महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-14

हिमवान्पारियात्रश्च विन्ध्यो मलय एव च ।
चत्वारः पर्वताः केन पातिता भुवि तेजसा ॥१४॥

14. himavānpāriyātraśca vindhyo malaya eva ca ,
catvāraḥ parvatāḥ kena pātitā bhuvi tejasā.

14. himavān pāriyātraḥ ca vindhyaḥ malayaḥ eva ca
catvāraḥ parvatāḥ kena pātitāḥ bhuvi tejasā

14. By whose power were the four mountains—Himavat, Pariyatra, Vindhya, and Malaya—thrown down onto the earth?

Words meanings summery:

• हिमवान् (himavān) - Himavat (the Himalayas)

• पारियात्रः (pāriyātraḥ) - Pariyatra (a mountain range)

• च (ca) - and

• विन्ध्यः (vindhyaḥ) - Vindhya (a mountain range)

• मलयः (malayaḥ) - Malaya (a mountain range)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

• च (ca) - and

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• पातिताः (pātitāḥ) - thrown down, caused to fall, made to fall

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth, in the world

• तेजसा (tejasā) - by (whose) power (by power, by splendor, by glory)

Words meanings and morphology

हिमवान् (himavān) - Himavat (the Himalayas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - Himavat (the Himalayas); snowy, possessing snow

पारियात्रः (pāriyātraḥ) - Pariyatra (a mountain range)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāriyātra

pāriyātra - Pariyatra (name of a mountain range in India)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विन्ध्यः (vindhyaḥ) - Vindhya (a mountain range)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vindhya

vindhya - Vindhya (name of a mountain range in central India)

मलयः (malayaḥ) - Malaya (a mountain range)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of malaya

malaya - Malaya (name of a mountain range in Southern India); garden

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

(numeral)

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(interrogative pronoun)

पातिताः (pātitāḥ) - thrown down, caused to fall, made to fall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pātita

pātita - thrown down, caused to fall

Causative Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the causative of root pat- (to fall). 'pātaya' -> 'pātita'.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'parvatāḥ'.

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, world

तेजसा (tejasā) - by (whose) power (by power, by splendor, by glory)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - radiance, power, energy, splendor