महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-95, verse-51

ज्वलिताश्च महोल्का वै समाहत्य दिवाकरम् ।
निपेतुः सहसा भूमौ वेदयाना महद्भयम् ॥५१॥

51. jvalitāśca maholkā vai samāhatya divākaram ,
nipetuḥ sahasā bhūmau vedayānā mahadbhayam.

51. jvalitāḥ ca mahā ulkāḥ vai samāhatya divākaram
nipetuḥ sahasā bhūmau vedayānāḥ mahat bhayam

51. ca vai jvalitāḥ mahā ulkāḥ divākaram samāhatya
sahāsa bhūmau nipetuḥ mahat bhayam vedayānāḥ

51. And indeed, blazing great meteors, having momentarily obscured the sun, suddenly fell to the ground, foretelling great danger.

Words meanings summery:

• ज्वलिताः (jvalitāḥ) - burning, blazing, ignited

• च (ca) - and, also

• महा (mahā) - great, large, mighty

• उल्काः (ulkāḥ) - meteors, firebrands, torches

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• समाहत्य (samāhatya) - having momentarily obscured (the sun) (having struck, having hit, having gathered, having obscured)

• दिवाकरम् (divākaram) - the sun, day-maker

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell down

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, violently, forcefully

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• वेदयानाः (vedayānāḥ) - foretelling (indicating, making known, causing to know)

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, terror

Words meanings and morphology

ज्वलिताः (jvalitāḥ) - burning, blazing, ignited

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jvalita

jvalita - burning, blazing, inflamed, shining

Past Passive Participle

From root jval (to burn, shine) + kta suffix.

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: ulkā is feminine.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

महा (mahā) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahā

mahā - great, large, mighty, extensive

Base form of mahat.

Note: Used as first member of compound maholkāḥ.

उल्काः (ulkāḥ) - meteors, firebrands, torches

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ulkā

ulkā - meteor, firebrand, flame, torch

Note: Subject of the sentence along with jvalitāḥ.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

समाहत्य (samāhatya) - having momentarily obscured (the sun) (having struck, having hit, having gathered, having obscured)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root han (to strike, kill) with prefixes sam and ā, and lyap suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: han (class 2)

दिवाकरम् (divākaram) - the sun, day-maker

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of divākara

divākara - sun, day-maker

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, during the day
  indeclinable
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṛ (to do, make) + a suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of samāhatya.

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

perfect tense (liṭ)

3rd plural active perfect of pat with ni prefix.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, violently, forcefully

(indeclinable)

Instrumental form of sahas (power, force) used as an adverb.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

i-stem noun.

Note: Place where they fell.

वेदयानाः (vedayānāḥ) - foretelling (indicating, making known, causing to know)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vedayamāna

vedayamāna - causing to know, making known, indicating

Present Middle Participle

From causal of root vid (to know) + śānac suffix.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: ulkā is feminine, so vedayānāḥ (feminine plural).

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

at-ending adjective.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, terror

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, danger, apprehension

From root bhī (to fear) + a suffix.

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of vedayānāḥ.