महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-3

नभो वितिमिरं कुर्वञ्जलदान्पाटयन्निव ।
दिशः संपूरयन्नादैर्महामेघरवोपमैः ॥३॥

3. nabho vitimiraṁ kurvañjaladānpāṭayanniva ,
diśaḥ saṁpūrayannādairmahāmegharavopamaiḥ.

3. nabhaḥ vitimiram kurvan jaladān pāṭayan iva
diśaḥ sampūrayan nādaiḥ mahāmegharavopamaiḥ

3. It made the sky free from darkness, as if tearing the clouds apart, and filled all directions with roars resembling those of mighty thunderclouds.

Words meanings summery:

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - the sky (sky, atmosphere, ether)

• वितिमिरम् (vitimiram) - free from darkness (free from darkness, cloudless, clear)

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making (making, doing, causing)

• जलदान् (jaladān) - the clouds (clouds (lit. 'water-givers'))

• पाटयन् (pāṭayan) - tearing apart (tearing, splitting, cleaving)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - all directions (directions, quarters of the sky)

• सम्पूरयन् (sampūrayan) - filling completely (filling completely, making full)

• नादैः (nādaiḥ) - with roars (with sounds, roars, cries)

• महामेघरवोपमैः (mahāmegharavopamaiḥ) - resembling those of mighty thunderclouds (resembling the roars of great clouds)

Words meanings and morphology

नभः (nabhaḥ) - the sky (sky, atmosphere, ether)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, ether, heaven

Note: (object of 'kurvan')

वितिमिरम् (vitimiram) - free from darkness (free from darkness, cloudless, clear)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vitimira

vitimira - free from darkness, clear, cloudless

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vi+timira)

• vi – without, free from (prefix)
  indeclinable
• timira – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)

Note: (modifies nabhaḥ)

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making (making, doing, causing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - making, doing, performing

Present Active Participle

from root kṛ (8th class, Parasmaipada)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: (modifies the implied subject, the chariot)

जलदान् (jaladān) - the clouds (clouds (lit. 'water-givers'))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jalada

jalada - cloud (lit. water-giver)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+da)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, giver
  adjective (masculine)
  from root dā
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: (object of 'pāṭayan')

पाटयन् (pāṭayan) - tearing apart (tearing, splitting, cleaving)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṭayat

pāṭayat - tearing, splitting, causing to burst

Present Active Participle

causative of root paṭ

Root: paṭ (class 1)

Note: (modifies the implied subject, the chariot)

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

(indeclinable)

दिशः (diśaḥ) - all directions (directions, quarters of the sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, point of the compass

Note: (object of 'sampūrayan')

सम्पूरयन् (sampūrayan) - filling completely (filling completely, making full)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sampūrayat

sampūrayat - filling completely, accomplishing

Present Active Participle

causative of root pṛ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: (modifies the implied subject, the chariot)

नादैः (nādaiḥ) - with roars (with sounds, roars, cries)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāda

nāda - sound, cry, roar, noise

from root nad

Root: nad (class 1)

महामेघरवोपमैः (mahāmegharavopamaiḥ) - resembling those of mighty thunderclouds (resembling the roars of great clouds)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahāmegharavopama

mahāmegharavopama - resembling the sound of great clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahāmegharava+upama)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Root: migh (class 1)
• rava – roar, cry, sound
  noun (masculine)
  from root ru
  Root: ru (class 2)
• upama – resembling, comparable to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: (modifies nādaiḥ)