महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-185, verse-18

ततो व्योम्नि प्रादुरभूत्तेज एव हि केवलम् ।
भूतानि चैव सर्वाणि जग्मुरार्तिं विशां पते ॥१८॥

18. tato vyomni prādurabhūtteja eva hi kevalam ,
bhūtāni caiva sarvāṇi jagmurārtiṁ viśāṁ pate.

18. tataḥ vyomni prādurabhūt tejaḥ eva hi kevalam
bhūtāni ca eva sarvāṇi jagmuḥ ārtim viśāṃ pate

18. tataḥ viśāṃ pate vyomni kevalam tejaḥ eva hi
prādurabhūt ca sarvāṇi bhūtāni ārtim eva jagmuḥ

18. Then, O lord of the people, only sheer radiance appeared in the sky, and all beings experienced extreme distress.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• प्रादुरभूत् (prādurabhūt) - appeared (appeared, manifested, became visible)

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - radiance, effulgence (radiance, effulgence, power, energy, light)

• एव (eva) - only, sheer (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the 'only' aspect) (surely, certainly, indeed; because, for)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - sheer, pure (only, solely, entire, pure)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (all, whole, entire)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - experienced (went, reached, obtained, experienced)

• आर्तिम् (ārtim) - distress, suffering (distress, suffering, pain, affliction)

• विशां (viśāṁ) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects, of the clans)

• पते (pate) - O lord (O lord, O master, O protector)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

An indeclinable from the pronominal stem tad.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, heaven

प्रादुरभूत् (prādurabhūt) - appeared (appeared, manifested, became visible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of prādurbhū

Compound verb formed from prādur (prefix) + bhū (root 'to be').

Prefix: prādur

Root: bhū (class 1)

तेजः (tejaḥ) - radiance, effulgence (radiance, effulgence, power, energy, light)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - radiance, light, energy, power, splendor

Root: tij

एव (eva) - only, sheer (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the 'only' aspect) (surely, certainly, indeed; because, for)

(indeclinable)

केवलम् (kevalam) - sheer, pure (only, solely, entire, pure)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, only, sole, pure, uncompounded

Note: Adjective modifying tejaḥ.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from root bhū 'to be'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (all, whole, entire)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Adjective/pronoun modifying bhūtāni.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - experienced (went, reached, obtained, experienced)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Perfect tense, 3rd person plural of root gam.

आर्तिम् (ārtim) - distress, suffering (distress, suffering, pain, affliction)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ārti

ārti - pain, suffering, distress, affliction

From root ṛ ('to go, move, obtain') with prefix ā-.

Root: ṛ

विशां (viśāṁ) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects, of the clans)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, community, clan, subject

Note: Part of the vocative phrase 'viśāṃ pate'.

पते (pate) - O lord (O lord, O master, O protector)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, protector

Note: Vocative singular form. Together 'viśāṃ pate' means 'O lord of the people'.