महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-32, verse-30

अति भूतानि तं शब्दं मेनिरेऽति च विव्यथुः ।
यानि चाप्लवसत्त्वानि प्रायस्तानि मृतानि च ॥३०॥

30. ati bhūtāni taṁ śabdaṁ menire'ti ca vivyathuḥ ,
yāni cāplavasattvāni prāyastāni mṛtāni ca.

30. ati bhūtāni tam śabdam menire ati ca vivyathuḥ
yāni ca āplavasattvāni prāyaḥ tāni mṛtāni ca

30. bhūtāni tam śabdam ati menire ca ati vivyathuḥ
ca yāni āplavasattvāni tāni prāyaḥ mṛtāni

30. All creatures considered that sound to be overwhelming and trembled excessively. And those aquatic beings, in particular, were mostly killed.

Words meanings summery:

• अति (ati) - exceedingly, excessively

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures, beings

• तम् (tam) - that

• शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound

• मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they considered, they regarded

• अति (ati) - exceedingly, excessively

• च (ca) - and

• विव्यथुः (vivyathuḥ) - they trembled, they were distressed

• यानि (yāni) - which

• च (ca) - and

• आप्लवसत्त्वानि (āplavasattvāni) - aquatic creatures, beings that float

• प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - mostly, almost, generally

• तानि (tāni) - those

• मृतानि (mṛtāni) - dead

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

अति (ati) - exceedingly, excessively

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb modifying the verbs.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures, beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Agrees with śabdam.

शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they considered, they regarded

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

अति (ati) - exceedingly, excessively

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb modifying the verbs.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विव्यथुः (vivyathuḥ) - they trembled, they were distressed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vyath

Root: vyath (class 1)

यानि (yāni) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what, that

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to āplavasattvāni.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आप्लवसत्त्वानि (āplavasattvāni) - aquatic creatures, beings that float

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of āplavasattva

āplavasattva - aquatic creature, being that floats or swims

Compound of āplava (floating, swimming) and sattva (being, creature).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (āplava+sattva)

• āplava – floating, swimming
  adjective (masculine)
  verbal noun/adjective
  Derived from root plu (to float, swim) with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: plu (class 1)
• sattva – being, creature, existence, essence
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root as (to be) with suffix -tva, or related to sat (existent)

प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - mostly, almost, generally

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers back to āplavasattvāni.

मृतानि (mṛtāni) - dead

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with tāni and āplavasattvāni.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)