महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-76, verse-16

उल्काश्च जघ्निरे सूर्यं विकीर्यन्त्यः समन्ततः ।
वेपथुश्चाभवद्राजन्कैलासस्य महागिरेः ॥१६॥

16. ulkāśca jaghnire sūryaṁ vikīryantyaḥ samantataḥ ,
vepathuścābhavadrājankailāsasya mahāgireḥ.

16. ulkāḥ ca jaghnire sūryam vikīryantyaḥ samantataḥ
vepathuḥ ca abhavat rājan kailāsasya mahā-gireḥ

16. ca ulkāḥ samantataḥ vikīryantyaḥ sūryam jaghnire
ca rājan mahā-gireḥ kailāsasya vepathuḥ abhavat

16. And meteors, scattering all around, seemed to strike the sun. And, O King, a trembling occurred in the great mountain Kailāsa.

Words meanings summery:

• उल्काः (ulkāḥ) - meteors (meteors, firebrands)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जघ्निरे (jaghnire) - seemed to strike (struck, killed, assailed)

• सूर्यम् (sūryam) - the sun

• विकीर्यन्त्यः (vikīryantyaḥ) - scattering, dispersing

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (from all sides, all around, everywhere)

• वेपथुः (vepathuḥ) - a trembling (trembling, shaking, tremor)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred (became, happened, was)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• कैलासस्य (kailāsasya) - of Kailāsa

• महा-गिरेः (mahā-gireḥ) - of the great mountain

Words meanings and morphology

उल्काः (ulkāḥ) - meteors (meteors, firebrands)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ulkā

ulkā - meteor, firebrand, torch

Note: Subject of jaghnire.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

जघ्निरे (jaghnire) - seemed to strike (struck, killed, assailed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of han

Perfect

3rd person plural, middle voice, Perfect tense

Root: han (class 2)

सूर्यम् (sūryam) - the sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun

Note: Object of jaghnire.

विकीर्यन्त्यः (vikīryantyaḥ) - scattering, dispersing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vikīryant

vikīryant - scattering, strewing

Present Active Participle

Derived from verb root √kīr (to scatter) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: kīr (class 6)

Note: Qualifies Ulkāḥ.

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (from all sides, all around, everywhere)

(indeclinable)

वेपथुः (vepathuḥ) - a trembling (trembling, shaking, tremor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vepathu

vepathu - trembling, shaking, tremor

Root: vep (class 1)

Note: Subject of abhavat.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred (became, happened, was)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

3rd person singular, active voice, Imperfect tense

Root: bhū (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Note: Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

कैलासस्य (kailāsasya) - of Kailāsa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kailāsa

kailāsa - Kailāsa mountain

महा-गिरेः (mahā-gireḥ) - of the great mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahā-giri

mahā-giri - great mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+giri)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies Kailāsasya.