महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-31

गजमध्यमनुप्राप्तः पाण्डवश्च व्यराजत ।
मेघजालस्य महतो यथा मध्यगतो रविः ॥३१॥

31. gajamadhyamanuprāptaḥ pāṇḍavaśca vyarājata ,
meghajālasya mahato yathā madhyagato raviḥ.

31. gajamadhyam anuprāptaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ ca vyarājata
meghajālasya mahataḥ yathā madhyagataḥ raviḥ

31. ca pāṇḍavaḥ gajamadhyam anuprāptaḥ vyarājata
yathā mahataḥ meghajālasya madhyagataḥ raviḥ

31. And the Pāṇḍava, having penetrated the center of the elephant formation, shone just like the sun situated in the middle of a great mass of clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• गजमध्यम् (gajamadhyam) - center of the elephant formation (middle of elephants)

• अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - having penetrated (having reached, having attained)

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhīma (son of Pāṇḍu)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• व्यराजत (vyarājata) - he shone, he appeared

• मेघजालस्य (meghajālasya) - of the mass of clouds, of the cloud formation

• महतः (mahataḥ) - great, large, mighty

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• मध्यगतः (madhyagataḥ) - situated in the middle (situated in the middle, gone into the middle)

• रविः (raviḥ) - sun, sun god

Words meanings and morphology

गजमध्यम् (gajamadhyam) - center of the elephant formation (middle of elephants)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gajamadhyam

gajamadhyam - middle of elephants, elephant formation center

Compound type : tatpurusha (gaja+madhya)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center, interior
  noun (neuter)

अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - having penetrated (having reached, having attained)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - reached, attained, arrived at, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root āp (to obtain, reach) with prefixes anu (after, along) and pra (forth, forward).

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Functions adjectivally.

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhīma (son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva)

Derived from Pāṇḍu (name of the father) with aṇ suffix.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction particle.

व्यराजत (vyarājata) - he shone, he appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of virāj

From root rāj (to shine, rule) with prefix vi (apart, intensifier). Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle/ātmanepada voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

मेघजालस्य (meghajālasya) - of the mass of clouds, of the cloud formation

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of meghajāla

meghajāla - mass of clouds, cloud formation

Compound type : tatpurusha (megha+jāla)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  From root mih (to sprinkle).
  Root: mih (class 1)
• jāla – net, web, collection, mass, multitude
  noun (neuter)

महतः (mahataḥ) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

Root mah + at suffix.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agreement with meghajālasya.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

मध्यगतः (madhyagataḥ) - situated in the middle (situated in the middle, gone into the middle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhyagata

madhyagata - gone into the middle, situated in the middle, central

Compound type : tatpurusha (madhya+gata)

• madhya – middle, center, interior
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, obtained, situated
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go) with suffix kta.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying raviḥ.

रविः (raviḥ) - sun, sun god

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun god

Root: ru