महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-7, verse-18

जलवाहास्तथा मेघा वायवः स्तनयित्नवः ।
प्राची दिग्यज्ञवाहाश्च पावकाः सप्तविंशतिः ॥१८॥

18. jalavāhāstathā meghā vāyavaḥ stanayitnavaḥ ,
prācī digyajñavāhāśca pāvakāḥ saptaviṁśatiḥ.

18. jalavāhāḥ tathā meghāḥ vāyavaḥ stanayitnavaḥ
prācī dik yajñavāhāḥ ca pāvakāḥ saptaviṃśatiḥ

18. And similarly, the water-carrying clouds, other clouds, the winds, the thunder-clouds, the Eastern direction, the carriers of offerings (yajña), and the twenty-seven purifiers (pāvakāḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• जलवाहाः (jalavāhāḥ) - clouds that carry water (water-carriers, clouds)

• तथा (tathā) - as well as (similarly, in that manner, also, and so)

• मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

• वायवः (vāyavaḥ) - winds, deified winds, gods of wind

• स्तनयित्नवः (stanayitnavaḥ) - thunderers, thundering clouds

• प्राची (prācī) - the Eastern direction (eastern (direction))

• दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter of the sky

• यज्ञवाहाः (yajñavāhāḥ) - carriers of sacrifice, bearers of offerings

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - purifiers, fires, Agnis

• सप्तविंशतिः (saptaviṁśatiḥ) - the number twenty-seven (twenty-seven)

Words meanings and morphology

जलवाहाः (jalavāhāḥ) - clouds that carry water (water-carriers, clouds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jalavāha

jalavāha - water-carrier, cloud, one who carries water

Compound of 'jala' (water) + 'vāha' (carrier).

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+vāha)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• vāha – carrier, bearer, vehicle, flow
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vah' (to carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - as well as (similarly, in that manner, also, and so)

(indeclinable)

मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

From root 'mih' (to sprinkle, urinate) + 'ga' suffix.

Root: mih (class 1)

वायवः (vāyavaḥ) - winds, deified winds, gods of wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, the god of wind (Vāyu)

From root 'vā' (to blow) + 'yu' suffix.

Root: vā (class 2)

स्तनयित्नवः (stanayitnavaḥ) - thunderers, thundering clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of stanayitnu

stanayitnu - thunder, thunderer, thunder-cloud, a cloud

From root 'stan' (to thunder, roar) + 'ayitnu' suffix.

Root: stan (class 1)

प्राची (prācī) - the Eastern direction (eastern (direction))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prācī

prācī - eastern direction, the East

From 'pra-añc' (to turn forwards) + feminine suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: añc (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Eastern quarter.

दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter of the sky

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, point of the compass

From root 'diś' (to point, show).

Root: diś (class 6)

यज्ञवाहाः (yajñavāhāḥ) - carriers of sacrifice, bearers of offerings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yajñavāha

yajñavāha - carrier of sacrifice, one who bears oblations, a vehicle for sacrifices

Compound of 'yajña' (sacrifice) + 'vāha' (carrier).

Compound type : tatpurusha (yajña+vāha)

• yajña – sacrifice, offering, worship
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'yaj' (to worship, sacrifice).
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• vāha – carrier, bearer, vehicle, flow
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vah' (to carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Refers to those who convey oblations, often deities like Agni or Vayu.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an enclitic conjunction, usually placed after the second word it connects.

पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - purifiers, fires, Agnis

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāvaka

pāvaka - purifying, pure, fire, Agni, a purifier

From root 'pū' (to purify) + 'aka' suffix.

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Often refers to specific forms of Agni (fire).

सप्तविंशतिः (saptaviṁśatiḥ) - the number twenty-seven (twenty-seven)

(numeral)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sapta+viṃśati)

• sapta – seven
  numeral
• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Refers to the twenty-seven Nakshatras or their presiding deities.