महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-35

मृगाः शकुन्ताश्च वदन्ति घोरं हस्त्यश्वमुख्येषु निशामुखेषु ।
घोराणि रूपाणि तथैव चाग्निर्वर्णान्बहून्पुष्यति घोररूपान् ।
मनुष्यलोकक्षपणोऽथ घोरो नो चेदनुप्राप्त इहान्तकः स्यात् ॥३५॥

35. mṛgāḥ śakuntāśca vadanti ghoraṁ; hastyaśvamukhyeṣu niśāmukheṣu ,
ghorāṇi rūpāṇi tathaiva cāgni;rvarṇānbahūnpuṣyati ghorarūpān ,
manuṣyalokakṣapaṇo'tha ghoro; no cedanuprāpta ihāntakaḥ syāt.

35. mṛgāḥ śakuntāḥ ca vadanti ghoram hasti-aśva-mukhyeṣu
niśā-mukhyeṣu ghorāṇi rūpāṇi tathā eva ca agniḥ
varṇān bahūn ghora-rūpān puṣyati manuṣya-loka-kṣapaṇaḥ
atha ghoraḥ naḥ cet anuprāptaḥ iha antakaḥ syāt

35. Deer and birds are making dreadful noises, particularly among the elephants and horses at nightfall. Similarly, fire exhibits many terrifying forms and colors. If this dreadful destroyer of the human world is not death (antaka) itself arrived here, then what else could it be?

Words meanings summery:

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

• शकुन्ताः (śakuntāḥ) - birds

• च (ca) - and

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they make ominous noises (of animals and birds) (they speak, they say, they cry (of animals))

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful (as an adverb)

• हस्ति-अश्व-मुख्येषु (hasti-aśva-mukhyeṣu) - especially within the ranks of the elephants and horses (among the chief elephants and horses)

• निशा-मुख्येषु (niśā-mukhyeṣu) - at the beginning of the nights, at nightfall

• घोराणि (ghorāṇi) - dreadful, terrible

• रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms, shapes, appearances

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the similarity (indeed, only, just)

• च (ca) - and

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

• वर्णान् (varṇān) - colors (colors, classes, letters)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

• घोर-रूपान् (ghora-rūpān) - having dreadful forms, of terrifying appearance

• पुष्यति (puṣyati) - fire displays/exhibits (it nourishes, it causes to grow, it displays, it develops)

• मनुष्य-लोक-क्षपणः (manuṣya-loka-kṣapaṇaḥ) - destroyer of the human world

• अथ (atha) - introduces a consequence or alternative (then, now, thereupon)

• घोरः (ghoraḥ) - dreadful, terrible

• नः (naḥ) - not, no

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - has arrived (arrived, approached, obtained)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the god of death (antaka) (end-maker, destroyer, god of death (Yama))

• स्यात् (syāt) - what else would it be (implying 'it must be') (he/it would be, may be)

Words meanings and morphology

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, hunter

शकुन्ताः (śakuntāḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakunta

śakunta - bird

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they make ominous noises (of animals and birds) (they speak, they say, they cry (of animals))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful (as an adverb)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying 'vadanti'.

हस्ति-अश्व-मुख्येषु (hasti-aśva-mukhyeṣu) - especially within the ranks of the elephants and horses (among the chief elephants and horses)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of hasty-aśva-mukhya

hasty-aśva-mukhya - chief among elephants and horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hastin+aśva+mukhya)

• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

Note: A dvandva-tatpurusha compound.

निशा-मुख्येषु (niśā-mukhyeṣu) - at the beginning of the nights, at nightfall

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of niśā-mukhya

niśā-mukhya - beginning of night, nightfall

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+mukhya)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• mukhya – beginning, chief, principal
  noun (masculine)

Note: locative plural, 'at the beginnings of the nights' i.e., at nightfall

घोराणि (ghorāṇi) - dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful

Note: Agrees with rūpāṇi

रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms, shapes, appearances

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the similarity (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

वर्णान् (varṇān) - colors (colors, classes, letters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - color, class, letter, sound

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Agrees with varṇān

घोर-रूपान् (ghora-rūpān) - having dreadful forms, of terrifying appearance

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora-rūpa

ghora-rūpa - having dreadful forms, of terrifying appearance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghora+rūpa)

• ghora – dreadful, terrible
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with varṇān

पुष्यति (puṣyati) - fire displays/exhibits (it nourishes, it causes to grow, it displays, it develops)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of puṣ

Root: puṣ (class 4)

मनुष्य-लोक-क्षपणः (manuṣya-loka-kṣapaṇaḥ) - destroyer of the human world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manuṣya-loka-kṣapaṇa

manuṣya-loka-kṣapaṇa - destroyer of the human world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manuṣya+loka+kṣapaṇa)

• manuṣya – human, mankind
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)
• kṣapaṇa – destroyer, causing destruction
  noun (masculine)
  derived from kṣap (to destroy)
  Root: kṣap (class 1)

अथ (atha) - introduces a consequence or alternative (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

घोरः (ghoraḥ) - dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful

Note: Agrees with antakaḥ

नः (naḥ) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - has arrived (arrived, approached, obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - arrived, approached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

derived from anu + pra + āp (to obtain) + kta suffix

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the god of death (antaka) (end-maker, destroyer, god of death (Yama))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - end-maker, destroyer, god of death (Yama)

derived from anta (end) + ka (maker)

स्यात् (syāt) - what else would it be (implying 'it must be') (he/it would be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)