महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-60, verse-50

ऐरावतं समारुह्य स्वयं मायामयं कृतम् ।
तस्य चान्येऽपि दिङ्नागा बभूवुरनुयायिनः ॥५०॥

50. airāvataṁ samāruhya svayaṁ māyāmayaṁ kṛtam ,
tasya cānye'pi diṅnāgā babhūvuranuyāyinaḥ.

50. airāvatam samāruhya svayam māyāmayam kṛtam
tasya ca anye api dik-nāgāḥ babhūvuḥ anuyāyinaḥ

50. svayam māyāmayam kṛtam airāvatam samāruhya,
ca tasya anye api dik-nāgāḥ anuyāyinaḥ babhūvuḥ

50. Having mounted Airāvata, which he himself had created through illusion (māyā), other directional elephants (dig-nāga) also became his followers.

Words meanings summery:

• ऐरावतम् (airāvatam) - Airāvata (Airāvata (Indra's elephant))

• समारुह्य (samāruhya) - having mounted (having mounted, having ascended)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (himself, personally, spontaneously)

• मायामयम् (māyāmayam) - created by illusion (māyā) (illusory, made of illusion (māyā))

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - had created (done, made, created)

• तस्य (tasya) - of his (his, of him, of that)

• च (ca) - and

• अन्ये (anye) - other (other, another)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• दिक्-नागाः (dik-nāgāḥ) - directional elephants (dig-nāga) (directional elephants)

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became (they became, they were)

• अनुयायिनः (anuyāyinaḥ) - followers (followers, attendants)

Words meanings and morphology

ऐरावतम् (airāvatam) - Airāvata (Airāvata (Indra's elephant))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of airāvata

airāvata - Airāvata (the elephant of Indra, born from the Irāvatī river)

समारुह्य (samāruhya) - having mounted (having mounted, having ascended)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root ruh- (to ascend, grow) with prefixes sam- and ā- and the -ya suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (himself, personally, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

मायामयम् (māyāmayam) - created by illusion (māyā) (illusory, made of illusion (māyā))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māyāmaya

māyāmaya - illusory, unreal, consisting of illusion (māyā)

A tatpurusha compound meaning 'made of māyā'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (māyā+maya)

• māyā – illusion, magic, deception (māyā)
  noun (feminine)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -maya used to form adjectives meaning 'made of' or 'full of'.

Note: Agrees with 'airāvatam'.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - had created (done, made, created)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root kṛ- (to do, make) with the -ta suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'airāvatam'.

तस्य (tasya) - of his (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - other (other, another)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

दिक्-नागाः (dik-nāgāḥ) - directional elephants (dig-nāga) (directional elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dik-nāga

dik-nāga - directional elephant, elephant of the quarters

A compound noun, with 'dik' (direction) and 'nāga' (elephant).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dik+nāga)

• dik – direction, quarter, region
  noun (feminine)
• nāga – serpent, elephant, a mythical being
  noun (masculine)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became (they became, they were)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect Tense

Third person plural, active voice, Perfect (Liṭ) tense.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अनुयायिनः (anuyāyinaḥ) - followers (followers, attendants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anuyāyin

anuyāyin - follower, attendant, going after

Agent Noun / Adjective

Derived from the root yā- (to go) with the prefix anu- and the -in suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)