महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-44, verse-8

महाग्राहगृहीतेव वातवेगभयार्दिता ।
समकम्पत सा सेना विभ्रष्टा नौरिवार्णवे ॥८॥

8. mahāgrāhagṛhīteva vātavegabhayārditā ,
samakampata sā senā vibhraṣṭā naurivārṇave.

8. mahāgrāhagṛhītā iva vātavegabhayārditā
samakampata sā senā vibhraṣṭā nauḥ iva arṇave

8. sā senā vātavegabhayārditā,
mahāgrāhagṛhītā iva,
arṇave vibhraṣṭā nauḥ iva,
samakampata

8. That army trembled, distressed by the fear of a storm's speed, as if seized by a great crocodile, resembling a lost ship in the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• महाग्राहगृहीता (mahāgrāhagṛhītā) - seized by a great crocodile/sea-monster

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वातवेगभयार्दिता (vātavegabhayārditā) - afflicted by the fear of wind's speed (storm)

• समकम्पत (samakampata) - trembled, shook

• सा (sā) - that, she

• सेना (senā) - army, host

• विभ्रष्टा (vibhraṣṭā) - lost, fallen, ruined, wrecked

• नौः (nauḥ) - ship, boat

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

Words meanings and morphology

महाग्राहगृहीता (mahāgrāhagṛhītā) - seized by a great crocodile/sea-monster

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāgrāhagṛhīta

mahāgrāhagṛhīta - seized by a great crocodile/sea-monster

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (mahāgrāha+gṛhīta)

• mahāgrāha – great crocodile, large sea-monster
  noun (masculine)
• gṛhīta – seized, caught, taken
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √grah (to seize, take).
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'senā'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वातवेगभयार्दिता (vātavegabhayārditā) - afflicted by the fear of wind's speed (storm)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vātavegabhayārdita

vātavegabhayārdita - afflicted by the fear of wind's speed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vātavega+bhaya+ardita)

• vāta – wind
  noun (masculine)
• vega – speed, velocity, force
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• ardita – afflicted, distressed, tormented
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ard (to torment, distress).
  Root: ard (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'senā'.

समकम्पत (samakampata) - trembled, shook

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of samkamp

Imperfect, Middle Voice

From √kamp (to tremble) with prefix sam- (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: kamp (class 1)

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

सेना (senā) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, weapon

Note: Subject of 'samakampata'.

विभ्रष्टा (vibhraṣṭā) - lost, fallen, ruined, wrecked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vibhraṣṭa

vibhraṣṭa - lost, fallen, dropped, ruined, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From vi-√bhraṃś (to fall down, perish).

Prefix: vi

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'nauḥ'.

नौः (nauḥ) - ship, boat

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - ship, boat

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood