महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-49, verse-37

अदृष्टपूर्वमपि तत्सत्त्वं तेन हतं तदा ।
अन्वेव च ततो व्योम्नः पुष्पवर्षमवापतत् ॥३७॥

37. adṛṣṭapūrvamapi tatsattvaṁ tena hataṁ tadā ,
anveva ca tato vyomnaḥ puṣpavarṣamavāpatat.

37. adṛṣṭapūrvam api tat sattvam tena hatam tadā
anu eva ca tataḥ vyomnaḥ puṣpavarṣam avāpatat

37. tena adṛṣṭapūrvam api tat sattvam hatam tadā
ca tataḥ vyomnaḥ anu eva puṣpavarṣam avāpatat

37. That being, which had never been seen before, was then killed by him. Immediately afterwards, a shower of flowers fell from the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - unseen before, unprecedented

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तत् (tat) - that, this

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - being, creature, essence

• तेन (tena) - by the hunter (by him, by that)

• हतम् (hatam) - killed, struck, destroyed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अनु (anu) - immediately after (after, following, thereupon)

• एव (eva) - emphasizing immediacy (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• च (ca) - and

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, thereafter, then

• व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from the sky (from the sky, of the sky)

• पुष्पवर्षम् (puṣpavarṣam) - shower of flowers

• अवापतत् (avāpatat) - fell, descended

Words meanings and morphology

अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - unseen before, unprecedented

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adṛṣṭapūrva

adṛṣṭapūrva - unseen before, unprecedented, never seen before

Compound: 'adṛṣṭa' (unseen) + 'pūrva' (before).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adṛṣṭa+pūrva)

• adṛṣṭa – unseen, unobserved, not seen
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dṛś' (to see) with negative prefix 'a-'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pūrva – former, previous, before, prior
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'sattvam'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'adṛṣṭapūrvam'.

तत् (tat) - that, this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies 'sattvam'.

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - being, creature, essence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - being, creature, essence, reality, existence, goodness

From root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

तेन (tena) - by the hunter (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agent of the action 'hatam'.

हतम् (hatam) - killed, struck, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, injured

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective, implicitly takes 'abhavat' or 'asti'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from demonstrative pronoun 'tad' (that).

अनु (anu) - immediately after (after, following, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Preposition or adverbial particle.

एव (eva) - emphasizing immediacy (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, thereafter, then

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivative from 'tad' (that).

व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from the sky (from the sky, of the sky)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, ether, space

n-stem neuter noun.

Note: Indicates the source from which the flower shower fell.

पुष्पवर्षम् (puṣpavarṣam) - shower of flowers

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṣpavarṣa

puṣpavarṣa - shower of flowers, rain of flowers

Compound: 'puṣpa' (flower) + 'varṣa' (rain, shower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣpa+varṣa)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vṛṣ' (to rain).
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

अवापतत् (avāpatat) - fell, descended

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, from root 'pat' with prefix 'ava-'.

Prefix: ava

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'puṣpavarṣam'.