महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-170, verse-42

मुक्तमात्रे ततस्तस्मिन्रूपाण्यासन्सहस्रशः ।
मृगाणामथ सिंहानां व्याघ्राणां च विशां पते ।
ऋक्षाणां महिषाणां च पन्नगानां तथा गवाम् ॥४२॥

42. muktamātre tatastasminrūpāṇyāsansahasraśaḥ ,
mṛgāṇāmatha siṁhānāṁ vyāghrāṇāṁ ca viśāṁ pate ,
ṛkṣāṇāṁ mahiṣāṇāṁ ca pannagānāṁ tathā gavām.

42. muktamātre tataḥ tasmin rūpāṇi āsan
sahasraśaḥ mṛgāṇām atha siṃhānām
vyāghrāṇām ca viśām pate ṛkṣāṇām
mahiṣāṇām ca pannagānām tathā gavām

42. O lord of the people, as soon as that (weapon) was released, then, thousands of forms appeared – of deer, and of lions, of tigers, and of bears, and of buffaloes, of serpents, and also of cows.

42. ברגע ששוחרר, הופיעו אלפי צורות של איילים ושל אריות, ושל נמרים, הו אדון בני האדם, ושל דובים ושל תאואים, ושל נחשים ושל פרות,

Words meanings summery:

• मुक्तमात्रे (muktamātre) - in the moment it was released (as soon as it was released, merely released)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (moment of release) (in that, on that)

• रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms, shapes, appearances

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, there were

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer, of wild animals

• अथ (atha) - and, moreover, then

• सिंहानाम् (siṁhānām) - of lions

• व्याघ्राणाम् (vyāghrāṇām) - of tigers

• च (ca) - and

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of subjects

• पते (pate) - vocative addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (or Janamejaya) (O lord, O master)

• ऋक्षाणाम् (ṛkṣāṇām) - of bears

• महिषाणाम् (mahiṣāṇām) - of buffaloes

• च (ca) - and

• पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of serpents, of snakes

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also, and

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows, of cattle

Words meanings and morphology

मुक्तमात्रे (muktamātre) - in the moment it was released (as soon as it was released, merely released)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of muktamātra

muktamātra - released only, merely released, as soon as released

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mukta+mātra)

• mukta – released, freed, discharged
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• mātra – only, mere, as soon as
  indeclinable/suffix

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (moment of release) (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the moment of release, in a locative absolute construction.

रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms, shapes, appearances

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

आसन् (āsan) - they were, there were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from sahasra (thousand) with the suffix -śas

मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer, of wild animals

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

अथ (atha) - and, moreover, then

(indeclinable)

सिंहानाम् (siṁhānām) - of lions

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of siṃha

siṁha - lion

व्याघ्राणाम् (vyāghrāṇām) - of tigers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, inhabitants, subjects

पते (pate) - vocative addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (or Janamejaya) (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, owner

ऋक्षाणाम् (ṛkṣāṇām) - of bears

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛkṣa

ṛkṣa - bear

महिषाणाम् (mahiṣāṇām) - of buffaloes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahiṣa

mahiṣa - buffalo

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of serpents, of snakes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake

From pannā (going, crawling) + ga (going)

Root: gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also, and

(indeclinable)

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows, of cattle

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, cattle, earth, ray of light

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