महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-269, verse-10

स संप्रहारो ववृधे भीरूणां भयवर्धनः ।
लोमसंहर्षणो घोरः पुरा देवासुरे यथा ॥१०॥

10. sa saṁprahāro vavṛdhe bhīrūṇāṁ bhayavardhanaḥ ,
lomasaṁharṣaṇo ghoraḥ purā devāsure yathā.

10. saḥ saṃprahāraḥ vavṛdhe bhīrūṇām bhayavardhanaḥ
lomasaṃharṣaṇaḥ ghoraḥ purā devāsure yathā

10. That dreadful and hair-raising combat intensified, increasing the fear of the timid, just as it did formerly in the battle between the gods and asuras.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

• संप्रहारः (saṁprahāraḥ) - combat (clash, conflict, combat, onset)

• ववृधे (vavṛdhe) - intensified, grew in fierceness (grew, increased, developed, swelled)

• भीरूणाम् (bhīrūṇām) - of the timid (people) (of the timid, of the fearful)

• भयवर्धनः (bhayavardhanaḥ) - increasing the fear (fear-increasing, causing fear, terrifying)

• लोमसंहर्षणः (lomasaṁharṣaṇaḥ) - hair-raising (hair-raising, causing goosebumps)

• घोरः (ghoraḥ) - dreadful, terrible (dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable)

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times (formerly, anciently, in olden times)

• देवासुरे (devāsure) - in the battle between the gods and asuras (in the battle between gods and asuras, in the divine-demonic conflict)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'saṃprahāraḥ'.

संप्रहारः (saṁprahāraḥ) - combat (clash, conflict, combat, onset)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃprahāra

sam-pra-hṛ - to strike together, to clash, to fight

Action noun

Derived from root hṛ (to carry, to take) with upasargas sam and pra, nominalized.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vavṛdhe'.

ववृधे (vavṛdhe) - intensified, grew in fierceness (grew, increased, developed, swelled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past (Lit) of vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Perfect tense, Atmanepada.

भीरूणाम् (bhīrūṇām) - of the timid (people) (of the timid, of the fearful)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, cowardly

Note: Qualifies an implied group of people who are fearful.

भयवर्धनः (bhayavardhanaḥ) - increasing the fear (fear-increasing, causing fear, terrifying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhayavardhana

bhayavardhana - increasing fear

From bhaya (fear) + vardhana (increasing, from √vṛdh)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhaya+vardhana)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  From root bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• vardhana – increasing, causing to grow
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective (kṛt)
  From root vṛdh (to grow)
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'saṃprahāraḥ'.

लोमसंहर्षणः (lomasaṁharṣaṇaḥ) - hair-raising (hair-raising, causing goosebumps)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomasaṃharṣaṇa

lomasaṁharṣaṇa - causing the hair to stand on end, hair-raising

From loman (hair) + saṃharṣaṇa (causing to thrill, from sam-hṛṣ)

Compound type : tatpurusha (loman+saṃharṣaṇa)

• loman – hair, body hair
  noun (neuter)
• saṃharṣaṇa – causing to thrill, causing excitement/terror
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective (kṛt)
  From root hṛṣ (to bristle, to thrill) with upasarga sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'saṃprahāraḥ'.

घोरः (ghoraḥ) - dreadful, terrible (dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

Note: Qualifies 'saṃprahāraḥ'.

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times (formerly, anciently, in olden times)

(indeclinable)

देवासुरे (devāsure) - in the battle between the gods and asuras (in the battle between gods and asuras, in the divine-demonic conflict)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of devāsura

devāsura - god and asura, battle between gods and asuras

Compound type : dvandva (deva+asura)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative singular, referring to 'in the time/place of the Deva-Asura conflict'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)