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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-63

ततो योजनविंशानां सहस्राणि शतानि च ।
निर्दहत्यशिवो वायुः स च संवर्तकोऽनलः ॥६३॥
63. tato yojanaviṁśānāṁ sahasrāṇi śatāni ca ,
nirdahatyaśivo vāyuḥ sa ca saṁvartako'nalaḥ.
63. tataḥ yojana-viṃśānām sahasrāṇi śatāni ca |
nirdahati aśivaḥ vāyuḥ saḥ ca saṃvartakaḥ analaḥ
63. Then, that dreadful wind burns through hundreds of thousands of areas, each twenty yojanas [in extent]; and that same wind is the world-ending fire (saṃvartaka anala).

Words meanings summery:

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  • ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that
  • योजन-विंशानाम् (yojana-viṁśānām) - referring to areas or depths measured in units of twenty yojanas (of twenty yojanas (a measure of distance))
  • सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
  • शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds
  • (ca) - and, also
  • निर्दहति (nirdahati) - burns, consumes, destroys by fire
  • अशिवः (aśivaḥ) - inauspicious, dreadful, ominous
  • वायुः (vāyuḥ) - the cosmic destructive wind (wind, air, a deity of wind)
  • सः (saḥ) - referring to 'vāyuḥ' (the wind) (he, it, that)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • संवर्तकः (saṁvartakaḥ) - the destructive cosmic wind/fire at the end of a cosmic cycle (world-ending, destructive, (a name of the destructive fire or cloud at the dissolution of the universe))
  • अनलः (analaḥ) - the cosmic destructive fire (fire, the god of fire)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that
(indeclinable)
योजन-विंशानाम् (yojana-viṁśānām) - referring to areas or depths measured in units of twenty yojanas (of twenty yojanas (a measure of distance))
(noun)
Genitive, plural of yojanaviṃśa
yojanaviṁśa - twenty yojanas (yojana is a measure of distance, approx. 8-15 km)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yojana+viṃśa)
  • yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-15 km), a stage, a league
    noun (masculine)
  • viṃśa – twenty
    adjective
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(noun)
neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds
(noun)
neuter, plural of śata
śata - hundred
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
निर्दहति (nirdahati) - burns, consumes, destroys by fire
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of nirdah
present active
Derived from root √dah (to burn) with prefix nir-.
Prefix: nir
Root: dah (class 1)
अशिवः (aśivaḥ) - inauspicious, dreadful, ominous
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of aśiva
aśiva - inauspicious, dreadful, unpropitious, evil
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śiva)
  • a – not, un-, non-
    indeclinable
    Negative particle.
  • śiva – auspicious, propitious, benevolent
    adjective (masculine)
Note: Modifies 'vāyuḥ'.
वायुः (vāyuḥ) - the cosmic destructive wind (wind, air, a deity of wind)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu
vāyu - wind, air, the god of wind
सः (saḥ) - referring to 'vāyuḥ' (the wind) (he, it, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
संवर्तकः (saṁvartakaḥ) - the destructive cosmic wind/fire at the end of a cosmic cycle (world-ending, destructive, (a name of the destructive fire or cloud at the dissolution of the universe))
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvartaka
saṁvartaka - world-ending, destructive, a name of the destructive fire/cloud at cosmic dissolution
From sam-vṛt (to turn, roll together) with -aka suffix.
Prefix: sam
Root: vṛt (class 1)
Note: Modifies 'analaḥ', indicating a specific type of fire.
अनलः (analaḥ) - the cosmic destructive fire (fire, the god of fire)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anala
anala - fire, the god of fire, gastric fire