महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-108, verse-9

पपात महती चोल्का मध्येनादित्यमण्डलात् ।
सकबन्धश्च परिघो भानुमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥९॥

9. papāta mahatī colkā madhyenādityamaṇḍalāt ,
sakabandhaśca parigho bhānumāvṛtya tiṣṭhati.

9. papāta mahatī ca ulkā madhyena ādityamaṇḍalāt
sakabandhaḥ ca parighaḥ bhānum āvṛtya tiṣṭhati

9. mahatī ulkā ca ādityamaṇḍalāt madhyena papāta
sakabandhaḥ ca parighaḥ bhānum āvṛtya tiṣṭhati

9. A massive meteor fell from the center of the solar disc. And a headless trunk, and a meteoric phenomenon, stands obscuring the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• पपात (papāta) - fell (fell, dropped)

• महती (mahatī) - massive (great, large, massive)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उल्का (ulkā) - meteor (meteor, firebrand, flame)

• मध्येन (madhyena) - from the center (through the middle, from the middle)

• आदित्यमण्डलात् (ādityamaṇḍalāt) - from the solar disc (from the solar disc, from the sun's orb)

• सकबन्धः (sakabandhaḥ) - a headless trunk (spectral body) (a headless trunk, a body without a head, a kind of comet/meteor)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• परिघः (parighaḥ) - a meteoric phenomenon (like a rod or halo) (a club, mace, bolt; a halo, meteor, circle)

• भानुम् (bhānum) - the sun (the sun, light)

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - obscuring (having covered, having enveloped, having obscured)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands (stands, remains, stays)

Words meanings and morphology

पपात (papāta) - fell (fell, dropped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Reduplicated Perfect

From √pat, perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Verb for "ulkā".

महती (mahatī) - massive (great, large, massive)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, immense

Participle of √mah (to be great). Feminine form.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "ulkā".

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects this phenomenon to others, or simply adds emphasis.

उल्का (ulkā) - meteor (meteor, firebrand, flame)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ulkā

ulkā - meteor, firebrand, flame, burning torch

Note: Subject.

मध्येन (madhyena) - from the center (through the middle, from the middle)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, central

Note: Indicates the path or origin through the middle.

आदित्यमण्डलात् (ādityamaṇḍalāt) - from the solar disc (from the solar disc, from the sun's orb)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ādityamaṇḍala

ādityamaṇḍala - solar disc, sun's orb

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āditya+maṇḍala)

• āditya – the sun, a descendant of Aditi
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – disc, orb, circle, region
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates origin "from".

सकबन्धः (sakabandhaḥ) - a headless trunk (spectral body) (a headless trunk, a body without a head, a kind of comet/meteor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakabandha

sakabandha - a headless trunk, a body without a head; a demon; a specific ominous celestial phenomenon or comet.

While `kabandha` literally means 'headless trunk', `sa-kabandha` as a single word is often used in context of omens to denote a specific type of eerie, indistinct celestial body or demon-like apparition.

Note: One of the subjects.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects "sakabandhaḥ" and "parighaḥ".

परिघः (parighaḥ) - a meteoric phenomenon (like a rod or halo) (a club, mace, bolt; a halo, meteor, circle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigha

parigha - a club, mace, bolt (for a door); a halo (around the sun or moon), a kind of meteor, a circle.

Derived from √han (to strike) with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Another subject.

भानुम् (bhānum) - the sun (the sun, light)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhānu

bhānu - sun, light, ray

u-stem noun.

Note: Direct object of the action of "āvṛtya".

आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - obscuring (having covered, having enveloped, having obscured)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From √vṛ (to cover) with prefix ā-, and suffix -tya.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Adverbial participle, refers to "sakabandhaḥ ca parighaḥ".

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands (stands, remains, stays)

(verb)

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

Reduplicated present stem.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Verb for "sakabandhaḥ" and "parighaḥ".