महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-132, verse-34

ततो नाज्ञासिषं किंचिद्घोरेण तमसावृते ।
सर्वभूतानि च परं त्रासं जग्मुर्महीपते ॥३४॥

34. tato nājñāsiṣaṁ kiṁcidghoreṇa tamasāvṛte ,
sarvabhūtāni ca paraṁ trāsaṁ jagmurmahīpate.

34. tataḥ na ajñāsiṣam kiñcit ghoreṇa tamasā āvṛte
sarvabhūtāni ca param trāsam jagmuḥ mahīpate

34. mahīpate tataḥ ghoreṇa tamasā āvṛte aham kiñcit
na ajñāsiṣam ca sarvabhūtāni param trāsam jagmuḥ

34. Then, as everything was enveloped in dreadful darkness, I (Sañjaya) knew nothing. And all beings, O King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), experienced extreme terror.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, afterwards, therefore)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अज्ञासिषम् (ajñāsiṣam) - I knew (not anything) (I knew)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (with negation, 'nothing') (anything, something, whatever)

• घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, awful)

• तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (by darkness, with darkness)

• आवृते (āvṛte) - enveloped (covered, enveloped, surrounded)

• सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings (all beings, all creatures)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• परम् (param) - extreme (supreme, highest, extreme, next)

• त्रासम् (trāsam) - terror (fear, terror, alarm)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went into, they experienced (they went, they obtained)

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O King (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king, O lord of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, afterwards, therefore)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad, used as an adverb

Note: Adverb of time.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

अज्ञासिषम् (ajñāsiṣam) - I knew (not anything) (I knew)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to Sañjaya (as narrator).

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (with negation, 'nothing') (anything, something, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something, whatever

Note: Object of ajñāsiṣam.

घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, awful)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, awful, severe

Note: Agrees with tamasā.

तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (by darkness, with darkness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, inertia

Note: Agent of āvṛte.

आवृते (āvṛte) - enveloped (covered, enveloped, surrounded)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, enveloped, surrounded, concealed

Past Passive Participle

From ā-vṛ (to cover, enclose).

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction (implied 'sarvasmin' or 'sarvam' which is 'everything'). The form 'āvṛte' could also be locative singular of an adjective, agreeing with an implied 'jagati' or 'sarvasmin'.

सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings (all beings, all creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures, all elements

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of jagmuḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

परम् (param) - extreme (supreme, highest, extreme, next)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, extreme, excellent, next

Note: Agrees with trāsam.

त्रासम् (trāsam) - terror (fear, terror, alarm)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of trāsa

trāsa - fear, terror, alarm, trembling

From root trās (to tremble, to fear).

Root: trās (class 1)

Note: Object of the compound verb trāsaṃ jagmuḥ (to experience fear).

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went into, they experienced (they went, they obtained)

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used with trāsam to mean "experienced terror."

महीपते (mahīpate) - O King (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king, O lord of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, protector
  noun (masculine)

Note: Address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.