महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-16, verse-87

युधिष्ठिरं च प्रशशंसुराजौ पुरा सुरा वृत्रवधे यथेन्द्रम् ।
चक्रुश्च नानाविधवाद्यशब्दान्निनादयन्तो वसुधां समन्तात् ॥८७॥

87. yudhiṣṭhiraṁ ca praśaśaṁsurājau; purā surā vṛtravadhe yathendram ,
cakruśca nānāvidhavādyaśabdā;nninādayanto vasudhāṁ samantāt.

87. yudhiṣṭhiram ca praśaśaṃsuḥ ājau
purā surāḥ vṛtravadhe yathā indram
cakruḥ ca nānāvidhavādyaśabdān
ninādayantaḥ vasudhām samantāt

87. ca ājau surāḥ purā vṛtravadhe indram yathā,
(tathā) yudhiṣṭhiram praśaśaṃsuḥ.
ca vasudhām samantāt ninādayantaḥ nānāvidhavādyaśabdān cakruḥ.

87. And they praised Yudhiṣṭhira in battle, just as the gods formerly praised Indra for the slaying of Vṛtra. And they made various kinds of musical sounds, filling the entire earth with their resonance.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• च (ca) - and

• प्रशशंसुः (praśaśaṁsuḥ) - they praised

• आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in the fight

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

• सुराः (surāḥ) - the gods

• वृत्रवधे (vṛtravadhe) - in the slaying of Vṛtra

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made (sounds) (they made, they did)

• च (ca) - and

• नानाविधवाद्यशब्दान् (nānāvidhavādyaśabdān) - various kinds of musical sounds

• निनादयन्तः (ninādayantaḥ) - making resound, filling with sound

• वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - all around, on all sides

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (steadfast in battle)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'praśaśaṃsuḥ'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects this action to the previous events

प्रशशंसुः (praśaśaṁsuḥ) - they praised

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (liṭ) of śaṃs

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

Note: From pra-śaṃs

आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āji

āji - battle, fight, contest

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

सुराः (surāḥ) - the gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

Note: Subject of 'praśaśaṃsuḥ' (in the comparison)

वृत्रवधे (vṛtravadhe) - in the slaying of Vṛtra

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vṛtravadha

vṛtravadha - slaying of Vṛtra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛtra+vadha)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra (name of a demon)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vadha – slaying, killing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Circumstance for Indra's praise

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison

इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (king of gods)

Note: Object of implicit verb 'praised' in the comparison

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made (sounds) (they made, they did)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Reduplicated perfect form

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the actions of praising and making sounds

नानाविधवाद्यशब्दान् (nānāvidhavādyaśabdān) - various kinds of musical sounds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nānāvidhavādyaśabda

nānāvidhavādyaśabda - sounds of various kinds of musical instruments

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānāvidha+vādyaśabda)

• nānāvidha – various kinds
  adjective (masculine)
• vādyaśabda – sound of music
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'cakruḥ'

निनादयन्तः (ninādayantaḥ) - making resound, filling with sound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ninādayant

ninādayant - making resound, causing to sound

Present Active Participle

from ni-nad (to sound, make sound) in causative

Prefix: ni

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of 'cakruḥ' (the Pārthas)

वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, the holder of wealth

Note: Object of 'ninādayantaḥ'

समन्तात् (samantāt) - all around, on all sides

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'ninādayantaḥ'