महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-13

तस्मिन्क्षणेऽथ प्रववौ मारुतो भृशदारुणः ।
रजसा संवृतं तेन नष्टर्क्षमभवन्नभः ॥१३॥

13. tasminkṣaṇe'tha pravavau māruto bhṛśadāruṇaḥ ,
rajasā saṁvṛtaṁ tena naṣṭarkṣamabhavannabhaḥ.

13. tasmin kṣaṇe atha pravavau mārutaḥ bhṛśadāruṇaḥ
rajasā saṃvṛtam tena naṣṭarkṣam abhavat nabhaḥ

13. At that very moment, a very fierce wind began to blow. The sky became devoid of stars, completely enveloped by the dust it raised.

13. ברגע ההוא נשבה רוח קשה ואיומה, והשמיים התכסו באבק עד שהכוכבים נעלמו.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that moment (in that, on that)

• क्षणे (kṣaṇe) - in the moment, at the instant

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, next

• प्रववौ (pravavau) - blew forth, began to blow, wafted

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air, a god of wind

• भृशदारुणः (bhṛśadāruṇaḥ) - very fierce, exceedingly cruel, extremely terrible

• रजसा (rajasā) - by dust (by dust, with passion, by impurity)

• संवृतम् (saṁvṛtam) - covered, enveloped, concealed

• तेन (tena) - by it (the fierce wind/dust) (by that, by him, by it)

• नष्टर्क्षम् (naṣṭarkṣam) - starless, devoid of stars

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, firmament

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that moment (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षणे (kṣaṇe) - in the moment, at the instant

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - a moment, an instant, a twinkle of an eye

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, next

(indeclinable)

प्रववौ (pravavau) - blew forth, began to blow, wafted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pravā

Prefix: pra

Root: vā (class 2)

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air, a god of wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, a deity of wind, an atmospheric current

भृशदारुणः (bhṛśadāruṇaḥ) - very fierce, exceedingly cruel, extremely terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛśadāruṇa

bhṛśadāruṇa - very terrible, exceedingly cruel, extremely fierce

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+dāruṇa)

• bhṛśa – very, exceedingly, much
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – terrible, dreadful, cruel, harsh
  adjective (masculine)

रजसा (rajasā) - by dust (by dust, with passion, by impurity)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, dirt, gloom, passion, the quality of activity and restlessness

संवृतम् (saṁvṛtam) - covered, enveloped, concealed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃvṛta

saṁvṛta - covered, enveloped, concealed, hidden

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛ with prefix saṃ

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛ (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by it (the fierce wind/dust) (by that, by him, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नष्टर्क्षम् (naṣṭarkṣam) - starless, devoid of stars

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭarkṣa

naṣṭarkṣa - starless, having lost its stars

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+ṛkṣa)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, vanished, disappeared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root naś
  Root: naś (class 4)
• ṛkṣa – a star, a constellation, a bear
  noun (neuter)

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, firmament

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, heaven, cloud

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