महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-146, verse-38

अनिलेन यथाभ्राणि विच्छिन्नानि समन्ततः ।
विच्छिन्नानि तथा राजन्बलान्यासन्विशां पते ॥३८॥

38. anilena yathābhrāṇi vicchinnāni samantataḥ ,
vicchinnāni tathā rājanbalānyāsanviśāṁ pate.

38. anilena yathā abhrāṇi vicchinnāni samantataḥ
vicchinnāni tathā rājan balāni āsan viśām pate

38. rājan viśām pate yathā anilena samantataḥ abhrāṇi vicchinnāni,
tathā balāni vicchinnāni āsan

38. O king, O lord of men, just as clouds are scattered from all sides by the wind, so too were your armies dispersed.

Words meanings summery:

• अनिलेन (anilena) - by the wind

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• अभ्राणि (abhrāṇi) - clouds

• विच्छिन्नानि (vicchinnāni) - scattered, dispersed, cut asunder

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around, entirely

• विच्छिन्नानि (vicchinnāni) - scattered, dispersed

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

• बलानि (balāni) - armies, forces, strengths

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• विशाम् (viśām) - of men, of people

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

Words meanings and morphology

अनिलेन (anilena) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

अभ्राणि (abhrāṇi) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of abhra

abhra - cloud, sky

विच्छिन्नानि (vicchinnāni) - scattered, dispersed, cut asunder

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vicchinna

vicchinna - scattered, dispersed, cut asunder, separated

past passive participle

root chid (to cut) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: chid (class 7)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around, entirely

(indeclinable)

adverbial derivative of samanta

विच्छिन्नानि (vicchinnāni) - scattered, dispersed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vicchinna

vicchinna - scattered, dispersed, cut asunder, separated

past passive participle

root chid (to cut) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: chid (class 7)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

बलानि (balāni) - armies, forces, strengths

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

imperfect 3rd plural active

root as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

विशाम् (viśām) - of men, of people

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, clan, community

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband