महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-29

तथा तदभवद्युद्धं घोररूपं भयानकम् ।
शोणितोदा महानद्यः प्रसस्रुस्तत्र चासकृत् ॥२९॥

29. tathā tadabhavadyuddhaṁ ghorarūpaṁ bhayānakam ,
śoṇitodā mahānadyaḥ prasasrustatra cāsakṛt.

29. tathā tat abhavat yuddham ghorarūpam bhayānakam
śoṇitodā mahānadyaḥ prasasruḥ tatra ca asakṛt

29. tathā tat yuddham ghorarūpam bhayānakam abhavat
tatra ca śoṇitodā mahānadyaḥ asakṛt prasasruḥ

29. Thus that battle became horrific and terrifying, and rivers of blood flowed there repeatedly.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that way, so

• तत् (tat) - that

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war, fight

• घोररूपम् (ghorarūpam) - having a horrific form, dreadful

• भयानकम् (bhayānakam) - terrifying, frightful, alarming

• शोणितोदा (śoṇitodā) - having blood as water, whose water is blood

• महानद्यः (mahānadyaḥ) - great rivers

• प्रसस्रुः (prasasruḥ) - flowed forth, rushed forth, streamed

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• च (ca) - and

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly, constantly, many times, again and again

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that way, so

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

घोररूपम् (ghorarūpam) - having a horrific form, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghorarūpa

ghorarūpa - of dreadful form, horrific

bahuvrīhi compound of ghora and rūpa

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ghora+rūpa)

• ghora – horrible, dreadful, terrible
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

भयानकम् (bhayānakam) - terrifying, frightful, alarming

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhayānaka

bhayānaka - terrifying, fearful, dreadful

शोणितोदा (śoṇitodā) - having blood as water, whose water is blood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śoṇitoda

śoṇitoda - having blood for water

bahuvrīhi compound of śoṇita and udaka/uda

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śoṇita+uda)

• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
• uda – water
  noun (neuter)

महानद्यः (mahānadyaḥ) - great rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahānadī

mahānadī - great river

karmadhāraya compound of mahat and nadī

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahat+nadī)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

प्रसस्रुः (prasasruḥ) - flowed forth, rushed forth, streamed

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly, constantly, many times, again and again

(indeclinable)

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