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6,16

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-16, verse-45

उन्मत्तमकरावर्तौ महाग्राहसमाकुलौ ।
युगान्ते समुपेतौ द्वौ दृश्येते सागराविव ॥४५॥
45. unmattamakarāvartau mahāgrāhasamākulau ,
yugānte samupetau dvau dṛśyete sāgarāviva.
45. unmattamakarāvartau mahāgrāhasamākulau
yugānte samupetau dvau dṛśyete sāgarau iva
45. dvau unmattamakarāvartau mahāgrāhasamākulau
yugānte samupetau sāgarau iva dṛśyete
45. They both appear like two oceans – tumultuous with frenzied crocodiles creating whirlpools and teeming with mighty aquatic monsters – that have converged at the end of a cosmic age.

Words meanings summery:

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  • उन्मत्तमकरावर्तौ (unmattamakarāvartau) - describing the tumultuous nature of the two oceans (with furious crocodiles and whirlpools, tumultuous with frenzied crocodiles and whirlpools)
  • महाग्राहसमाकुलौ (mahāgrāhasamākulau) - describing the state of the two oceans (agitated by great aquatic monsters, teeming with mighty sharks/monsters)
  • युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an age, at the dissolution of the world
  • समुपेतौ (samupetau) - having converged (like two oceans) (come together, united, approached)
  • द्वौ (dvau) - the two of them (referring to the implied subjects) (two)
  • दृश्येते (dṛśyete) - they are seen, they appear
  • सागरौ (sāgarau) - two oceans
  • इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

उन्मत्तमकरावर्तौ (unmattamakarāvartau) - describing the tumultuous nature of the two oceans (with furious crocodiles and whirlpools, tumultuous with frenzied crocodiles and whirlpools)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of unmattamakarāvarta
unmattamakarāvarta - characterized by frenzied crocodiles and whirlpools
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (unmatta+makara+āvarta)
  • unmatta – frenzied, furious, mad
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root mad (to be exhilarated, drunk, mad) with prefix ud.
    Prefix: ud
    Root: mad (class 4)
  • makara – crocodile, sea-monster, a mythical aquatic creature
    noun (masculine)
  • āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, convolution
    noun (masculine)
    Derived from root vṛt (to turn, revolve) with prefix ā.
    Prefix: ā
    Root: vṛt (class 1)
महाग्राहसमाकुलौ (mahāgrāhasamākulau) - describing the state of the two oceans (agitated by great aquatic monsters, teeming with mighty sharks/monsters)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāgrāhasamākula
mahāgrāhasamākula - agitated by great aquatic monsters
Compound type : Tatpurusha (mahāgrāha+samākula)
  • mahāgrāha – great aquatic monster, large shark
    noun (masculine)
  • samākula – agitated, crowded, full of, perplexed
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root kul (to crowd, mix) with prefixes sam-ā.
    Prefixes: sam+ā
    Root: kul (class 1)
युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an age, at the dissolution of the world
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of yugānta
yugānta - end of a yuga (cosmic age), end of an epoch
Compound type : Tatpurusha (yuga+anta)
  • yuga – age, epoch, yoke, pair
    noun (masculine)
  • anta – end, limit, boundary
    noun (masculine)
समुपेतौ (samupetau) - having converged (like two oceans) (come together, united, approached)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of samupeta
samupeta - come near, approached, met, united
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root i (to go) with prefixes sam-upa.
Prefixes: sam+upa
Root: i (class 2)
द्वौ (dvau) - the two of them (referring to the implied subjects) (two)
(numeral)
दृश्येते (dṛśyete) - they are seen, they appear
(verb)
3rd person , dual, passive, present (lat) of dṛś
Root: dṛś (class 1)
सागरौ (sāgarau) - two oceans
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of sāgara
sāgara - ocean, sea
इव (iva) - like, as if, as
(indeclinable)