महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-166, verse-7

तत्रैव मातलिस्तूर्णं निपत्य पृथिवीतले ।
नादयन्रथघोषेण तत्पुरं समुपाद्रवत् ॥७॥

7. tatraiva mātalistūrṇaṁ nipatya pṛthivītale ,
nādayanrathaghoṣeṇa tatpuraṁ samupādravat.

7. tatra eva mātaliḥ tūrṇam nipatya pṛthivītale
nādayan rathaghoṣeṇa tat puram samupādravat

7. Right there, Mātali swiftly descended onto the ground. Causing that city to resound with the roar of his chariot, he rushed towards it.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali (Indra's charioteer)

• तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly, quickly

• निपत्य (nipatya) - having descended, having alighted

• पृथिवीतले (pṛthivītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

• नादयन् (nādayan) - causing to resound, making a noise

• रथघोषेण (rathaghoṣeṇa) - with the sound/roar of the chariot

• तत् (tat) - that

• पुरम् (puram) - city, town

• समुपाद्रवत् (samupādravat) - he rushed towards, he approached quickly

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali (Indra's charioteer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Mātali (the charioteer of Indra)

तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly, quickly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

निपत्य (nipatya) - having descended, having alighted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root PAT (to fall) with prefix NI and suffix LYAP

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

पृथिवीतले (pṛthivītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pṛthivītala

pṛthivītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : Genitive Tatpurusha (pṛthivī+tala)

• pṛthivī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground, base
  noun (neuter)

नादयन् (nādayan) - causing to resound, making a noise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nādayat

nādayat - causing to sound, making resonant

Present Active Participle

Causal of root NAD (to sound) + śatṛ suffix, present participle

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Mātali (implied subject)

रथघोषेण (rathaghoṣeṇa) - with the sound/roar of the chariot

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rathaghoṣa

rathaghoṣa - sound of a chariot, rumble of a chariot

Compound type : Genitive Tatpurusha (ratha+ghoṣa)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• ghoṣa – sound, noise, roar, cry
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Modifies 'puram'

पुरम् (puram) - city, town

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

समुपाद्रवत् (samupādravat) - he rushed towards, he approached quickly

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense, Active Voice

From root DRU (to run) with prefixes SAM-UPA-Ā, imperfect 3rd singular samupādravat

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: dru (class 1)