महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-116, verse-20

तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः ।
वित्रेसुः सर्वभूतानि श्रुत्वा सर्वे च पार्थिवाः ॥२०॥

20. tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṁ visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ ,
vitresuḥ sarvabhūtāni śrutvā sarve ca pārthivāḥ.

20. tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitaṃ iva aśaneḥ
vitresuḥ sarvabhūtāni śrutvā sarve ca pārthivāḥ

20. aśaneḥ visphūrjitaṃ iva tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ
śrutvā sarvabhūtāni ca sarve pārthivāḥ vitresuḥ

20. Having heard the sound of his bowstring, which was like a clap of thunder, all creatures and all kings were terrified.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to the bow Gaṇḍīva) or his (Arjuna's action with the bow) (his, its, of him/it)

• ज्यातलनिर्घोषं (jyātalanirghoṣaṁ) - the loud twang of the bowstring (possibly with the sound of the palm striking it) (the sound of the bowstring and the palm, loud twang)

• विस्फूर्जितं (visphūrjitaṁ) - thunderclap (as a simile) (roar, rumble, thunderclap, burst)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, similar to)

• अशनेः (aśaneḥ) - of thunder, of a thunderclap (of lightning, of thunderbolt)

• वित्रेसुः (vitresuḥ) - they were terrified (they trembled, they were terrified)

• सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all creatures (all creatures, all beings)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (kings) (all, every)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings (who were present at the battlefield) (kings, earthly rulers, inhabitants of earth)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to the bow Gaṇḍīva) or his (Arjuna's action with the bow) (his, its, of him/it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the bow or the bowman Arjuna.

ज्यातलनिर्घोषं (jyātalanirghoṣaṁ) - the loud twang of the bowstring (possibly with the sound of the palm striking it) (the sound of the bowstring and the palm, loud twang)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jyātalanirghoṣa

jyātalanirghoṣa - the sound of the bowstring and the palm (a specific type of sound made by archers)

Compound of jyā (bowstring), tala (palm, surface), and nirghoṣa (loud sound, roar).

Compound type : tatpurusha (jyā+tala+nirghoṣa)

• jyā – bowstring
  noun (feminine)
• tala – palm (of hand), surface, flat ground
  noun (neuter)
• nirghoṣa – loud sound, roar, clang
  noun (masculine)
  From nis- (out) + root ghuṣ (to sound).
  Prefix: nis
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of śrutvā.

विस्फूर्जितं (visphūrjitaṁ) - thunderclap (as a simile) (roar, rumble, thunderclap, burst)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of visphūrjita

visphūrjita - roaring, rumbling, thunderclap, bursting forth

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sphūrj (to rumble, thunder) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: sphūrj (class 6)

Note: Functions as the thing being compared in the simile (iva).

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

अशनेः (aśaneḥ) - of thunder, of a thunderclap (of lightning, of thunderbolt)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aśani

aśani - thunderbolt, lightning, thunder

Note: Genitive singular of aśani.

वित्रेसुः (vitresuḥ) - they were terrified (they trembled, they were terrified)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of tras

Perfect Indicative

Derived from root tras (Class 1, trasati), perfect tense (reduplicated), third person plural, with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: tras (class 1)

Note: Reduplicated in perfect tense.

सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all creatures (all creatures, all beings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures, everything that has come into existence

Compound of sarva (all) and bhūta (being, creature).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has come into existence
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of vitresuḥ.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root śru (to hear), with the suffix ktvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (kings) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings (who were present at the battlefield) (kings, earthly rulers, inhabitants of earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - king, earthly ruler, pertaining to the earth

Derived from pṛthivī (earth).

Note: Subject of vitresuḥ.