महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-19, verse-20

तेषामक्षौहिणी सेना बहुला विबभौ तदा ।
विधूयमाना वातेन बहुरूपा इवाम्बुदाः ॥२०॥

20. teṣāmakṣauhiṇī senā bahulā vibabhau tadā ,
vidhūyamānā vātena bahurūpā ivāmbudāḥ.

20. teṣām akṣauhiṇī senā bahulā vibabhau tadā
vidhūyamānā vātena bahurūpāḥ iva ambudāḥ

20. Their vast akṣauhiṇī army appeared at that time, like multi-colored clouds being dispersed by the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• अक्षौहिणी (akṣauhiṇī) - an akṣauhiṇī (a specific large division of an army)

• सेना (senā) - army, host

• बहुला (bahulā) - vast, numerous, extensive

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

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• विधूयमाना (vidhūyamānā) - being shaken, being agitated, being dispersed

• वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

• बहुरूपाः (bahurūpāḥ) - multi-colored, of many forms

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बुदाः (ambudāḥ) - clouds

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Pronominal genitive plural.

अक्षौहिणी (akṣauhiṇī) - an akṣauhiṇī (a specific large division of an army)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akṣauhiṇī

akṣauhiṇī - a complete army (consisting of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 horses, and 109,350 foot-soldiers)

सेना (senā) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, troop

बहुला (bahulā) - vast, numerous, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bahula

bahula - abundant, numerous, vast, extensive, frequent

Note: Feminine nominative singular, agreeing with senā.

विबभौ (vibabhau) - shone, appeared, was splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vibhā

Perfect active 3rd singular of √bhā with vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: bhā (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronominal stem tad.

विधूयमाना (vidhūyamānā) - being shaken, being agitated, being dispersed

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhūyamāna

vidhūyamāna - being shaken, being agitated, being swept away

Present Passive Participle

From √dhū (class 5) with prefix vi, in passive voice (yamanā).

Prefix: vi

Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Agrees with senā.

वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Agent of the passive participle vidhūyamānā.

बहुरूपाः (bahurūpāḥ) - multi-colored, of many forms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahurūpa

bahurūpa - having many forms, multi-colored, manifold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+rūpa)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, color
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with ambudāḥ.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बुदाः (ambudāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (lit. water-giver)

Derived from ambu (water) + da (giver, from √dā to give).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+da)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, giver
  noun
  From √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)