महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-1, verse-7

शून्येव पृथिवी सर्वा बालवृद्धावशेषिता ।
निरश्वपुरुषा चासीद्रथकुञ्जरवर्जिता ॥७॥

7. śūnyeva pṛthivī sarvā bālavṛddhāvaśeṣitā ,
niraśvapuruṣā cāsīdrathakuñjaravarjitā.

7. śūnyā iva pṛthivī sarvā bālavṛddhāvśeṣitā
niraśvapurūṣā ca āsīt rathakuñjaravarjitā

7. sarvā pṛthivī bālavṛddhāvśeṣitā niraśvapurūṣā
ca rathakuñjaravarjitā śūnyā iva āsīt

7. The entire earth became as if empty, with only children and old people remaining, and it was devoid of horses, men, chariots, and elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• शून्या (śūnyā) - empty, deserted, void

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, land

• सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire, whole

• बालवृद्धाव्शेषिता (bālavṛddhāvśeṣitā) - with only children and old people remaining

• निरश्वपुरूषा (niraśvapurūṣā) - devoid of horses and men

• च (ca) - and

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• रथकुञ्जरवर्जिता (rathakuñjaravarjitā) - devoid of chariots and elephants

Words meanings and morphology

शून्या (śūnyā) - empty, deserted, void

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, deserted, vacant, absent; zero

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, soil, ground, land

सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire, whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

बालवृद्धाव्शेषिता (bālavṛddhāvśeṣitā) - with only children and old people remaining

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālavṛddhāvśeṣita

bālavṛddhāvśeṣita - with children and old people remaining

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'bāla' (child), 'vṛddha' (old), and 'avaśeṣita' (remaining, left over).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāla+vṛddha+avaśeṣita)

• bāla – child, young, infant
  noun (masculine)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown, augmented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vṛdh' (to grow).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• avaśeṣita – left, remaining, spared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śiṣ' (to remain) with prefix 'ava'.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

निरश्वपुरूषा (niraśvapurūṣā) - devoid of horses and men

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niraśvapurūṣa

niraśvapurūṣa - without horses and men

Compound of 'nis' (without), 'aśva' (horse), and 'purūṣa' (man).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+aśva+purūṣa)

• nis – without, out, away
  prefix
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• purūṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

रथकुञ्जरवर्जिता (rathakuñjaravarjitā) - devoid of chariots and elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rathakuñjaravarjita

rathakuñjaravarjita - without chariots and elephants

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'ratha' (chariot), 'kuñjara' (elephant), and 'varjita' (devoid of, abandoned).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ratha+kuñjara+varjita)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• varjita – excluded, abandoned, devoid of
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vṛj' (to avoid, abandon).
  Root: vṛj (class 1)