमनाः सर्वो भयत्राससमन्वितः ।
निमीलिते भूतपतौ नष्टसूर्य इवाभवत् ॥२८॥

28. janaśca vimanāḥ sarvo bhayatrāsasamanvitaḥ ,
nimīlite bhūtapatau naṣṭasūrya ivābhavat.

28. janaḥ ca vimanāḥ sarvaḥ bhayatrāsasamanvitaḥ
nimīlite bhūtapatau naṣṭasūryaḥ iva abhavat

28. ca sarvaḥ janaḥ vimanāḥ bhayatrāsasamanvitaḥ
abhavat nimīlite bhūtapatau naṣṭasūryaḥ iva

28. And all the people became disheartened, filled with fear and dread, just as if the sun had vanished, when the lord of beings (Śiva's) eyes were closed.

Words meanings summery:

• जनः (janaḥ) - the people (people, man, creature)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विमनाः (vimanāḥ) - disheartened (disheartened, dejected, agitated)

• सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all (people) (all, every)

• भयत्राससमन्वितः (bhayatrāsasamanvitaḥ) - filled with fear and dread (accompanied by fear and terror, filled with fear and dread)

• निमीलिते (nimīlite) - when (Śiva's eyes) were closed (when closed, in the closed state)

• भूतपतौ (bhūtapatau) - when the lord of beings (Śiva) (in the lord of beings, in the lord of creatures)

• नष्टसूर्यः (naṣṭasūryaḥ) - as if the sun had vanished (with the sun lost/vanished)

• इव (iva) - just as if (as if, like, similar to)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became (it became, he became)

Words meanings and morphology

जनः (janaḥ) - the people (people, man, creature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - man, person, people, creature

From root √jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 1)

Note: Collective singular (people).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

विमनाः (vimanāḥ) - disheartened (disheartened, dejected, agitated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimanā

vimanā - dispirited, dejected, agitated, distracted

Compound of vi (apart) and manas (mind).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+manas)

• vi – apart, astray
  prefix/indeclinable
  Prepositional prefix.
• manas – mind, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
  From root √man (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective for janaḥ.

सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all (people) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Universal pronoun.

भयत्राससमन्वितः (bhayatrāsasamanvitaḥ) - filled with fear and dread (accompanied by fear and terror, filled with fear and dread)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhayatrāsasamanvita

bhayatrāsasamanvita - filled/endowed with fear and terror

Compound of bhaya (fear), trāsa (dread), and samanvita (accompanied by, endowed with).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+trāsa+samanvita)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  From root √bhī (to fear).
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• trāsa – terror, fright
  noun (masculine)
  From root √tras (to tremble, be afraid).
  Root: tras (class 4)
• samanvita – accompanied, endowed with, possessed of
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root √i (to go) with prefixes sam + anu + vi.
  Prefixes: sam+anu+vi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for janaḥ.

निमीलिते (nimīlite) - when (Śiva's eyes) were closed (when closed, in the closed state)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of nimīlita

nimīlita - closed, shut

past passive participle

From root √mīl (to wink, close) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: mīl (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction; describes the state of bhūtapati when his eyes were closed.

भूतपतौ (bhūtapatau) - when the lord of beings (Śiva) (in the lord of beings, in the lord of creatures)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhūtapati

bhūtapati - lord of beings/creatures (epithet of Śiva)

Compound of bhūta (being, creature) and pati (lord).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhūta+pati)

• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past passive participle of √bhū (to be, become), nominalized.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with nimīlite.

नष्टसूर्यः (naṣṭasūryaḥ) - as if the sun had vanished (with the sun lost/vanished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭasūrya

naṣṭasūrya - one whose sun is lost/vanished, sunless

Bahuvrīhi compound: one for whom the sun (sūrya) is lost (naṣṭa).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+sūrya)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, vanished
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root √naś (to perish, be lost).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• sūrya – sun, sun god
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicative adjective for the implied state of the janaḥ or the world.

इव (iva) - just as if (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

अभवत् (abhavat) - became (it became, he became)

(verb)

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

imperfect 3rd singular

Root √bhū (class 1). Imperfect form.

Root: bhū (class 1)