महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-70, verse-3

महतस्तस्य सैन्यस्य खुरनेमिस्वनेन च ।
द्यावापृथिव्यौ खं चैव शब्देनासीत्समावृतम् ॥३॥

3. mahatastasya sainyasya khuranemisvanena ca ,
dyāvāpṛthivyau khaṁ caiva śabdenāsītsamāvṛtam.

3. mahataḥ tasya sainya-sya khura-nemi-svanena ca
dyāvā-pṛthivyau khaṃ ca eva śabdena āsīt samāvṛtam

3. tasya mahataḥ sainya-sya khura-nemi-svanena ca
śabdena eva dyāvā-pṛthivyau khaṃ ca samāvṛtam āsīt

3. Heaven and earth, and even the sky, were completely enveloped by the sound of the hooves and wheel-rims of that great army.

Words meanings summery:

• महतः (mahataḥ) - of the great, of the vast

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• सैन्यस्य (sainyasya) - of the army

• खुर-नेमि-स्वनेन (khura-nemi-svanena) - by the sound of hooves and wheel-rims

• च (ca) - and

• द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ (dyāvā-pṛthivyau) - heaven and earth

• खं (khaṁ) - the sky, space, ether

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, even, just

• शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was

• समावृतम् (samāvṛtam) - completely covered, enveloped, surrounded

Words meanings and morphology

महतः (mahataḥ) - of the great, of the vast

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Present Active Participle

From root mah (to be great, grow).

Root: mah

Note: Genitive singular, modifying sainya.

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Genitive singular, modifying sainya.

सैन्यस्य (sainyasya) - of the army

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, military force, host of soldiers

Derived from senā (army).

खुर-नेमि-स्वनेन (khura-nemi-svanena) - by the sound of hooves and wheel-rims

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of khuranemisvana

khuranemisvana - sound of hooves and wheel-rims

Compound of khura (hoof), nemi (rim), and svana (sound).

Compound type : tatpurusha (khura+nemi+svana)

• khura – hoof, cloven foot
  noun (masculine)
• nemi – felloe, rim (of a wheel)
  noun (feminine)
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From root svan (to sound).
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: The instrumental case indicates the means by which the enveloping occurred.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects khuranemisvana with something implied or broadens the effect.

द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ (dyāvā-pṛthivyau) - heaven and earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of dyāvāpṛthivī

dyāvāpṛthivī - heaven and earth (often treated as a dual deity or pair)

Dvandva compound of Dyau (heaven) and Pṛthivī (earth).

Compound type : dvandva (dyu+pṛthivī)

• dyu – heaven, sky, day
  noun (feminine)
  Vedic form, related to 'div'.
• pṛthivī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)

Note: Nominative dual, acting as part of the subject being enveloped.

खं (khaṁ) - the sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, air, zero

Note: Nominative singular, acting as part of the subject being enveloped.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects dyāvāpṛthivyau and khaṃ.

एव (eva) - indeed, even, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word 'khaṃ'.

शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, speech

From root śabd (to sound).

Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Instrumental case, indicating the means by which the enveloping occurred.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was

(verb)

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

Imperfect (Laṅ-lakāra)

Root as, 2nd class, 3rd person singular imperfect.

Root: as (class 2)

समावृतम् (samāvṛtam) - completely covered, enveloped, surrounded

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samāvṛta

samāvṛta - covered, enveloped, surrounded, besieged

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ (to cover, enclose) with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Past passive participle, acting as a predicate adjective with 'āsīt'.