महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-29, verse-8

अपां पतिर्वेगवानप्रमेयो निमज्जयिष्यन्निवहान्प्रजानाम् ।
महानगं यः कुरुते समुद्रं वेलैव तं वारयत्यप्रमेयम् ॥८॥

8. apāṁ patirvegavānaprameyo; nimajjayiṣyannivahānprajānām ,
mahānagaṁ yaḥ kurute samudraṁ; velaiva taṁ vārayatyaprameyam.

8. apām patiḥ vegavān aprameyaḥ
nimajjayiṣyan nivahān prajānām
mahānagam yaḥ kurute samudram
velā eva tam vārayati aprameyam

8. yaḥ vegavān aprameyaḥ prajānām nivahān nimajjayiṣyan mahānagam samudram kurute,
apām patiḥ tam aprameyam velā eva vārayati

8. Just as the immeasurable (aprameya) lord of waters (apāṃ patiḥ) – who is swift, boundless, about to submerge multitudes of beings, and who can turn a great mountain into an ocean – is restrained by the shore (velā), so too will I restrain that immeasurable one.

Words meanings summery:

• अपाम् (apām) - of waters (referring to the ocean) (of waters)

• पतिः (patiḥ) - lord (of waters, i.e., ocean) (lord, master, husband)

• वेगवान् (vegavān) - swift, powerful (describing the ocean/enemy) (swift, quick, powerful)

• अप्रमेयः (aprameyaḥ) - immeasurable, boundless (describing the ocean/enemy) (immeasurable, boundless, incomprehensible)

• निमज्जयिष्यन् (nimajjayiṣyan) - about to submerge (multitudes of beings) (desiring to submerge, about to submerge, intending to sink)

• निवहान् (nivahān) - multitudes (of beings) (multitudes, hosts, crowds, collections)

• प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures, of subjects, of progeny)

• महानगम् (mahānagam) - a great mountain

• यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to the subject of 'kurute') (who, which)

• कुरुते (kurute) - he makes, he turns into (he makes, he does, he performs)

• समुद्रम् (samudram) - ocean (as the result of making) (ocean, sea)

• वेला (velā) - shore (of the ocean) (shore, bank, limit, time)

• एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed, alone)

• तम् (tam) - him (the immeasurable one, i.e., the enemy) (him, that)

• वारयति (vārayati) - he restrains (the ocean/enemy) (he restrains, he checks, he prevents)

• अप्रमेयम् (aprameyam) - immeasurable, boundless (describing the enemy, accusative case) (immeasurable, boundless)

Words meanings and morphology

अपाम् (apām) - of waters (referring to the ocean) (of waters)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

पतिः (patiḥ) - lord (of waters, i.e., ocean) (lord, master, husband)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

वेगवान् (vegavān) - swift, powerful (describing the ocean/enemy) (swift, quick, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vegavat

vegavat - swift, quick, powerful

Possessive adjective formed with suffix -vat.

अप्रमेयः (aprameyaḥ) - immeasurable, boundless (describing the ocean/enemy) (immeasurable, boundless, incomprehensible)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aprameya

aprameya - immeasurable, boundless, incomprehensible, unknowable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a-' + verbal base 'prameya' (from pra- + mā, 'to measure'). Means 'that which cannot be measured'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prameya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• prameya – measurable, knowable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From pra- + root mā (to measure), suffix -ya.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)

निमज्जयिष्यन् (nimajjayiṣyan) - about to submerge (multitudes of beings) (desiring to submerge, about to submerge, intending to sink)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimajjayiṣyat

nimajjayiṣyat - about to submerge, intending to sink

Future Active Participle (Desiderative Stem)

From desiderative stem of ni- + √majj (to sink, dive). The future active participle indicates intent or imminent action.

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 1)

निवहान् (nivahān) - multitudes (of beings) (multitudes, hosts, crowds, collections)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nivaha

nivaha - multitude, host, crowd, collection, heap

From ni- + √vah (to carry, bear).

Prefix: ni

Root: vah (class 1)

प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures, of subjects, of progeny)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creature, subject, people

From pra- + √jan (to be born).

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

महानगम् (mahānagam) - a great mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahānaga

mahānaga - great mountain, a large elephant, a large serpent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+naga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• naga – mountain, tree, serpent, elephant
  noun (masculine)
  From na- + √gam (not moving).
  Root: gam (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to the subject of 'kurute') (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

कुरुते (kurute) - he makes, he turns into (he makes, he does, he performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root kṛ, 8th class, atmanepada.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Ātmanepada form.

समुद्रम् (samudram) - ocean (as the result of making) (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

From sam- + ud- + √rā (to give).

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: rā (class 2)

वेला (velā) - shore (of the ocean) (shore, bank, limit, time)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - shore, bank, limit, boundary, time, occasion

एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed, alone)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (the immeasurable one, i.e., the enemy) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

वारयति (vārayati) - he restrains (the ocean/enemy) (he restrains, he checks, he prevents)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vāray

Causative stem of √vṛ (to cover, encompass, choose).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Causative form.

अप्रमेयम् (aprameyam) - immeasurable, boundless (describing the enemy, accusative case) (immeasurable, boundless)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aprameya

aprameya - immeasurable, boundless, incomprehensible, unknowable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a-' + verbal base 'prameya' (from pra- + mā, 'to measure'). Means 'that which cannot be measured'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prameya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• prameya – measurable, knowable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From pra- + root mā (to measure), suffix -ya.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'tam'.