महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-6

धनुषां कूजतां तत्र तलानां चाभिहन्यताम् ।
महान्समभवच्छब्दो गिरीणामिव दीर्यताम् ॥६॥

6. dhanuṣāṁ kūjatāṁ tatra talānāṁ cābhihanyatām ,
mahānsamabhavacchabdo girīṇāmiva dīryatām.

6. dhanuṣām kūjatām tatra talānām ca abhihanyatām
mahān samabhavat śabdaḥ girīṇām iva dīryatām

6. tatra dhanuṣām kūjatām ca talānām abhihanyatām
girīṇām dīryatām iva mahān śabdaḥ samabhavat

6. There, a great sound arose, like the splitting of mountains, from the twanging of bows and the slapping of palms.

Words meanings summery:

• धनुषाम् (dhanuṣām) - of the bows (of bows)

• कूजताम् (kūjatām) - of the twanging (bows) (twanging, humming, chirping, making a sound)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (on the battlefield) (there, in that place)

• तलानाम् (talānām) - of the palms (of hands) (of palms, of surfaces, of soles)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभिहन्यताम् (abhihanyatām) - of being struck/slapped (referring to palms) (of being struck, of being beaten, of being clapped)

• महान् (mahān) - great, loud (sound) (great, large, mighty, loud)

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose, came into being (arose, happened, came into being)

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

• गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of mountains

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

• दीर्यताम् (dīryatām) - of splitting, of being rent asunder (of being rent, of splitting, of being torn)

Words meanings and morphology

धनुषाम् (dhanuṣām) - of the bows (of bows)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc, weapon

Note: Indicates the source of the 'kūjatām' (twanging sound).

कूजताम् (kūjatām) - of the twanging (bows) (twanging, humming, chirping, making a sound)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kūjat

kūjat - twanging, humming, chirping, sounding

Present Active Participle

From the root kūj (to hum, chirp, twang).

Root: kūj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dhanuṣām' in gender, number, and case.

तत्र (tatra) - there (on the battlefield) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place.

तलानाम् (talānām) - of the palms (of hands) (of palms, of surfaces, of soles)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tala

tala - palm of the hand, sole of the foot, surface, flat part

Note: Refers to the sound made by striking palms together, a common warrior gesture.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, typically placed after the word it connects.

अभिहन्यताम् (abhihanyatām) - of being struck/slapped (referring to palms) (of being struck, of being beaten, of being clapped)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of abhihanyat

abhihanyat - being struck, being beaten, being killed, being clapped

Present Passive Participle

From the root han (to strike, kill) with the prefix abhi, in the passive voice. The stem 'hanyat' is characteristic of the passive present participle.

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'talānām' in gender, number, and case, describing the action applied to the palms.

महान् (mahān) - great, loud (sound) (great, large, mighty, loud)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important, loud

Note: Agrees with 'śabdaḥ' in gender, number, and case.

समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose, came into being (arose, happened, came into being)

(verb)

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

Imperfect, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root bhū (to be, become) with the prefix sam. Imperfect tense (laṅ lakāra).

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, voice

Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'samabhavat'.

गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: Part of the comparison, specifying what is 'dīryatām'.

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

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating comparison.

दीर्यताम् (dīryatām) - of splitting, of being rent asunder (of being rent, of splitting, of being torn)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dīryat

dīryat - being rent, being torn, splitting, bursting

Present Passive Participle

From the root dṝ (to tear, burst, split) in the passive voice. The passive stem is dīryate/dīryat.

Root: dṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'girīṇām' in gender, number, and case. Describes the mountains as they are splitting.