महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-76, verse-21

तत्तेजस्तु ततो रौद्रं कपिला गा विशां पते ।
नानावर्णत्वमनयन्मेघानिव दिवाकरः ॥२१॥

21. tattejastu tato raudraṁ kapilā gā viśāṁ pate ,
nānāvarṇatvamanayanmeghāniva divākaraḥ.

21. tat tejaḥ tu tataḥ raudram kapilāḥ gāḥ viśām
pate nānāvarṇatvam anayat meghān iva divākaraḥ

21. viśām pate tat raudram tejaḥ tu tataḥ kapilāḥ
gāḥ nānāvarṇatvam anayat divākaraḥ meghān iva

21. O lord of the people, that fierce energy then rendered Kapila's tawny cows multicolored, just as the sun makes clouds assume various hues.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (fierce energy) (that, that one)

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - fierce energy or spiritual power (luster, brilliance, energy, fiery power, spiritual energy)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from that, thence)

• रौद्रम् (raudram) - fierce, dreadful (fierce, dreadful, terrible, belonging to Rudra)

• कपिलाः (kapilāḥ) - Kapila's tawny cows (tawny, brown; a tawny cow; relating to Kapila)

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows (cows, oxen, earth, rays of light)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects)

• पते (pate) - O lord (of the people) (O lord, O master)

• नानावर्णत्वम् (nānāvarṇatvam) - multicolored state (state of being multi-colored, diversity of colors)

• अनयत् (anayat) - made (them) (led, brought, made, caused to go)

• मेघान् (meghān) - clouds

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

• दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun (sun, day-maker)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (fierce energy) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here as an adjective for 'tejaḥ'.

तेजः (tejaḥ) - fierce energy or spiritual power (luster, brilliance, energy, fiery power, spiritual energy)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - luster, brilliance, energy, fiery power, spiritual energy

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from that, thence)

(indeclinable)

रौद्रम् (raudram) - fierce, dreadful (fierce, dreadful, terrible, belonging to Rudra)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of raudra

raudra - fierce, dreadful, terrible, belonging to Rudra

Note: Agrees with 'tejaḥ'.

कपिलाः (kapilāḥ) - Kapila's tawny cows (tawny, brown; a tawny cow; relating to Kapila)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kapilā

kapilā - tawny, brown; a tawny cow

Note: Can also be nominative plural feminine, but context suggests accusative.

गाः (gāḥ) - cows (cows, oxen, earth, rays of light)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

पते (pate) - O lord (of the people) (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

नानावर्णत्वम् (nānāvarṇatvam) - multicolored state (state of being multi-colored, diversity of colors)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nānāvarṇatva

nānāvarṇatva - state of being multi-colored, diversity of colors

Derived from nānāvarṇa (multi-colored) + tva (suffix for state/nature)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānā+varṇa+tva)

• nānā – various, diverse
  indeclinable
• varṇa – color, caste, class, letter
  noun (masculine)
• tva – state, nature, -ness, -hood (suffix)
  suffix (neuter)
  forms abstract nouns

अनयत् (anayat) - made (them) (led, brought, made, caused to go)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active Third Singular

Root nī (class 1 U, P) + prefix ā + augment a + ending at

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Prefix `ā` is part of the verb form `ā-nayat` from `ā-√nī`.

मेघान् (meghān) - clouds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun (sun, day-maker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of divākara

divākara - sun, day-maker

Compound of divā (by day) and kara (maker)

Compound type : tatpurusha (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, in the daytime
  indeclinable
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṛ 'to do, make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)