महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-9

तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे ।
नष्टे देवासुरगणे समुत्सन्नमहोरगे ॥९॥

9. tasminnekārṇave loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame ,
naṣṭe devāsuragaṇe samutsannamahorage.

9. tasmin ekārṇave loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame
naṣṭe devāsuragaṇe samutsannamahorage

9. When that world became a single ocean, with all immobile and mobile beings destroyed, the hosts of gods and asuras annihilated, and the great serpents completely perished.

9. בעולם ההוא, שכולו אוקיינוס אחד, כשכל הנע והעומד אבד, כשחבורות האלים והאַסוּרוֹת אבדו וכשהנחשים הגדולים הושמדו,

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (time/state) (in that, upon that)

• एकार्णवे (ekārṇave) - in the cosmic deluge (where everything becomes a single ocean) (in a single ocean, in a universal flood)

• लोके (loke) - in the world/universe (in the world, in the universe, in the realm)

• नष्टे (naṣṭe) - (having been) destroyed/perished (destroyed, lost, perished)

• स्थावरजङ्गमे (sthāvarajaṅgame) - when immobile and mobile beings (are destroyed) (in the immobile and mobile (beings))

• नष्टे (naṣṭe) - (having been) destroyed/perished (destroyed, lost, perished)

• देवासुरगणे (devāsuragaṇe) - when the hosts of gods and asuras (are destroyed) (in the hosts of gods and asuras)

• समुत्सन्नमहोरगे (samutsannamahorage) - when the great serpents were completely annihilated (with great serpents completely perished)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (time/state) (in that, upon that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

एकार्णवे (ekārṇave) - in the cosmic deluge (where everything becomes a single ocean) (in a single ocean, in a universal flood)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekārṇava

ekārṇava - single ocean, universal flood

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+arṇava)

• eka – one, single
  numeral adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

लोके (loke) - in the world/universe (in the world, in the universe, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, realm, people

Root: lok (class 1)

नष्टे (naṣṭe) - (having been) destroyed/perished (destroyed, lost, perished)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, lost, perished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish, to be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Can be interpreted as a participle in absolute locative construction, agreeing with 'loke', 'ekārṇave', 'sthāvarajaṅgame', 'devāsuragaṇe', 'mahorage'.

स्थावरजङ्गमे (sthāvarajaṅgame) - when immobile and mobile beings (are destroyed) (in the immobile and mobile (beings))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthāvarajaṅgama

sthāvarajaṅgama - immobile and mobile (beings), all creation

Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)

• sthāvara – immobile, stationary (e.g., plants, mountains)
  adjective
• jaṅgama – mobile, moving (e.g., animals, humans)
  adjective

Note: The form '-jaṅgame' (neuter loc. sg.) indicates the collective sense.

नष्टे (naṣṭe) - (having been) destroyed/perished (destroyed, lost, perished)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, lost, perished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish, to be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Can be interpreted as a participle in absolute locative construction, agreeing with 'loke', 'ekārṇave', 'sthāvarajaṅgame', 'devāsuragaṇe', 'mahorage'.

देवासुरगणे (devāsuragaṇe) - when the hosts of gods and asuras (are destroyed) (in the hosts of gods and asuras)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of devāsuragaṇa

devāsuragaṇa - hosts/multitude of gods and demons/asuras

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+asura+gaṇa)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – host, multitude, troop, assembly
  noun (masculine)

समुत्सन्नमहोरगे (samutsannamahorage) - when the great serpents were completely annihilated (with great serpents completely perished)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of samutsannamahoraga

samutsannamahoraga - with great serpents completely perished/annihilated

Compound type : karmadhāraya (samutsanna+mahoraga)

• samutsanna – completely destroyed, utterly perished, annihilated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sad (to sink, perish) with prefixes sam + ut
  Prefixes: sam+ut
  Root: sad (class 1)
• mahoraga – great serpent, large snake
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the state of the 'loke'.

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