महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-5

तदनीकं महत्तेषां विबभौ सागरस्वनम् ।
सर्पमाणमिवाकाशे वनं बहुलपादपम् ॥५॥

5. tadanīkaṁ mahatteṣāṁ vibabhau sāgarasvanam ,
sarpamāṇamivākāśe vanaṁ bahulapādapam.

5. tat anīkam mahat teṣām vibabhau sāgarasvanam
sarpamāṇam iva ākāśe vanam bahulapādapam

5. Their vast army, roaring like the ocean, appeared. It resembled a dense forest, abundant with trees, seemingly spreading across the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (army) (that, their)

• अनीकम् (anīkam) - army, host, troop

• महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large, mighty

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the Kurus (of them, their)

• विबभौ (vibabhau) - it shone, it appeared, it was splendid

• सागरस्वनम् (sāgarasvanam) - having the roar of the ocean, ocean-roaring

• सर्पमाणम् (sarpamāṇam) - spreading, creeping, gliding

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• बहुलपादपम् (bahulapādapam) - abundant with trees, dense with trees

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (army) (that, their)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

अनीकम् (anīkam) - army, host, troop

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anīka

anīka - army, host, troop; front, vanguard

महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, important

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the Kurus (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

विबभौ (vibabhau) - it shone, it appeared, it was splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vi-bhā

Prefix: vi

Root: bhā (class 2)

सागरस्वनम् (sāgarasvanam) - having the roar of the ocean, ocean-roaring

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāgarasvana

sāgarasvana - having the sound/roar of the ocean

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāgara+svana)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)

सर्पमाणम् (sarpamāṇam) - spreading, creeping, gliding

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarpamāṇa

sarpamāṇa - spreading, creeping, gliding; moving

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root 'sṛp' (to creep, glide, move slowly).

Root: sṛp (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether, atmosphere

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove; tree

बहुलपादपम् (bahulapādapam) - abundant with trees, dense with trees

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahulapādapa

bahulapādapa - having many trees, full of trees, dense with trees

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahula+pādapa)

• bahula – abundant, plentiful, numerous, thick
  adjective (neuter)
• pādapa – tree (lit. 'foot-drinker')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 1)