महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-104, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
तथा तु नर्दमानं तं भीमसेनं महाबलम् ।
मेघस्तनितनिर्घोषं के वीराः पर्यवारयन् ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
tathā tu nardamānaṁ taṁ bhīmasenaṁ mahābalam ,
meghastanitanirghoṣaṁ ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca tathā tu nardamānam tam bhīmasenam
mahābalam meghastanitanirghoṣam ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca tathā nardamānam tam mahābalam
meghastanitanirghoṣam bhīmasenam ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan tu

1. Dhritarashtra said: "Which warriors surrounded that immensely powerful Bhimasena, who was roaring like the thunder of clouds?"

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however, moreover

• नर्दमानम् (nardamānam) - roaring, shouting

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena

• महाबलम् (mahābalam) - mighty, of great strength

• मेघस्तनितनिर्घोषम् (meghastanitanirghoṣam) - with a roar like thunder of clouds

• के (ke) - who (plural)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, warriors

• पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded, encompassed

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (proper name, literally 'he who holds the kingdom')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)

• dhṛta – held, borne, maintained
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active, 3rd person singular

root vac, strong form of perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies `nardamānam`.

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however, moreover

(indeclinable)

नर्दमानम् (nardamānam) - roaring, shouting

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nardamāna

nardamāna - roaring, shouting, crying out

present active participle (middle voice form)

from root nard (to roar) with suffix -śānac

Root: nard (class 1)

Note: Describes Bhimasena.

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Bhimasena.

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (proper name, 'he whose army is terrible')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhīma+senā)

• bhīma – terrible, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of `paryavārayan`.

महाबलम् (mahābalam) - mighty, of great strength

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, mighty, very powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agreement with `bhīmasenam`.

मेघस्तनितनिर्घोषम् (meghastanitanirghoṣam) - with a roar like thunder of clouds

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of meghastanitanirghoṣa

meghastanitanirghoṣa - having a roar like the thunder of clouds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (megha+stanita+nirghoṣa)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• stanita – thundering, roar (as a noun)
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from root stan (to thunder)
  Root: stan (class 1)
• nirghoṣa – roar, sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  from root ghuṣ (to proclaim) with prefix nir
  Prefix: nir
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Agreement with `bhīmasenam`.

के (ke) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

Note: Subject of `paryavārayan`.

पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded, encompassed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of parivṛ

imperfect active, 3rd person plural (causative stem vāraya)

root vṛ (5th or 9th class), with prefixes pari and ava (or just pari and vṛ as a compound verb 'parivṛ', then causative), with augment a-

Prefixes: pari+ava

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: From `pari + ava + vṛ`, causative form.