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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-43

न ते स्म शक्याः संख्यातुं व्राताः शतसहस्रशः ।
वृष्टिस्तथाविधा ह्यासीच्छलभानामिवायतिः ॥४३॥
43. na te sma śakyāḥ saṁkhyātuṁ vrātāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ,
vṛṣṭistathāvidhā hyāsīcchalabhānāmivāyatiḥ.
43. na te sma śakyāḥ saṃkhyātum vrātāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
vṛṣṭiḥ tathāvidhā hi āsīt śalabhānām iva āyatiḥ
43. te vrātāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ saṃkhyātum na śakyāḥ sma
hi tathāvidhā āyatiḥ śalabhānām iva vṛṣṭiḥ āsīt
43. These hosts could not be counted, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Indeed, their arrival was like a shower of locusts.

Words meanings summery:

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  • (na) - not, no
  • ते (te) - they, those
  • स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense with present verb, or emphasis)
  • शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - capable of, able to be, possible
  • संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to count, to be counted
  • व्राताः (vrātāḥ) - hosts, multitudes, groups, swarms
  • शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands
  • वृष्टिः (vṛṣṭiḥ) - shower, rain
  • तथाविधा (tathāvidhā) - of such a kind, such
  • हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
  • आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, there was, existed
  • शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • आयतिः (āyatiḥ) - arrival, coming, swarm

Words meanings and morphology

(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - they, those
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense with present verb, or emphasis)
(indeclinable)
शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - capable of, able to be, possible
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śakya
śakya - possible, capable, able to be done, practicable
Gerundive / Potential Passive Participle
Root: śak (class 5)
संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to count, to be counted
(verb)
Infinitive
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)
व्राताः (vrātāḥ) - hosts, multitudes, groups, swarms
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vrāta
vrāta - multitude, troop, host, swarm, assemblage, band
शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands
(indeclinable)
Compound type : Tatpurusha (śata+sahasra)
  • śata – hundred
    numeral
  • sahasra – thousand
    numeral
वृष्टिः (vṛṣṭiḥ) - shower, rain
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛṣṭi
vṛṣṭi - rain, shower, showering, downpour
तथाविधा (tathāvidhā) - of such a kind, such
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tathāvidha
tathāvidha - of such a kind, similar to that, such like
Compound type : Karmadharaya (tathā+vidha)
  • tathā – thus, so, in that manner
    indeclinable
  • vidha – kind, sort, manner, type
    noun/suffix
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
(indeclinable)
आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, there was, existed
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (Laṅ) of as
Imperfect active 3rd singular
Root: as (class 2)
शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of śalabha
śalabha - locust, grasshopper, moth
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
आयतिः (āyatiḥ) - arrival, coming, swarm
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of āyati
āyati - arrival, coming, extent, future, swarm (in context)
Prefix: ā
Root: yam