महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-162, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सर्ववादित्रनिस्वनः ।
बभूव तुमुलः शब्दस्त्वन्तरिक्षे दिवौकसाम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
etasminneva kāle tu sarvavāditranisvanaḥ ,
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdastvantarikṣe divaukasām.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca etasmin eva kāle tu sarvavāditranisvanaḥ
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdaḥ tu antarikṣe divaukasām

1. Vaiśampāyana said: "Just at that time, a tumultuous sound arose in the sky – the reverberation of all musical instruments, from the celestial beings."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

• तु (tu) - but, and, moreover, indeed

• सर्ववादित्रनिस्वनः (sarvavāditranisvanaḥ) - sound of all musical instruments, reverberation of all instruments

• बभूव (babhūva) - he/it became, there arose, happened

• तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous, great, mighty, confused

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise

• तु (tu) - and, moreover, indeed

• अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the sky, in space

• दिवौकसाम् (divaukasām) - of the dwellers of heaven, of the gods

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, a pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

तु (tu) - but, and, moreover, indeed

(indeclinable)

सर्ववादित्रनिस्वनः (sarvavāditranisvanaḥ) - sound of all musical instruments, reverberation of all instruments

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvavāditranisvana

sarvavāditranisvana - sound of all musical instruments

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarvavāditra+nisvana)

• sarvavāditra – all musical instruments
  noun (neuter)
• nisvana – sound, noise, reverberation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: svan (class 1)

बभूव (babhūva) - he/it became, there arose, happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous, great, mighty, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, great, mighty, loud, confused

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, voice

Root: śabd (class 10)

तु (tu) - and, moreover, indeed

(indeclinable)

अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - intermediate space, atmosphere, sky, firmament

दिवौकसाम् (divaukasām) - of the dwellers of heaven, of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of divaukas

divaukas - dweller of heaven, god, deity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (div+okas)

• div – heaven, sky
  noun (feminine)
• okas – dwelling, abode, home, inhabitant
  noun (neuter)