महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-139, verse-4

उल्काशतैः प्रज्वलितै रणभूमिर्व्यराजत ।
दह्यमानेव लोकानामभावे वै वसुंधरा ॥४॥

4. ulkāśataiḥ prajvalitai raṇabhūmirvyarājata ,
dahyamāneva lokānāmabhāve vai vasuṁdharā.

4. ulkāśataiḥ prajvalitaiḥ raṇabhūmiḥ vyarājata
dahyamānā iva lokānām abhāve vai vasundharā

4. prajvalitaiḥ ulkāśataiḥ raṇabhūmiḥ vyarājata
vai lokānām abhāve dahyamānā vasundharā iva

4. The battlefield shone brightly with hundreds of blazing torches, as if the earth (vasundharā) itself were being consumed by fire at the ultimate destruction of the worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• उल्काशतैः (ulkāśataiḥ) - by hundreds of torches

• प्रज्वलितैः (prajvalitaiḥ) - by those blazing, by those ignited

• रणभूमिः (raṇabhūmiḥ) - the battlefield

• व्यराजत (vyarājata) - shone brilliantly, was resplendent

• दह्यमाना (dahyamānā) - being burnt, being consumed by fire

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds, of people

• अभावे (abhāve) - at the ultimate destruction (of worlds) (in the absence, in the destruction)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth

Words meanings and morphology

उल्काशतैः (ulkāśataiḥ) - by hundreds of torches

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of ulkāśata

ulkāśata - hundred of torches

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ulkā+śata)

• ulkā – torch, meteor, firebrand
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

प्रज्वलितैः (prajvalitaiḥ) - by those blazing, by those ignited

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of prajvalita

prajvalita - blazing, ignited, inflamed, shining

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jval' (to burn, to blaze) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ulkāśataiḥ'.

रणभूमिः (raṇabhūmiḥ) - the battlefield

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of raṇabhūmi

raṇabhūmi - battlefield, ground for battle

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (raṇa+bhūmi)

• raṇa – battle, combat, fight
  noun (masculine)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)

व्यराजत (vyarājata) - shone brilliantly, was resplendent

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of rāj

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Formed with prefix 'vi'.

दह्यमाना (dahyamānā) - being burnt, being consumed by fire

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dahyamāna

dahyamāna - being burned, being consumed by fire

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dah' (to burn).

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vasundharā'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, universe

अभावे (abhāve) - at the ultimate destruction (of worlds) (in the absence, in the destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence, annihilation, destruction

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasundharā

vasundharā - earth (literally, 'treasure-bearing')