महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-54, verse-4

शुष्काशन्यश्च निष्पेतुः सनिर्घाताः सविद्युतः ।
चचाल चापि पृथिवी सशैलवनकानना ॥४॥

4. śuṣkāśanyaśca niṣpetuḥ sanirghātāḥ savidyutaḥ ,
cacāla cāpi pṛthivī saśailavanakānanā.

4. śuṣka-aśanyaḥ ca niṣpetuḥ sa-nirghātāḥ sa-vidyutaḥ
| cacāla ca api pṛthivī sa-śaila-vana-kānanā

4. sa-nirghātāḥ sa-vidyutaḥ śuṣka-aśanyaḥ ca niṣpetuḥ
pṛthivī sa-śaila-vana-kānanā ca api cacāla

4. And dry thunderbolts fell with claps of thunder and lightning. The earth, along with its mountains, forests, and groves, also trembled.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्क-अशन्यः (śuṣka-aśanyaḥ) - Ominous, destructive lightning. (dry thunderbolts, lightning without rain)

• च (ca) - and

• निष्पेतुः (niṣpetuḥ) - The thunderbolts fell. (they fell, they descended)

• स-निर्घाताः (sa-nirghātāḥ) - Describes the thunderbolts as being accompanied by thunder. (with thunder, accompanied by claps)

• स-विद्युतः (sa-vidyutaḥ) - Describes the thunderbolts as being accompanied by lightning. (with lightning, accompanied by flashes)

• चचाल (cacāla) - The earth trembled. (it trembled, it moved)

• च (ca) - Connects this event to the previous one. (and)

• अपि (api) - Emphasizes that the earth also trembled. (also, even)

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - The planet Earth. (earth, ground)

• स-शैल-वन-कानना (sa-śaila-vana-kānanā) - Describes the earth, emphasizing its entire composition. (with mountains, forests, and groves)

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्क-अशन्यः (śuṣka-aśanyaḥ) - Ominous, destructive lightning. (dry thunderbolts, lightning without rain)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śuṣka-aśani

śuṣka-aśani - dry thunderbolt, lightning unaccompanied by rain

Compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuṣka+aśani)

• śuṣka – dry, withered, dried up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √śuṣ (to dry)
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning, Indra's weapon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aś (class 5)

Note: Subject of `niṣpetuḥ`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

निष्पेतुः (niṣpetuḥ) - The thunderbolts fell. (they fell, they descended)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √pat

Perfect Active

3rd person plural Perfect Active of niṣ-√pat

Prefix: nis

Root: pat (class 1)

स-निर्घाताः (sa-nirghātāḥ) - Describes the thunderbolts as being accompanied by thunder. (with thunder, accompanied by claps)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sa-nirghāta

sa-nirghāta - accompanied by thunder, with a crash, with a clap

Bahuvrīhi compound with prefix 'sa-'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+nirghāta)

• sa – with, accompanied by, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating accompaniment
• nirghāta – thunder, clap, crash, concussion
  noun (masculine)
  From nir-√han (to strike out, to dash down)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `śuṣka-aśanyaḥ`.

स-विद्युतः (sa-vidyutaḥ) - Describes the thunderbolts as being accompanied by lightning. (with lightning, accompanied by flashes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sa-vidyut

sa-vidyut - accompanied by lightning, with electricity

Bahuvrīhi compound with prefix 'sa-'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vidyut)

• sa – with, accompanied by, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating accompaniment
• vidyut – lightning, flash of light, electricity
  noun (feminine)
  From √vidyut (to flash)
  Root: vidyut

Note: Qualifies `śuṣka-aśanyaḥ`.

चचाल (cacāla) - The earth trembled. (it trembled, it moved)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √cal

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect Active of √cal

Root: cal (class 1)

च (ca) - Connects this event to the previous one. (and)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अपि (api) - Emphasizes that the earth also trembled. (also, even)

(indeclinable)

Particle

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - The planet Earth. (earth, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

From pṛthu (broad, wide)

Root: pṛth

Note: Subject of `cacāla`.

स-शैल-वन-कानना (sa-śaila-vana-kānanā) - Describes the earth, emphasizing its entire composition. (with mountains, forests, and groves)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sa-śaila-vana-kānana

sa-śaila-vana-kānana - with its mountains, forests, and groves

Bahuvrīhi compound with prefix 'sa-', containing a dvandva compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śaila+vana+kānana)

• sa – with, accompanied by, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating accompaniment
• śaila – mountain, rock, hill
  noun (masculine)
  From śilā (rock) + aṇ
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove, pleasure garden
  noun (neuter)
  From kāna (pleasure) + ana, or variant of vana