महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-76, verse-28

बाहुभ्यामिव संतीर्णौ सिन्धुषष्ठाः समुद्रगाः ।
तपान्ते सरितः पूर्णा महाग्राहसमाकुलाः ॥२८॥

28. bāhubhyāmiva saṁtīrṇau sindhuṣaṣṭhāḥ samudragāḥ ,
tapānte saritaḥ pūrṇā mahāgrāhasamākulāḥ.

28. bāhubhyām iva saṃtīrṇau sindhuṣaṣṭhāḥ samudragāḥ
tapānte saritaḥ pūrṇāḥ mahāgrāhasamākulāḥ

28. (tau) bāhubhyām iva saṃtīrṇau,
(yathā) tapānte mahāgrāhasamākulāḥ pūrṇāḥ samudragāḥ sindhuṣaṣṭhāḥ saritaḥ (tīryante)

28. They had crossed (the formidable battle), as if with their (mighty) arms, like full rivers at the end of summer that flow to the ocean and are teeming with great crocodiles.

Words meanings summery:

• बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with two arms, by means of two arms

• इव (iva) - as, like, as if

• संतीर्णौ (saṁtīrṇau) - successfully crossed (the battle/obstacles) (crossed over, traversed)

• सिन्धुषष्ठाः (sindhuṣaṣṭhāḥ) - great, numerous rivers to be crossed (the six rivers (with Sindhu as the principal or sixth))

• समुद्रगाः (samudragāḥ) - ocean-going, flowing to the sea

• तपान्ते (tapānte) - at the end of summer, at the end of the hot season

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• पूर्णाः (pūrṇāḥ) - full, complete

• महाग्राहसमाकुलाः (mahāgrāhasamākulāḥ) - crowded with great crocodiles/aquatic monsters

Words meanings and morphology

बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with two arms, by means of two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

इव (iva) - as, like, as if

(indeclinable)

संतीर्णौ (saṁtīrṇau) - successfully crossed (the battle/obstacles) (crossed over, traversed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃtīrṇa

saṁtīrṇa - crossed, traversed, saved, delivered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tṛ (to cross) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the two heroes (Arjuna and Krishna).

सिन्धुषष्ठाः (sindhuṣaṣṭhāḥ) - great, numerous rivers to be crossed (the six rivers (with Sindhu as the principal or sixth))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sindhuṣaṣṭha

sindhuṣaṣṭha - having Sindhu as the sixth; accompanied by six rivers; six rivers including Sindhu

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sindhu+ṣaṣṭha)

• sindhu – river, Indus River
  noun (masculine/feminine)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  adjective

समुद्रगाः (samudragāḥ) - ocean-going, flowing to the sea

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samudraga

samudraga - going to the ocean, flowing to the sea

Derived from samudra + root gam (to go) + ḍa suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samudra+ga)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, leading to
  adjective
  Derived from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

तपान्ते (tapānte) - at the end of summer, at the end of the hot season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tapānta

tapānta - end of heat, end of summer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapa+anta)

• tapa – heat, summer, asceticism (tapas)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

पूर्णाः (pūrṇāḥ) - full, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, fulfilled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pṛ (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 3)

महाग्राहसमाकुलाः (mahāgrāhasamākulāḥ) - crowded with great crocodiles/aquatic monsters

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahāgrāhasamākula

mahāgrāhasamākula - agitated by great crocodiles/aquatic monsters, crowded with great monsters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahāgrāha+samākula)

• mahāgrāha – great crocodile, large aquatic monster
  noun (masculine)
• samākula – agitated, crowded, filled, perplexed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kul with prefix sam-ā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: kul (class 1)