महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-153, verse-25

ततश्चलवलिर्भीष्मः प्रगृह्य विपुलं भुजम् ।
ओघमेघस्वनो वाग्मी काले वचनमब्रवीत् ॥२५॥

25. tataścalavalirbhīṣmaḥ pragṛhya vipulaṁ bhujam ,
oghameghasvano vāgmī kāle vacanamabravīt.

25. tataḥ ca calavaliḥ bhīṣmaḥ pragṛhya vipulam bhujam
| oghameghasvanaḥ vāgmī kāle vacanam abravīt

25. tataḥ ca calavaliḥ bhīṣmaḥ vipulam bhujam pragṛhya
oghameghasvanaḥ vāgmī kāle vacanam abravīt

25. Then Bhishma, his body trembling, grasping his mighty arm, eloquent and with a voice like a thundercloud, spoke words at the proper time.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• च (ca) - and, also

• चलवलिः (calavaliḥ) - trembling (referring to Bhishma's old age or agitation) (whose body trembles, agitated, shaking)

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped, having taken hold of

• विपुलम् (vipulam) - vast, mighty, broad

• भुजम् (bhujam) - arm, hand

• ओघमेघस्वनः (oghameghasvanaḥ) - whose voice is like a rushing cloud (thundercloud)

• वाग्मी (vāgmī) - eloquent, fluent speaker

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the proper time

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चलवलिः (calavaliḥ) - trembling (referring to Bhishma's old age or agitation) (whose body trembles, agitated, shaking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of calavali

calavali - whose body trembles, agitated, shaking

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cala+valī)

• cala – moving, shaking, trembling
  adjective (masculine)
  from root cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• valī – folds of skin, wrinkles (often on the body, especially due to age)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes Bhishma

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name, lit. 'terrible')

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped, having taken hold of

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from pra-grah (to seize) + lyap pratyaya

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Indicates an action preceding the main verb

विपुलम् (vipulam) - vast, mighty, broad

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, extensive, broad, mighty

Note: Agrees with Bhujam

भुजम् (bhujam) - arm, hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhuja

bhuja - arm, hand

Note: Object of pragṛhya

ओघमेघस्वनः (oghameghasvanaḥ) - whose voice is like a rushing cloud (thundercloud)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of oghameghasvana

oghameghasvana - having a voice like a torrent/cloud

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ogha+megha+svara)

• ogha – torrent, flood, multitude
  noun (masculine)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• svara – sound, voice
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes Bhishma

वाग्मी (vāgmī) - eloquent, fluent speaker

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāgmin

vāgmin - eloquent, good speaker

from vāc (speech) + min pratyaya

Note: Describes Bhishma

काले (kāle) - in time, at the proper time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

from root vac (to speak) + ana pratyaya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of abravīt

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense (Laṅ)

3rd person singular active, augment 'a' added for imperfect

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Subject is Bhishma