महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-67, verse-17

रथिभिर्वारणैरश्वैः पदातैश्च समीरितम् ।
घोरमायोधनं जज्ञे महाभ्रसदृशं रजः ॥१७॥

17. rathibhirvāraṇairaśvaiḥ padātaiśca samīritam ,
ghoramāyodhanaṁ jajñe mahābhrasadṛśaṁ rajaḥ.

17. rathibhiḥ vāraṇaiḥ aśvaiḥ padātaiḥ ca samīritam
ghoram āyodhanam jajñe mahābhrasadṛśam rajaḥ

17. rathibhiḥ vāraṇaiḥ aśvaiḥ ca padātaiḥ samīritam
ghoram mahābhrasadṛśam āyodhanam rajaḥ jajñe

17. A dreadful battle-dust, stirred up by charioteers, elephants, horses, and foot soldiers, arose, resembling a massive cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• रथिभिः (rathibhiḥ) - by charioteers (by charioteers, by those who ride chariots)

• वारणैः (vāraṇaiḥ) - by elephants (war elephants) (by elephants, by defenders)

• अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses

• पदातैः (padātaiḥ) - by foot soldiers (by foot soldiers, by pedestrians)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• समीरितम् (samīritam) - stirred up (stirred up, set in motion, caused to rise)

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, awful)

• आयोधनम् (āyodhanam) - battle (as implicitly part of 'battle-dust') (battle, battlefield, combat)

• जज्ञे (jajñe) - arose (was born, arose, became, happened)

• महाभ्रसदृशम् (mahābhrasadṛśam) - resembling a massive cloud (like a great cloud, resembling a great cloud)

• रजः (rajaḥ) - dust (dust, dirt, pollen, impurity)

Words meanings and morphology

रथिभिः (rathibhiḥ) - by charioteers (by charioteers, by those who ride chariots)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rathin

rathin - charioteer, possessor of a chariot

वारणैः (vāraṇaiḥ) - by elephants (war elephants) (by elephants, by defenders)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, a barrier, an obstacle

from √vṛ (to cover, restrain)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

पदातैः (padātaiḥ) - by foot soldiers (by foot soldiers, by pedestrians)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of padāta

padāta - foot soldier, pedestrian

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

समीरितम् (samīritam) - stirred up (stirred up, set in motion, caused to rise)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samīrita

samīrita - stirred up, set in motion, caused to rise

Past Passive Participle

from sam-√īr

Prefix: sam

Root: īr (class 2)

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, awful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, awful, formidable

आयोधनम् (āyodhanam) - battle (as implicitly part of 'battle-dust') (battle, battlefield, combat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyodhana

āyodhana - battle, battlefield, combat

from ā-√yudh

Prefix: ā

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Grammatically in nominative singular, often used to specify the type or origin of the subject (rajaḥ), here implying 'battle-dust'.

जज्ञे (jajñe) - arose (was born, arose, became, happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of jan

Perfect middle

Perfect 3rd singular middle of √jan

Root: jan (class 4)

महाभ्रसदृशम् (mahābhrasadṛśam) - resembling a massive cloud (like a great cloud, resembling a great cloud)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahābhrasadṛśa

mahābhrasadṛśa - like a great cloud

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mahā+abhra+sadṛśa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  from sa-√dṛś
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: modifies 'rajaḥ'

रजः (rajaḥ) - dust (dust, dirt, pollen, impurity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, dirt, pollen, impurity, passion (a guṇa)

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: subject of 'jajñe'