महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-49

मुञ्जवज्जर्जरीभूता बहवस्तत्र पादपाः ।
चीराणीव व्युदस्तानि रेजुस्तत्र महावने ॥४९॥

49. muñjavajjarjarībhūtā bahavastatra pādapāḥ ,
cīrāṇīva vyudastāni rejustatra mahāvane.

49. muñjavat jarjarībhūtāḥ bahavaḥ tatra pādaāḥ
cīrāṇi iva vyudastāni rejuḥ tatra mahāvane

49. Many trees there, shattered like muñja grass, appeared like scattered rags in that great forest.

Words meanings summery:

• मुञ्जवत् (muñjavat) - like muñja grass

• जर्जरीभूताः (jarjarībhūtāḥ) - shattered, broken into pieces, disintegrated

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• पादआः (pādaāḥ) - trees

• चीराणि (cīrāṇi) - rags, strips of bark/cloth

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• व्युदस्तानि (vyudastāni) - scattered, thrown apart

• रेजुः (rejuḥ) - shone, appeared

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

Words meanings and morphology

मुञ्जवत् (muñjavat) - like muñja grass

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating similarity or possession

जर्जरीभूताः (jarjarībhūtāḥ) - shattered, broken into pieces, disintegrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jarjarībhūta

jarjarībhūta - shattered, broken into pieces, decayed, disintegrated

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the verbal root bhū (to become) with the onomatopoeic base jarjarī and kta suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bahavaḥ pādaāḥ'

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, abundant

Note: Agrees with 'pādaāḥ'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tra from pronoun tad

पादआः (pādaāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (literally 'foot-drinker')

चीराणि (cīrāṇi) - rags, strips of bark/cloth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cīra

cīra - rag, strip of bark or cloth, garment

Note: Subject of 'rejuḥ', hence nominative plural.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

व्युदस्तानि (vyudastāni) - scattered, thrown apart

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vyudasta

vyudasta - scattered, thrown apart, dispersed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root as (to throw) with upasargas vi and ud, and kta suffix

Prefixes: vi+ud

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'cīrāṇi'

रेजुः (rejuḥ) - shone, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of rāj

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice, from root rāj

Root: rāj (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tra from pronoun tad

महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest