महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-27

ते हया बह्वशोभन्त मिश्रिता वातरंहसः ।
सितासिता महाराज यथा व्योम्नि बलाहकाः ॥२७॥

27. te hayā bahvaśobhanta miśritā vātaraṁhasaḥ ,
sitāsitā mahārāja yathā vyomni balāhakāḥ.

27. te hayā bahu aśobhanta miśritā vātaraṃhasaḥ
sitāsitā mahārāja yathā vyomni balāhakāḥ

27. mahārāja te vātaraṃhasaḥ miśritā sitāsitā
hayā bahu aśobhanta yathā vyomni balāhakāḥ

27. O great king, those swift-as-wind horses, mixed (together), white and black, shone splendidly, just like clouds in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (horses) (those, they)

• हया (hayā) - horses

• बहु (bahu) - greatly, splendidly (much, many, greatly)

• अशोभन्त (aśobhanta) - shone splendidly (shone, appeared splendid)

• मिश्रिता (miśritā) - mixed (together) (mixed, mingled)

• वातरंहसः (vātaraṁhasaḥ) - swift as the wind (horses) (having the speed of wind, swift as wind)

• सितासिता (sitāsitā) - white and black (in color) (white and black, variegated)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O great king)

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

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• बलाहकाः (balāhakāḥ) - clouds

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (horses) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative plural.

Note: Modifies 'hayā'.

हया (hayā) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

From root hi (to go, move).

Root: hi (class 5)

बहु (bahu) - greatly, splendidly (much, many, greatly)

(indeclinable)

Here used as an adverb.

Note: Sandhi with 'aśobhanta' (bahv aśobhanta) is undone to 'bahu aśobhanta'.

अशोभन्त (aśobhanta) - shone splendidly (shone, appeared splendid)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (Laṅ) of śubh

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural (Ātmanepada)

From root śubh (to shine) with imperfect augment a-.

Root: śubh (class 1)

मिश्रिता (miśritā) - mixed (together) (mixed, mingled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of miśrita

miśrita - mixed, mingled, blended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root miśr (to mix).

Root: miśr (class 10)

Note: Refers to the horses being mixed together.

वातरंहसः (vātaraṁhasaḥ) - swift as the wind (horses) (having the speed of wind, swift as wind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vātaraṃhas

vātaraṁhas - having the speed of wind, swift as wind

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive) (vāta+raṃhas)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)
• raṃhas – speed, velocity, impulse
  noun (neuter)

सितासिता (sitāsitā) - white and black (in color) (white and black, variegated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sitāsita

sitāsita - white and black, variegated

Compound of 'sita' (white) and 'asita' (black).

Compound type : dvandva (copulative) (sita+asita)

• sita – white, fair, bound
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'si' (to bind).
  Root: si (class 4)
• asita – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative particle 'a-' + 'sita' (white).
  Prefix: a

Note: Refers to the two distinct colors of the horses (Karna's white, Bhima's antelope-colored/darker).

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'rājan' (king).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

Correlative conjunction.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, heaven

Root: vyom

Note: Location of the comparison.

बलाहकाः (balāhakāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balāhaka

balāhaka - cloud

Root: bal (class 1)