महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-214, verse-22

तस्य तं निनदं श्रुत्वा महामेघौघनिस्वनम् ।
उत्पेततुर्महानागौ चित्रश्चैरावतश्च ह ॥२२॥

22. tasya taṁ ninadaṁ śrutvā mahāmeghaughanisvanam ,
utpetaturmahānāgau citraścairāvataśca ha.

22. tasya tam ninadam śrutvā mahāmeghaughanisvanam
utpetatuḥ mahānāgau citraḥ ca airāvataḥ ca ha

22. Upon hearing his roar, which resembled the sound of a great mass of clouds, the two great elephants, Citra and Airāvata, indeed sprang up.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

• तम् (tam) - that, him, it

• निनदम् (ninadam) - roar, sound, clamour

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• महामेघौघनिस्वनम् (mahāmeghaughanisvanam) - sounding like a great mass of clouds

• उत्पेततुः (utpetatuḥ) - they two flew up, they two sprang up

• महानागौ (mahānāgau) - two great elephants

• चित्रः (citraḥ) - Citra (name of an elephant)

• च (ca) - and, also

• ऐरावतः (airāvataḥ) - Airāvata (Indra's elephant)

• च (ca) - and, also

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

तम् (tam) - that, him, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

निनदम् (ninadam) - roar, sound, clamour

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ninada

ninada - roar, sound, clamour, cry, hum

Root: nad (class 1)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śru' with suffix 'ktvā'

Root: śru (class 5)

महामेघौघनिस्वनम् (mahāmeghaughanisvanam) - sounding like a great mass of clouds

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāmeghaughanisvana

mahāmeghaughanisvana - having a roar like a great mass of clouds, sounding like a multitude of great clouds

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+megha+ogha+nisvana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – mass, flood, multitude, stream
  noun (masculine)
• nisvana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'svan' with prefix 'ni'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: svan (class 1)

उत्पेततुः (utpetatuḥ) - they two flew up, they two sprang up

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of utpat

Root 'pat' with prefix 'ut'

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

महानागौ (mahānāgau) - two great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahānāga

mahānāga - great elephant, great serpent (here refers to elephants)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• nāga – elephant, serpent
  noun (masculine)

चित्रः (citraḥ) - Citra (name of an elephant)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citra

citra - Citra (name of one of the eight elephants of the quarters, or an elephant in general); variegated, clear

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ऐरावतः (airāvataḥ) - Airāvata (Indra's elephant)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of airāvata

airāvata - Airāvata (the elephant of Indra, chief of the Diggajas)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)