महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-7

ते श्रुत्वा रथनिर्घोषं वारणाः शिखिनस्तथा ।
प्रणेदुरुन्मुखा राजन्मेघोदयमिवेक्ष्य ह ॥७॥

7. te śrutvā rathanirghoṣaṁ vāraṇāḥ śikhinastathā ,
praṇedurunmukhā rājanmeghodayamivekṣya ha.

7. te śrutvā rathanirghoṣam vāraṇāḥ śikhinaḥ tathā
praṇeduḥ unmukhāḥ rājan meghodayam iva īkṣya ha

7. O King, having heard the chariot's sound, those elephants and peacocks, with uplifted faces, roared out as if they had seen the rising of rain clouds.

7. כששמעו הפילים והטווסים את קול המרכבה, הו מלך, הם צעקו בראשים מורמים, כאילו ראו עננים עולים.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (elephants and peacocks) (those)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• रथनिर्घोषम् (rathanirghoṣam) - sound of a chariot

• वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

• शिखिनः (śikhinaḥ) - peacocks

• तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, so)

• प्रणेदुः (praṇeduḥ) - roared, trumpeted, cried out

• उन्मुखाः (unmukhāḥ) - with uplifted faces, facing upwards

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• मेघोदयम् (meghodayam) - rising of clouds, cloud-rise

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ईक्ष्य (īkṣya) - having seen, having perceived

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (expletive)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (elephants and peacocks) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the elephants and peacocks mentioned in the previous verse.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

absolutive (ktvā) of the root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

रथनिर्घोषम् (rathanirghoṣam) - sound of a chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rathanirghoṣa

rathanirghoṣa - sound of a chariot, chariot's roar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+nirghoṣa)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• nirghoṣa – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Subject of 'praṇeduḥ' along with 'śikhinaḥ'.

शिखिनः (śikhinaḥ) - peacocks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śikhin

śikhin - peacock (lit. crested)

Note: Subject of 'praṇeduḥ' along with 'vāraṇāḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, so)

(indeclinable)

प्रणेदुः (praṇeduḥ) - roared, trumpeted, cried out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of praṇad

perfect active

3rd person plural perfect active of pra + nad

Prefix: pra

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'vāraṇāḥ' and 'śikhinaḥ'.

उन्मुखाः (unmukhāḥ) - with uplifted faces, facing upwards

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of unmukha

unmukha - having the face uplifted, facing upwards

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ud+mukha)

• ud – up, upwards
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'vāraṇāḥ' and 'śikhinaḥ'.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Address to the listener/reader.

मेघोदयम् (meghodayam) - rising of clouds, cloud-rise

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of meghodaya

meghodaya - rising of clouds, appearance of clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+udaya)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mih (class 1)
• udaya – rise, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  derived from ud + i
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'īkṣya'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ईक्ष्य (īkṣya) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

absolutive (lyap) of the root īkṣ

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Used with 'iva' to form a simile.

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (expletive)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

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