महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-28

दुर्निवारतमा चैव प्रभग्ना महती चमूः ।
अपामिव महावेगस्त्रस्ता मृगगणा इव ॥२८॥

28. durnivāratamā caiva prabhagnā mahatī camūḥ ,
apāmiva mahāvegastrastā mṛgagaṇā iva.

28. durnivāratamā ca eva prabhagnā mahatī camūḥ
apām iva mahāvegaḥ trastāḥ mṛgagaṇāḥ iva

28. ca eva prabhagnā mahatī camūḥ apām mahāvegaḥ iva
trastāḥ mṛgagaṇāḥ iva durnivāratamā (bhavati)

28. Indeed, a great shattered (prabhagnā) army is most difficult to restrain, like a great rush of waters (mahāvega), or like frightened herds of deer.

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्निवारतमा (durnivāratamā) - most difficult to restrain, most irresistible

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

• प्रभग्ना (prabhagnā) - shattered, broken, routed

• महती (mahatī) - great, large, mighty

• चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

• अपाम् (apām) - of waters

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• महावेगः (mahāvegaḥ) - great rush, great speed

• त्रस्ताः (trastāḥ) - frightened, terrified

• मृगगणाः (mṛgagaṇāḥ) - herds of deer, groups of animals

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्निवारतमा (durnivāratamā) - most difficult to restrain, most irresistible

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durnivāratama

durnivāratama - most difficult to restrain, most irresistible, hardest to check

Superlative degree of 'durnivāra'.

Compound type : Praadi-compound with superlative suffix (dur+nivāra)

• dur – difficult, bad, hard
  indeclinable
• nivāra – restraining, checking, warding off
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from verbal root with prefixes
  From root 'vṛ' (to choose, to cover, to ward off) with prefix 'ni'.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

प्रभग्ना (prabhagnā) - shattered, broken, routed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prabhagna

prabhagna - broken, shattered, routed, defeated, crushed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhañj' (to break) with prefix 'pra' and suffix 'kta'.

Compound type : Praadi-compound (pra+bhagna)

• pra – forth, forward, very, intensely
  indeclinable
• bhagna – broken, shattered, defeated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhañj' (to break) with suffix 'kta'.
  Root: bhañj (class 7)

महती (mahatī) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahatī

mahat - great, large, mighty

चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of camū

camū - army, host, troop

अपाम् (apām) - of waters

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

महावेगः (mahāvegaḥ) - great rush, great speed

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāvega

mahāvega - great speed, great impulse, mighty current

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+vega)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• vega – speed, velocity, impulse, current
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 6)

त्रस्ताः (trastāḥ) - frightened, terrified

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trasta

trasta - frightened, terrified, alarmed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tras' (to tremble, to fear) with suffix 'kta'.

Root: tras (class 1)

मृगगणाः (mṛgagaṇāḥ) - herds of deer, groups of animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgagaṇa

mṛgagaṇa - herd of deer, group of animals

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mṛga+gaṇa)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛg (class 1)
• gaṇa – multitude, host, troop, collection
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)