महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-65, verse-12

महोर्मिणमिवोद्धूतं श्वसनेन महार्णवम् ।
किरीटी तद्गजानीकं प्राविशन्मकरो यथा ॥१२॥

12. mahormiṇamivoddhūtaṁ śvasanena mahārṇavam ,
kirīṭī tadgajānīkaṁ prāviśanmakaro yathā.

12. mahā-ūrmiṇam iva uddhūtam śvasanena mahārṇavam
kirīṭī tad-gajānikam prāviśat makaraḥ yathā

12. yathā makaraḥ śvasanena uddhūtam mahā-ūrmiṇam mahārṇavam (prāviśat),
(tathā) kirīṭī tat-gajānikam prāviśat

12. Just as a crocodile enters a great ocean agitated by the wind and filled with mighty waves, so too did Kirīṭī (Arjuna) enter that elephant army.

Words meanings summery:

• महा-ऊर्मिणम् (mahā-ūrmiṇam) - (describing the great ocean) (having great waves, mighty-waved)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उद्धूतम् (uddhūtam) - (the ocean) agitated (agitated, stirred up, tossed)

• श्वसनेन (śvasanena) - by the wind

• महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - great ocean

• किरीटी (kirīṭī) - an epithet for Arjuna (the crowned one, Arjuna)

• तद्-गजानिकम् (tad-gajānikam) - the enemy's elephant army mentioned in the previous verse (that elephant army)

• प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered

• मकरः (makaraḥ) - a sea monster, crocodile

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

महा-ऊर्मिणम् (mahā-ūrmiṇam) - (describing the great ocean) (having great waves, mighty-waved)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahā-ūrmin

mahā-ūrmin - having great waves

From mahā (great) + ūrmin (having waves, from ūrmi 'wave').

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ūrmin)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ūrmin – having waves, wavy
  adjective (masculine)
  From ūrmi (wave) + -in suffix.

Note: Modifies 'mahārṇavam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

उद्धूतम् (uddhūtam) - (the ocean) agitated (agitated, stirred up, tossed)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uddhūta

uddhūta - agitated, stirred up, tossed, shaken

past passive participle

Derived from the root √dhū (to shake, agitate) with upasarga 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'mahārṇavam'.

श्वसनेन (śvasanena) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śvasana

śvasana - wind, breath, breathing

From root √śvas (to breathe).

Root: śvas (class 2)

महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - great ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean, sea

Compound of mahā (great) + arṇava (ocean).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+arṇava)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the implied verb 'enters' in the comparison.

किरीटी (kirīṭī) - an epithet for Arjuna (the crowned one, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kirīṭin

kirīṭin - crowned, wearing a diadem, a name of Arjuna

From kirīṭa (diadem, crown) with the possessive suffix -in.

Note: An epithet for Arjuna, referring to his crown.

तद्-गजानिकम् (tad-gajānikam) - the enemy's elephant army mentioned in the previous verse (that elephant army)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad-gajānika

tad-gajānika - that elephant army

Compound of 'tad' (that) and 'gajānika' (elephant army).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+gajānika)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• gajānika – elephant army
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of the verb 'prāviśat'.

प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of viś

imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular, active voice, from root √viś with upasarga 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

मकरः (makaraḥ) - a sea monster, crocodile

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of makara

makara - sea monster, crocodile, dolphin, mythical aquatic creature

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'enters' in the comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)