महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-73

भास्करस्येव पतनं समुद्रस्येव शोषणम् ।
विपर्यासं यथा मेरोर्वासवस्येव निर्जयम् ॥७३॥

73. bhāskarasyeva patanaṁ samudrasyeva śoṣaṇam ,
viparyāsaṁ yathā merorvāsavasyeva nirjayam.

73. bhāskarasya iva patanam samudrasya iva śoṣaṇam
viparyāsam yathā meroḥ vāsavasya iva nirjayam

73. bhāskarasya patanam iva,
samudrasya śoṣaṇam iva,
meroḥ viparyāsam yathā,
vāsavasya nirjayam iva

73. It was like the setting of the sun, the drying up of the ocean, the overturning of Mount Meru, or the defeat of Indra (Vāsava).

Words meanings summery:

• भास्करस्य (bhāskarasya) - of the sun, of the sun-maker

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• पतनम् (patanam) - setting (of the sun) (falling, setting, descent, downfall)

• समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean, of the sea

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - drying up, causing to dry, exhaustion

• विपर्यासम् (viparyāsam) - reversal, inversion, overturning, defeat

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

• मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Mount Meru

• वासवस्य (vāsavasya) - of Indra, of the lord of the Vasus

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• निर्जयम् (nirjayam) - defeat (of Indra) (defeat, conquest)

Words meanings and morphology

भास्करस्य (bhāskarasya) - of the sun, of the sun-maker

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, maker of light

From bhās (light) + √kṛ (to make)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, luster, radiance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhās (class 1)
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  From √kṛ (to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

पतनम् (patanam) - setting (of the sun) (falling, setting, descent, downfall)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patana

patana - falling, setting, descent, downfall

From √pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean, of the sea

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

From sam + udra (water) or sam + √ud (to well up)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - drying up, causing to dry, exhaustion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śoṣaṇa

śoṣaṇa - drying up, causing to dry, exhaustion

From √śuṣ (to dry), causative form

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

विपर्यासम् (viparyāsam) - reversal, inversion, overturning, defeat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viparyāsa

viparyāsa - reversal, inversion, overturning, defeat

From vi + pari + √as (to throw)

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: as (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain, center of the universe)

वासवस्य (vāsavasya) - of Indra, of the lord of the Vasus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra (chief of the gods), lord of the Vasus

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

निर्जयम् (nirjayam) - defeat (of Indra) (defeat, conquest)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirjaya

nirjaya - defeat, conquest, victory

From nir + √ji (to conquer)

Prefix: nis

Root: ji (class 1)