महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-266, verse-57

नाध्यवस्यद्यदा कश्चित्सागरस्य विलङ्घने ।
ततः पितरमाविश्य पुप्लुवेऽहं महार्णवम् ।
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं निहत्य जलराक्षसीम् ॥५७॥

57. nādhyavasyadyadā kaścitsāgarasya vilaṅghane ,
tataḥ pitaramāviśya pupluve'haṁ mahārṇavam ,
śatayojanavistīrṇaṁ nihatya jalarākṣasīm.

57. na adhyavasyat yadā kaścit sāgarasya
vilaṅghane tataḥ pitaram āviśya
pupluve aham mahārṇavam
śatayojanavistīrṇam nihatya jalarākṣasīm

57. When no one dared to cross the ocean, then I, invoking my father (Vāyu), leapt across the great ocean, which was a hundred yojanas wide, after having struck down the water ogress.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अध्यवस्यत् (adhyavasyat) - resolved, dared, determined

• यदा (yadā) - when

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, sea

• विलङ्घने (vilaṅghane) - in the act of crossing (in crossing, in leaping over, in transgressing)

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

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• आविश्य (āviśya) - having invoked/drawing upon (the power of his father) (having entered, having resorted to, having invoked)

• पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - I leapt, I jumped

• अहम् (aham) - I

• महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - the great ocean

• शतयोजनविस्तीर्णम् (śatayojanavistīrṇam) - 100 yojanas wide

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down, having killed

• जलराक्षसीम् (jalarākṣasīm) - water ogress

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अध्यवस्यत् (adhyavasyat) - resolved, dared, determined

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of adhyavasya

Imperfect active 3rd person singular.

From root so (to finish, bind) with upasargas adhi and ava.

Prefixes: adhi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain person

Compound of interrogative pronoun kim (masc. nom. sg. kaḥ) and cid.

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, sea

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Dependent on 'vilaṅghane'.

विलङ्घने (vilaṅghane) - in the act of crossing (in crossing, in leaping over, in transgressing)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vilaṅghana

vilaṅghana - leaping over, crossing, transgressing, violating

Verbal noun

From root laṅgh (to leap) with upasarga vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: laṅgh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the action of crossing.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

आविश्य (āviśya) - having invoked/drawing upon (the power of his father) (having entered, having resorted to, having invoked)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root viś (to enter) with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Implies drawing strength or essence from the father.

पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - I leapt, I jumped

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of plu

Perfect active 1st person singular.

Reduplicated perfect form.

Root: plu (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - the great ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean, sea

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+arṇava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'pupluve'.

शतयोजनविस्तीर्णम् (śatayojanavistīrṇam) - 100 yojanas wide

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatayojanavistīrṇa

śatayojanavistīrṇa - extending to a hundred yojanas, a hundred yojanas wide

Compound of śata (hundred), yojana (measure of distance), and vistīrṇa (spread, extended).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+yojana+vistīrṇa)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• yojana – yojana (a measure of distance, approx. 8-15 km)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• vistīrṇa – spread, extended, wide
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root stṝ (to spread) with upasarga vi. Often used as an adjective.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'mahārṇavam'.

निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down, having killed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root han (to strike, kill) with upasarga ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

जलराक्षसीम् (jalarākṣasīm) - water ogress

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jalarākṣasī

jalarākṣasī - water ogress, female demon of the waters

Compound of jala (water) and rākṣasī (ogress, female demon).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jala+rākṣasī)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• rākṣasī – female demon, ogress
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'nihatya'.