महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-15

स दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवान्दूरात्कृष्णाजिनसमावृतान् ।
आवृणोत्तद्वनद्वारं मैनाक इव पर्वतः ॥१५॥

15. sa dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāndūrātkṛṣṇājinasamāvṛtān ,
āvṛṇottadvanadvāraṁ maināka iva parvataḥ.

15. saḥ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavān dūrāt kṛṣṇājinasaṃāvṛtān
āvṛṇot tat vanadvāram mainākaḥ iva parvataḥ

15. Having seen the Pāṇḍavas, who were covered in black deer skins, from a distance, he blocked the entrance to that forest, just as Mount Maināka would.

15. כשראה מרחוק את בני פָּאנְדוּ עטופים בעורות אנטילופה שחורה, חסם את שער היער כמו הר מַיְנָאקַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas, sons of Pāṇḍu

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from a distance, from afar

• कृष्णाजिनसंआवृतान् (kṛṣṇājinasaṁāvṛtān) - covered with black deer skins

• आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - he covered, he obstructed, he surrounded

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• वनद्वारम् (vanadvāram) - forest entrance, gate of the forest

• मैनाकः (mainākaḥ) - Maināka (name of a mountain)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain, hill

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas, sons of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - a descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Derived from Pāṇḍu

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from a distance, from afar

(indeclinable)

कृष्णाजिनसंआवृतान् (kṛṣṇājinasaṁāvṛtān) - covered with black deer skins

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛṣṇājinasaṃāvṛta

kṛṣṇājinasaṁāvṛta - covered with a black antelope skin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛṣṇa+ajina+saṃāvṛta)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• ajina – skin of an antelope, especially a black antelope
  noun (neuter)
• saṃāvṛta – covered, enveloped, concealed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vṛ with prefixes sam and ā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: vṛ (class 1)

आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - he covered, he obstructed, he surrounded

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वनद्वारम् (vanadvāram) - forest entrance, gate of the forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vanadvāra

vanadvāra - forest entrance, gate of a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+dvāra)

• vana – forest, wood, grove, thicket
  noun (neuter)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

मैनाकः (mainākaḥ) - Maināka (name of a mountain)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maināka

maināka - Maināka (a mythical mountain, son of Himavat)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain, hill

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

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