महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-15, verse-17

महता रथघोषेण दिवं भूमिं च नादयन् ।
वर्षान्ते सस्यहा पीथो भाभिरापूरयन्निव ॥१७॥

17. mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa divaṁ bhūmiṁ ca nādayan ,
varṣānte sasyahā pītho bhābhirāpūrayanniva.

17. mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa divam bhūmim ca nādayan
varṣānte sasyahā pīthaḥ bhābhiḥ āpūrayan iva

17. mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa divam bhūmim ca nādayan
iva varṣānte sasyahā pīthaḥ bhābhiḥ āpūrayan

17. Causing the sky and earth to resound with the mighty roar of your chariots, just as the sun at the end of the rainy season, which dries up crops, seems to fill everything with its rays.

Words meanings summery:

• महता (mahatā) - with great, mighty

• रथघोषेण (rathaghoṣeṇa) - by the roar/sound of chariots

• दिवम् (divam) - sky, heaven

• भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground

• च (ca) - and, also

• नादयन् (nādayan) - causing to resound, making noise

• वर्षान्ते (varṣānte) - at the end of the rainy season

• सस्यहा (sasyahā) - destroyer of crops, crop-destroying

• पीथः (pīthaḥ) - the sun (the sun, drinking, seat)

• भाभिः (bhābhiḥ) - with rays, with light

• आपूरयन् (āpūrayan) - filling completely, pervading

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

महता (mahatā) - with great, mighty

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agreeing with 'rathaghoṣeṇa'

रथघोषेण (rathaghoṣeṇa) - by the roar/sound of chariots

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rathaghoṣa

rathaghoṣa - sound of chariots, chariot's roar

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ratha+ghoṣa)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• ghoṣa – sound, roar, noise
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √ghuṣ (class 1)

दिवम् (divam) - sky, heaven

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

Note: Object of 'nādayan'

भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Note: Object of 'nādayan'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नादयन् (nādayan) - causing to resound, making noise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nādayat

nādayat - causing to sound, causing to roar

Present Active Participle

Causative of √nad (to sound, roar)

Root: √nad (class 1)

Note: Qualifying the implied subject 'you'

वर्षान्ते (varṣānte) - at the end of the rainy season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of varṣānta

varṣānta - end of the rainy season

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (varṣā+anta)

• varṣā – rainy season
  noun (feminine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

सस्यहा (sasyahā) - destroyer of crops, crop-destroying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sasyahan

sasyahan - destroying crops

Derived from sasya (crop) and √han (to strike, kill, destroy)

Compound type : Upapada Tatpuruṣa (sasya+han)

• sasya – crop, grain, produce
  noun (neuter)
• han – killer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix form derived from √han
  Root: √han (class 2)

Note: Qualifying 'pīthaḥ'

पीथः (pīthaḥ) - the sun (the sun, drinking, seat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pītha

pītha - drinking, draught, seat, the sun (rare)

भाभिः (bhābhiḥ) - with rays, with light

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of bhā

bhā - ray of light, light, splendour

Root: √bhā (class 2)

आपूरयन् (āpūrayan) - filling completely, pervading

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āpūrayat

āpūrayat - filling, completing, causing to flow

Present Active Participle

Causative of √pṛ (to fill) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: √pṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifying 'pīthaḥ'

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)