महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-143, verse-7

ततो रेणुः समुद्भूतः सपत्रबहुलो महान् ।
पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च द्यां चैव तमसावृणोत् ॥७॥

7. tato reṇuḥ samudbhūtaḥ sapatrabahulo mahān ,
pṛthivīṁ cāntarikṣaṁ ca dyāṁ caiva tamasāvṛṇot.

7. tataḥ reṇuḥ samuddhūtaḥ sapatrabahulaḥ mahān
pṛthivīm ca antarīkṣam ca dyām ca eva tamasā āvṛṇot

7. Then, a great, dense dust, abundant with leaves, arose and covered the earth, the atmosphere, and indeed the sky with darkness.

7. אז התרומם אבק גדול ומלא עלים, וכיסה בחושך את הארץ, את האוויר ואת השמיים.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• रेणुः (reṇuḥ) - dust, pollen, sand

• समुद्धूतः (samuddhūtaḥ) - arisen, sprung up, produced

• सपत्रबहुलः (sapatrabahulaḥ) - abundant with leaves, full of leaves

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, dense

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• च (ca) - and

• अन्तरीक्षम् (antarīkṣam) - atmosphere, sky, middle region

• च (ca) - and

• द्याम् (dyām) - sky, heaven

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness

• आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - it covered, enveloped

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

रेणुः (reṇuḥ) - dust, pollen, sand

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of reṇu

reṇu - dust, pollen, sand, atomic particle

समुद्धूतः (samuddhūtaḥ) - arisen, sprung up, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samuddhūta

samuddhūta - arisen, sprung up, produced, appeared

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhū (to be, become) with prefixes sam and ud

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'reṇuḥ'

सपत्रबहुलः (sapatrabahulaḥ) - abundant with leaves, full of leaves

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sapatrabahula

sapatrabahula - abundant with leaves, having many leaves

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+patra+bahula)

• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  prefix
• patra – leaf, feather, page
  noun (neuter)
• bahula – abundant, much, frequent, dense
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'reṇuḥ'

महान् (mahān) - great, large, dense

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, important

Note: Qualifies 'reṇuḥ'

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

Note: Object of 'āvṛṇot'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्तरीक्षम् (antarīkṣam) - atmosphere, sky, middle region

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antarīkṣa

antarīkṣa - atmosphere, sky, middle region, space

From antar (between) + √īkṣ (to see)

Prefix: antar

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'āvṛṇot'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

द्याम् (dyām) - sky, heaven

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day, light

Note: Object of 'āvṛṇot'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, inertia (guṇa)

Note: Instrument of action for 'āvṛṇot'

आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - it covered, enveloped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of √vṛ

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root √vṛ (class 5) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Verb for 'reṇuḥ'

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