महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-28, verse-65

ततस्ता योषितो राजन्क्रन्दन्त्यो वै मुहुर्मुहुः ।
कुरर्य इव शब्देन नादयन्त्यो महीतलम् ॥६५॥

65. tatastā yoṣito rājankrandantyo vai muhurmuhuḥ ,
kurarya iva śabdena nādayantyo mahītalam.

65. tatas tāḥ yoṣitaḥ rājan krandantyaḥ vai muhuḥ
muhuḥ kuraryaḥ iva śabdena nādayantyaḥ mahītalam

65. rājan tatas tāḥ yoṣitaḥ kuraryaḥ iva muhuḥ muhuḥ
krandantyaḥ vai śabdena mahītalam nādayantyaḥ

65. Then, O King, those women, crying out repeatedly and making the surface of the earth resound with their sounds like curlews.

Words meanings summery:

• ततस् (tatas) - then, thereafter, thence

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• क्रन्दन्त्यः (krandantyaḥ) - crying, wailing, shrieking

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly

• कुरर्यः (kuraryaḥ) - curlews (a type of bird known for its cry)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• शब्देन (śabdena) - by sound, with noise

• नादयन्त्यः (nādayantyaḥ) - making resound, causing to echo

• महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, ground

Words meanings and morphology

ततस् (tatas) - then, thereafter, thence

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

क्रन्दन्त्यः (krandantyaḥ) - crying, wailing, shrieking

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of krandat

krandat - crying, wailing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'krand' (to cry out, wail) with the active participle suffix.

Root: krand (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

कुरर्यः (kuraryaḥ) - curlews (a type of bird known for its cry)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kurarī

kurarī - curlew, osprey

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

शब्देन (śabdena) - by sound, with noise

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

नादयन्त्यः (nādayantyaḥ) - making resound, causing to echo

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nādayant

nādayant - making sound, causing to roar/resound

Present Active Participle (causative)

Derived from the causative stem 'nādaya' of root 'nad' (to sound, roar) with the active participle suffix.

Root: nad (class 1)

महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)