महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-3, verse-31

मांसवर्षं पुनस्तीव्रमासीत्कृष्णचतुर्दशीम् ।
अर्धरात्रे महाघोरमतृप्यंस्तत्र राक्षसाः ॥३१॥

31. māṁsavarṣaṁ punastīvramāsītkṛṣṇacaturdaśīm ,
ardharātre mahāghoramatṛpyaṁstatra rākṣasāḥ.

31. māṃsavarṣam punaḥ tīvram āsīt kṛṣṇacaturdaśīm
ardharātre mahāghoram atṛpyan tatra rākṣasāḥ

31. punaḥ kṛṣṇacaturdaśīm ardharātre tīvram mahāghoram
māṃsavarṣam āsīt tatra rākṣasāḥ atṛpyan

31. Furthermore, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, at midnight, there was a dreadful and intense rain of flesh. The rākṣasas (demons) there were satiated by it.

Words meanings summery:

• मांसवर्षम् (māṁsavarṣam) - rain of flesh, shower of meat

• पुनः (punaḥ) - furthermore (again, moreover, then, but)

• तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense (intense, fierce, severe, violent)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

• कृष्णचतुर्दशीम् (kṛṣṇacaturdaśīm) - on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight

• अर्धरात्रे (ardharātre) - at midnight

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - dreadful (extremely dreadful, very terrible)

• अतृप्यन् (atṛpyan) - they were satisfied, they were satiated

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas (demons) (rākṣasas, demons)

Words meanings and morphology

मांसवर्षम् (māṁsavarṣam) - rain of flesh, shower of meat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsavarṣa

māṁsavarṣa - rain of flesh, shower of meat

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+varṣa)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• varṣa – rain, showering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - furthermore (again, moreover, then, but)

(indeclinable)

तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense (intense, fierce, severe, violent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tīvra

tīvra - intense, fierce, severe, violent

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

(verb)

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

Imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

कृष्णचतुर्दशीम् (kṛṣṇacaturdaśīm) - on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇacaturdaśī

kṛṣṇacaturdaśī - the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight (of the lunar month)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+caturdaśī)

• kṛṣṇa – dark, black
  adjective (masculine)
• caturdaśī – fourteenth day (of a fortnight)
  noun (feminine)

अर्धरात्रे (ardharātre) - at midnight

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ardharātra

ardharātra - midnight

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ardha+rātra)

• ardha – half
  noun (neuter)
• rātra – night
  noun (masculine)

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - dreadful (extremely dreadful, very terrible)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - extremely dreadful, very terrible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, big
  adjective (feminine)
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, awful
  adjective (neuter)

अतृप्यन् (atṛpyan) - they were satisfied, they were satiated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of tṛp

Imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person plural, from class 4 root.

Root: tṛp (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then)

(indeclinable)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas (demons) (rākṣasas, demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a rākṣasa, demon