महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-58, verse-61

महावात इवाभ्राणि विधमित्वा स वारणान् ।
अतिष्ठत्तुमुले भीमः श्मशान इव शूलभृत् ॥६१॥

61. mahāvāta ivābhrāṇi vidhamitvā sa vāraṇān ,
atiṣṭhattumule bhīmaḥ śmaśāna iva śūlabhṛt.

61. mahāvātaḥ iva abhrāṇi vidhamitvā sa vāraṇān
atiṣṭhat tumule bhīmaḥ śmaśāne iva śūlabhṛt

61. sa bhīmaḥ mahāvātaḥ abhrāṇi iva vāraṇān
vidhamitvā tumule atiṣṭhat śmaśāne śūlabhṛt iva

61. Bhima, having scattered those elephants like a mighty wind scatters clouds, stood in the terrible tumult, like Shiva (śūlabhṛt) in a cremation ground (śmaśāna).

Words meanings summery:

• महावातः (mahāvātaḥ) - a great wind, a hurricane

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अभ्राणि (abhrāṇi) - clouds

• विधमित्वा (vidhamitvā) - having scattered, having dispersed

• स (sa) - referring to Bhima (he, that)

• वारणान् (vāraṇān) - elephants (of the enemy army) (elephants, protectors)

• अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - he stood, he remained

• तुमुले (tumule) - in the tumultuous battle (in the tumult, in the uproar, in the terrible situation)

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima (the Pandava hero) (terrible, formidable; Bhima)

• श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in a cremation ground, in a cemetery

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शूलभृत् (śūlabhṛt) - Shiva (an epithet) (spear-bearer, trident-bearer)

Words meanings and morphology

महावातः (mahāvātaḥ) - a great wind, a hurricane

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāvāta

mahāvāta - a great wind, a hurricane

Karmadhāraya compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'vāta' (wind).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vāta)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'vā' (to blow).
  Root: vā (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अभ्राणि (abhrāṇi) - clouds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of abhra

abhra - cloud, sky, atmosphere

विधमित्वा (vidhamitvā) - having scattered, having dispersed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'dhmā' (class 1) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhmā (class 1)

स (sa) - referring to Bhima (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Sandhi form of 'sas' before a consonant.

वारणान् (vāraṇān) - elephants (of the enemy army) (elephants, protectors)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - an elephant, warding off, preventing

Derived from root 'vṛ' (to cover, restrain).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - he stood, he remained

(verb)

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

Imperfect third person singular

Root 'sthā' (class 1) with 'a-' augment for imperfect tense.

Root: sthā (class 1)

तुमुले (tumule) - in the tumultuous battle (in the tumult, in the uproar, in the terrible situation)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, boisterous, an uproar, a tumult

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima (the Pandava hero) (terrible, formidable; Bhima)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, awful; a proper name, Bhima

Derived from root 'bhī' (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in a cremation ground, in a cemetery

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - a cremation ground, a cemetery

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शूलभृत् (śūlabhṛt) - Shiva (an epithet) (spear-bearer, trident-bearer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūlabhṛt

śūlabhṛt - a spear-bearer, trident-bearer; an epithet of Shiva

Compound of 'śūla' (spear/trident) and 'bhṛt' (bearer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śūla+bhṛt)

• śūla – spear, lance, trident
  noun (masculine)
• bhṛt – bearing, carrying, supporting; a bearer
  adjective
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from root 'bhṛ' (to bear, carry).
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Used here as an epithet for Shiva.