महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-39, verse-15

पुष्पवर्षं च सुमहन्निपपात महीतले ।
मेघजालं च विततं छादयामास सर्वतः ॥१५॥

15. puṣpavarṣaṁ ca sumahannipapāta mahītale ,
meghajālaṁ ca vitataṁ chādayāmāsa sarvataḥ.

15. puṣpavarṣam ca sumahat nipapāta mahītale |
meghajālam ca vitatam chādayāmāsa sarvataḥ

15. A great shower of flowers fell upon the ground, and a vast network of clouds covered everything.

Words meanings summery:

• पुष्पवर्षम् (puṣpavarṣam) - shower of flowers, rain of flowers

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, huge, immense

• निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down, descended

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

• मेघजालम् (meghajālam) - network of clouds, mass of clouds

• च (ca) - and, also

• विततम् (vitatam) - spread out, extended, vast

• छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, concealed

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere, completely

Words meanings and morphology

पुष्पवर्षम् (puṣpavarṣam) - shower of flowers, rain of flowers

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṣpavarṣa

puṣpavarṣa - shower of flowers, rain of flowers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣpa+varṣa)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from √vṛṣ 'to rain'.
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, huge, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, huge, immense, excellent

Prefix su- (good, very) + mahat (great).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating excellence or intensity.
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (originally)
  From √mah 'to be great' + -at suffix.
  Root: mah (class 1)

निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down, descended

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of nipat

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect form of √pat with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: From √pat (to fall) with prefix ni-.

महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground, base
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative case indicating place.

मेघजालम् (meghajālam) - network of clouds, mass of clouds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of meghajāla

meghajāla - network of clouds, mass of clouds, cloud formation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+jāla)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  From √mih 'to sprinkle'.
  Root: mih (class 1)
• jāla – net, web, network, mass, collection
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

विततम् (vitatam) - spread out, extended, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitata

vitata - spread out, extended, vast, diffused

Past Passive Participle

From √tan 'to stretch' with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies meghajālam.

छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, concealed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of chāday

Periphrastic Perfect Active

Causative stem √chād + āmāsa (perfect auxiliary of √as).

Root: chad (class 10)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere, completely

(indeclinable)

From sarva (all) + -tas suffix.

Note: Adverb.