महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-76, verse-18

शशश्चाशु विनिर्भिद्य मण्डलं शशिनोऽपतत् ।
विपरीतस्तदा राजंस्तस्मिन्नुत्पातलक्षणे ॥१८॥

18. śaśaścāśu vinirbhidya maṇḍalaṁ śaśino'patat ,
viparītastadā rājaṁstasminnutpātalakṣaṇe.

18. śaśaḥ ca āśu vinirbhidya maṇḍalam śaśinaḥ apatat
viparītaḥ tadā rājan tasmin utpātalakṣaṇe

18. rājan tadā śaśaḥ ca āśu śaśinaḥ maṇḍalam
vinirbhidya apatat tasmin utpātalakṣaṇe viparītaḥ

18. O king, then a hare quickly pierced the moon's orb and fell. At that time, in that ominous sign, everything appeared contrary or inverted.

Words meanings summery:

• शशः (śaśaḥ) - hare, rabbit

• च (ca) - and, also

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• विनिर्भिद्य (vinirbhidya) - having pierced, having split asunder, having broken

• मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - disc, orb, circle, region

• शशिनः (śaśinaḥ) - of the moon (of the moon, of a hare)

• अपतत् (apatat) - fell, flew down, descended

• विपरीतः (viparītaḥ) - inverted, reversed, contrary, opposite

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• उत्पातलक्षणे (utpātalakṣaṇe) - in the sign of calamity, in the omen

Words meanings and morphology

शशः (śaśaḥ) - hare, rabbit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaśa

śaśa - hare, rabbit

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

विनिर्भिद्य (vinirbhidya) - having pierced, having split asunder, having broken

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'bhid' with prefixes 'vi' and 'nir'.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: bhid (class 7)

मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - disc, orb, circle, region

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maṇḍala

maṇḍala - disc, orb, circle, region, sphere

शशिनः (śaśinaḥ) - of the moon (of the moon, of a hare)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaśin

śaśin - moon, hare

From śaśa (hare) + -in (possessive suffix), literally 'having a hare' (referring to the markings on the moon)

अपतत् (apatat) - fell, flew down, descended

(verb)

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

Root: pat (class 1)

विपरीतः (viparītaḥ) - inverted, reversed, contrary, opposite

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viparīta

viparīta - inverted, reversed, contrary, opposite, changed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefixes 'vi' (apart) and 'pari' (around).

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: i (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उत्पातलक्षणे (utpātalakṣaṇe) - in the sign of calamity, in the omen

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of utpātalakṣaṇa

utpātalakṣaṇa - sign of calamity, evil omen, portent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (utpāta+lakṣaṇa)

• utpāta – calamity, omen, sudden event, prodigy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: pat (class 1)
• lakṣaṇa – sign, mark, characteristic, symptom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)