महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-170, verse-29

ततो मातलिरप्याशु पुरस्तान्निपतन्निव ।
महीमवातरत्क्षिप्रं रथेनादित्यवर्चसा ॥२९॥

29. tato mātalirapyāśu purastānnipatanniva ,
mahīmavātaratkṣipraṁ rathenādityavarcasā.

29. tataḥ mātaliḥ api āśu purastāt nipatan iva
mahīm avātarat kṣipram rathena ādityavarcasā

29. Then Mātali also swiftly, as if descending from above, quickly brought the chariot, shining like the sun, down to the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

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

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly, fast

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - from the front, in front, from above

• निपतन् (nipatan) - falling down, descending

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• महीम् (mahīm) - earth, ground

• अवातरत् (avātarat) - descended, came down

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• रथेन (rathena) - by the chariot

• आदित्यवर्चसा (ādityavarcasā) - with the chariot that shines like the sun (with the splendor of the sun, sun-splendid)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Mātali (Indra's charioteer)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly, fast

(indeclinable)

Can also function as an adjective

Note: Used adverbially

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - from the front, in front, from above

(indeclinable)

निपतन् (nipatan) - falling down, descending

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nipatan

nipatan - falling down, descending

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with prefix 'ni-'

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Mātaliḥ'

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

महीम् (mahīm) - earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

अवातरत् (avātarat) - descended, came down

(verb)

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

Prefix: ava

Root: tṛ (class 1)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Can also function as an adjective

Note: Used adverbially

रथेन (rathena) - by the chariot

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

आदित्यवर्चसा (ādityavarcasā) - with the chariot that shines like the sun (with the splendor of the sun, sun-splendid)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ādityavarcas

ādityavarcas - sun-splendid, having the splendor of the sun

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āditya+varcas)

• āditya – sun, son of Aditi
  noun (masculine)
• varcas – splendor, brilliance, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'rathena'