महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-95, verse-52

महान्त्यनीकानि महासमुच्छ्रये समागमे पाण्डवधार्तराष्ट्रयोः ।
प्रकाशिरे शङ्खमृदङ्गनिस्वनैः प्रकम्पितानीव वनानि वायुना ॥५२॥

52. mahāntyanīkāni mahāsamucchraye; samāgame pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭrayoḥ ,
prakāśire śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvanaiḥ; prakampitānīva vanāni vāyunā.

52. mahānti anīkāni mahāsamucchraye
samāgame pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭrayoḥ
prakāśire śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvanaiḥ
prakampitāni iva vanāni vāyunā

52. pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭrayoḥ mahāsamucchraye
samāgame mahānti anīkāni
śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvanaiḥ vāyunā
prakampitāni vanāni iva prakāśire

52. At the grand commencement of the encounter between the Pāṇḍavas and the Dhārtarāṣṭras, the vast armies became manifest with the sounds of conch shells and drums, just like forests shaken by the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• महान्ति (mahānti) - great, vast, immense

• अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, hosts

• महासमुच्छ्रये (mahāsamucchraye) - at the grand inception (of the battle) (at the great rising, at the grand commencement)

• समागमे (samāgame) - at the encounter (of armies) (at the encounter, at the meeting, at the confluence)

• पाण्डवधार्तराष्ट्रयोः (pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭrayoḥ) - of the Pāṇḍavas and Dhārtarāṣṭras

• प्रकाशिरे (prakāśire) - shone forth, appeared, became manifest

• शङ्खमृदङ्गनिस्वनैः (śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvanaiḥ) - with the sounds of conchs and drums

• प्रकम्पितानि (prakampitāni) - shaken, trembled, agitated

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests, groves

• वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind

Words meanings and morphology

महान्ति (mahānti) - great, vast, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

at-ending adjective.

अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, hosts

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, array

Note: Subject of the sentence.

महासमुच्छ्रये (mahāsamucchraye) - at the grand inception (of the battle) (at the great rising, at the grand commencement)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāsamucchraya

mahāsamucchraya - great uprising, grand elevation, great commencement

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+samucchraya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• samucchraya – rising, elevation, commencement
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-ut-śri (to rise up) + a suffix
  Prefixes: sam+ut
  Root: śrī (class 1)

समागमे (samāgame) - at the encounter (of armies) (at the encounter, at the meeting, at the confluence)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, encounter, confluence, assembly

From root gam (to go) with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

पाण्डवधार्तराष्ट्रयोः (pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭrayoḥ) - of the Pāṇḍavas and Dhārtarāṣṭras

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭra

pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭra - Pāṇḍavas and Dhārtarāṣṭras

Compound type : dvandva (pāṇḍava+dhārtarāṣṭra)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava
  proper noun (masculine)
• dhārtarāṣṭra – descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, a Dhārtarāṣṭra
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, referring to the encounter.

प्रकाशिरे (prakāśire) - shone forth, appeared, became manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kāś

perfect tense (liṭ)

3rd plural middle voice perfect of kāś with pra prefix.

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

शङ्खमृदङ्गनिस्वनैः (śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvanaiḥ) - with the sounds of conchs and drums

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvana

śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvana - sounds of conch and mṛdaṅga drums

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaṅkhamṛdaṅga+nisvana)

• śaṅkha – conch shell
  noun (masculine)
• mṛdaṅga – a type of drum
  noun (masculine)
• nisvana – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  from ni-svan (to sound, to make noise)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means by which the armies were manifest.

प्रकम्पितानि (prakampitāni) - shaken, trembled, agitated

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of prakampita

prakampita - shaken, trembled, agitated, made to tremble

Past Passive Participle

From root kamp (to tremble) with pra prefix and kta suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: kamp (class 1)

Note: Used in a simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

वनानि (vanāni) - forests, groves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, god of wind (vāyu)

u-stem noun.

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Agent of prakampitāni.