महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-77, verse-19

तेषां प्रद्रवतां चैव पुनरेव च धावताम् ।
निवर्ततां च शब्दोऽभूत्पूर्णस्येव महोदधेः ॥१९॥

19. teṣāṁ pradravatāṁ caiva punareva ca dhāvatām ,
nivartatāṁ ca śabdo'bhūtpūrṇasyeva mahodadheḥ.

19. teṣām pradravatām ca eva punaḥ eva ca dhāvatām
nivartatām ca śabdaḥ abhūt pūrṇasya iva mahodadheḥ

19. teṣām pradravatām ca eva punaḥ eva ca dhāvatām ca
nivartatām pūrṇasya mahodadheḥ iva śabdaḥ abhūt

19. A roar arose from them – from those fleeing, and from those rushing forward again, and from those turning back – like the sound of a full, great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• प्रद्रवताम् (pradravatām) - of those fleeing, of those running away

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• एव (eva) - indeed, just

• च (ca) - and

• धावताम् (dhāvatām) - of those rushing, of those running

• निवर्तताम् (nivartatām) - of those returning, of those turning back

• च (ca) - and

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

• अभूत् (abhūt) - there was, it became, it happened

• पूर्णस्य (pūrṇasya) - of the full, of the complete

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• महोदधेः (mahodadheḥ) - of the great ocean

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

प्रद्रवताम् (pradravatām) - of those fleeing, of those running away

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pradravat

pradravat - fleeing, running away, rushing forward

present active participle

Derived from the root 'dru' (to run) with prefix 'pra' (forth, away)

Prefix: pra

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Refers to the warriors

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धावताम् (dhāvatām) - of those rushing, of those running

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhāvat

dhāvat - running, rushing, flowing

present active participle

Derived from the root 'dhāv' (to run, flow)

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Refers to the warriors

निवर्तताम् (nivartatām) - of those returning, of those turning back

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nivartat

nivartat - returning, turning back, ceasing

present active participle

Derived from the root 'vṛt' (to turn) with prefix 'ni' (down, back)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Refers to the warriors

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, roar

अभूत् (abhūt) - there was, it became, it happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

पूर्णस्य (pūrṇasya) - of the full, of the complete

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, filled, perfect

past passive participle

Derived from the root 'pṛ' (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'mahodadheḥ'

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

महोदधेः (mahodadheḥ) - of the great ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean, sea

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• udadhi – ocean, sea, water-receptacle
  noun (masculine)