महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-13

ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥१३॥

13. tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ ,
sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdastumulo'bhavat.

13. tataḥ śaṅkhāḥ ca bheryaḥ ca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ
sahasā eva abhyahanyanta saḥ śabdaḥ tumulaḥ abhavat

13. tataḥ śaṅkhāḥ ca bheryaḥ ca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ sahasā eva abhyahanyanta,
saḥ śabdaḥ tumulaḥ abhavat

13. Then, conches, kettle-drums, small drums, large drums, and cow-horns were suddenly struck, and that sound became tumultuous.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• शङ्खाः (śaṅkhāḥ) - conches

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भेर्यः (bheryaḥ) - kettle-drums (kettle-drums, drums)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पणवानकगोमुखाः (paṇavānakagomukhāḥ) - small drums, large drums, and cow-horns

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcibly, at once)

• एव (eva) - indeed (suddenly indeed) (indeed, only, certainly)

• अभ्यहन्यन्त (abhyahanyanta) - were struck/sounded (were struck, were sounded)

• सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound (sound, noise, word)

• तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous (tumultuous, boisterous, violent)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, happened, existed)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

Avyaya.

Note: Temporal adverb.

शङ्खाः (śaṅkhāḥ) - conches

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - conch, conch shell

Note: Subject of abhyahanyanta.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects śaṅkhāḥ and bheryaḥ.

भेर्यः (bheryaḥ) - kettle-drums (kettle-drums, drums)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bherī

bherī - a kettle-drum, drum

Note: Subject of abhyahanyanta.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects bheryaḥ and paṇavānakagomukhāḥ.

पणवानकगोमुखाः (paṇavānakagomukhāḥ) - small drums, large drums, and cow-horns

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paṇavānakagomukha

paṇavānakagomukha - small drums, large drums, and cow-horns (a collective term for musical instruments)

Compound type : dvandva (paṇava+ānaka+gomukha)

• paṇava – a small drum, a tambourine
  noun (masculine)
• ānaka – a large drum, kettle-drum
  noun (masculine)
• gomukha – a cow-horn (as a musical instrument)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of abhyahanyanta.

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcibly, at once)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of sahas (force).

Note: Modifies abhyahanyanta.

एव (eva) - indeed (suddenly indeed) (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

अभ्यहन्यन्त (abhyahanyanta) - were struck/sounded (were struck, were sounded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of han

Third person plural Imperfect Passive

From root han (to strike) with prefix abhi; passive voice.

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of abhavat.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound (sound, noise, word)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous (tumultuous, boisterous, violent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, boisterous, violent, confused

अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, happened, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Third person singular Imperfect Active

From root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)