महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-108, verse-34

एतदालोक्यते सैन्यं क्षोभ्यमाणं किरीटिना ।
महोर्मिनद्धं सुमहत्तिमिनेव नदीमुखम् ॥३४॥

34. etadālokyate sainyaṁ kṣobhyamāṇaṁ kirīṭinā ,
mahorminaddhaṁ sumahattimineva nadīmukham.

34. etat ālokyate sainyam kṣobhyamāṇam kirīṭinā
mahorminaddham sumahat timinā iva nadīmukham

34. etat sainyam kirīṭinā kṣobhyamāṇam ālokyate
iva sumahat mahorminaddham timinā nadīmukham

34. This army is observed being churned by the crowned one (Arjuna), just as a vast river estuary, surging with mighty waves, is agitated by a huge fish (whale).

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• आलोक्यते (ālokyate) - is seen, is observed, appears

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

• क्षोभ्यमाणम् (kṣobhyamāṇam) - being agitated, being disturbed, being churned

• किरीटिना (kirīṭinā) - by Arjuna (by the crowned one)

• महोर्मिनद्धम् (mahorminaddham) - filled with great waves, surging with mighty waves

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, huge

• तिमिना (timinā) - by a huge fish, by a whale

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• नदीमुखम् (nadīmukham) - river mouth, estuary

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'sainyam'.

आलोक्यते (ālokyate) - is seen, is observed, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ālok

Passive form of √lok with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host of soldiers

Note: Subject of 'ālokyate'.

क्षोभ्यमाणम् (kṣobhyamāṇam) - being agitated, being disturbed, being churned

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣobhyamāṇa

kṣobhyamāṇa - being agitated, being disturbed, being churned

Present Passive Participle

from causative of √kṣubh 'to tremble, agitate'

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sainyam'.

किरीटिना (kirīṭinā) - by Arjuna (by the crowned one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kirīṭin

kirīṭin - crowned, wearing a diadem; often refers to Arjuna

from kirīṭa 'crown' + suffix -in

Note: Agent of 'kṣobhyamāṇam'.

महोर्मिनद्धम् (mahorminaddham) - filled with great waves, surging with mighty waves

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahorminaddha

mahorminaddha - bound by great waves, full of great waves

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ūrmi+naddha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ūrmi – wave
  noun (masculine)
• naddha – bound, tied, filled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √nah 'to bind'
  Root: nah (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'nadīmukham'.

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, huge

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, very large, huge

from su 'good, well, very' + mahat 'great'

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+mahat)

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

Note: Modifies 'nadīmukham'.

तिमिना (timinā) - by a huge fish, by a whale

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of timi

timi - a large fish, a whale, sea-monster

Note: Agent of agitation for the river mouth in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates a simile.

नदीमुखम् (nadīmukham) - river mouth, estuary

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nadīmukha

nadīmukha - mouth of a river, estuary

Compound type : tatpurusha (nadī+mukha)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of the simile.