महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-19, verse-40

विप्रकीर्णपताकास्ते विषाणजनिताग्नयः ।
बभूवुः खं समासाद्य सविद्युत इवाम्बुदाः ॥४०॥

40. viprakīrṇapatākāste viṣāṇajanitāgnayaḥ ,
babhūvuḥ khaṁ samāsādya savidyuta ivāmbudāḥ.

40. viprakīrṇapatākāḥ te viṣāṇajanitāgnayaḥ
babhūvuḥ kham samāsādya savidyutaḥ iva ambudāḥ

40. viprakīrṇapatākāḥ viṣāṇajanitāgnayaḥ te kham
samāsādya savidyutaḥ ambudāḥ iva babhūvuḥ

40. With their banners scattered and fires generated by their tusks, they became like lightning-filled clouds that had reached the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• विप्रकीर्णपताकाः (viprakīrṇapatākāḥ) - whose banners were scattered

• ते (te) - they

• विषाणजनिताग्नयः (viṣāṇajanitāgnayaḥ) - whose fires were generated by their tusks

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became

• खम् (kham) - sky, ether, space

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained

• सविद्युतः (savidyutaḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अम्बुदाः (ambudāḥ) - clouds (lit. 'water-givers')

Words meanings and morphology

विप्रकीर्णपताकाः (viprakīrṇapatākāḥ) - whose banners were scattered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viprakīrṇapatāka

viprakīrṇapatāka - having scattered banners

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (viprakīrṇa+patākā)

• viprakīrṇa – scattered, dispersed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √kṛ (to scatter) with vi- and pra-
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: kṛ
• patākā – banner, flag, standard
  noun (feminine)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

विषाणजनिताग्नयः (viṣāṇajanitāgnayaḥ) - whose fires were generated by their tusks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣāṇajanitāgni

viṣāṇajanitāgni - having fire generated by tusks

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (viṣāṇa+janita+agni)

• viṣāṇa – tusk, horn
  noun (neuter)
• janita – generated, produced
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √jan (to produce)
  Root: jan
• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

खम् (kham) - sky, ether, space

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, ether, space, zero

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √sad (to sit, approach) with sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad

सविद्युतः (savidyutaḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of savidyut

savidyut - having lightning, with lightning

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (sa+vidyut)

• sa – with, together with, having
  indeclinable
• vidyut – lightning
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बुदाः (ambudāḥ) - clouds (lit. 'water-givers')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ambuda

ambuda - cloud, water-giver

Compound type : Upapada Tatpurusha (ambu+da)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  nominal derivative
  from verbal root √dā (to give)
  Root: dā