महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-87, verse-9

आवृतानि वरस्त्रीभिर्गृहाणि सुमहान्त्यपि ।
प्रचलन्तीव भारेण दृश्यन्ते स्म महीतले ॥९॥

9. āvṛtāni varastrībhirgṛhāṇi sumahāntyapi ,
pracalantīva bhāreṇa dṛśyante sma mahītale.

9. āvṛtāni varastrībhiḥ gṛhāṇi sumahānti api
pracalanti iva bhāreṇa dṛśyante sma mahītale

9. Even the very large houses, filled with excellent women, appeared to sway as if under a great weight, as they were seen on the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• आवृतानि (āvṛtāni) - filled (with women) (covered, surrounded, filled)

• वरस्त्रीभिः (varastrībhiḥ) - by excellent women, by beautiful women

• गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) - houses, homes

• सुमहान्ति (sumahānti) - very great, very large

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• प्रचलन्ति (pracalanti) - they are moving, they are swaying

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भारेण (bhāreṇa) - by weight, due to the burden

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they were seen (with `sma`) (they are seen, they appear)

• स्म (sma) - particle used with present tense to denote past action

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

Words meanings and morphology

आवृतानि (āvṛtāni) - filled (with women) (covered, surrounded, filled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, filled, concealed

Past Passive Participle

from root `vṛ` (to cover) with prefix `ā` + `kta` suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `gṛhāṇi`.

वरस्त्रीभिः (varastrībhiḥ) - by excellent women, by beautiful women

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of varastrī

varastrī - excellent woman, beautiful woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+strī)

• vara – excellent, best, finest
  adjective
• strī – woman
  noun (feminine)

गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) - houses, homes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

Root: gṛh

सुमहान्ति (sumahānti) - very great, very large

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, highly exalted

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective

Note: Agrees with `gṛhāṇi`.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

प्रचलन्ति (pracalanti) - they are moving, they are swaying

(verb)

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

Present active indicative, 3rd plural

Prefix: pra

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Used with `iva` to mean 'as if swaying'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भारेण (bhāreṇa) - by weight, due to the burden

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, weight, load

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they were seen (with `sma`) (they are seen, they appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (used as past with sma) (laṭ) of dṛś

Present passive indicative, 3rd plural

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्म (sma) - particle used with present tense to denote past action

(indeclinable)

महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plain, bottom
  noun (neuter)