महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-137, verse-27

स पपात द्विधा छिन्न आयसः परिघो महान् ।
महीधरस्येव महच्छिखरं वज्रदारितम् ॥२७॥

27. sa papāta dvidhā chinna āyasaḥ parigho mahān ,
mahīdharasyeva mahacchikharaṁ vajradāritam.

27. sa papāta dvidhā chinnaḥ āyasaḥ parighaḥ mahān
mahīdharasya iva mahat śikharam vajradāritam

27. sa mahān āyasaḥ parighaḥ dvidhā chinnaḥ papāta
mahīdharasya vajradāritam mahat śikharam iva

27. That mighty iron mace, broken into two, fell like a great mountain peak split by a thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• पपात (papāta) - fell, dropped

• द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts, in two ways

• छिन्नः (chinnaḥ) - cut, broken, split

• आयसः (āyasaḥ) - made of iron, iron

• परिघः (parighaḥ) - mace, iron bar, bolt, club

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

• महीधरस्य (mahīdharasya) - of a mountain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

• शिखरम् (śikharam) - peak, summit, top

• वज्रदारितम् (vajradāritam) - split by a thunderbolt

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine singular nominative of 'tad'

पपात (papāta) - fell, dropped

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Reduplicated stem

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: 3rd person singular perfect active of √pat

द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts, in two ways

(indeclinable)

Suffix -dhā (meaning 'in ... ways')

छिन्नः (chinnaḥ) - cut, broken, split

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, torn, divided, broken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Past Passive Participle of √chid, modifying 'parigha'

आयसः (āyasaḥ) - made of iron, iron

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āyasa

āyasa - made of iron, iron (adj.)

Derived from 'ayas' (iron)

Note: Modifying 'parigha'

परिघः (parighaḥ) - mace, iron bar, bolt, club

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigha

parigha - iron mace, bolt, club

Note: Subject of the sentence

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Note: Modifying 'parigha'

महीधरस्य (mahīdharasya) - of a mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahīdhara

mahīdhara - mountain (literally 'earth-holder')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+dhara)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• dhara – holding, bearing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Possessive, 'of a mountain'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Note: Modifying 'śikharam'

शिखरम् (śikharam) - peak, summit, top

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, top

Note: Object of comparison

वज्रदारितम् (vajradāritam) - split by a thunderbolt

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vajradārita

vajradārita - split by a thunderbolt, rent by a thunderbolt

Past Passive Participle

Tatpuruṣa compound: vajra (instrumental) + dārita (PPP of √dṛ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajra+dārita)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
• dārita – split, torn, rent
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √dṛ
  Root: dṛ (class 6)

Note: Past Passive Participle of compound vajra-√dṛ, modifying 'śikharam'