महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-55, verse-11

रूक्षाश्च वाताः प्रववुर्नीचैः शर्करवर्षिणः ।
गिरीणां शिखराण्येव न्यपतन्त महीतले ॥११॥

11. rūkṣāśca vātāḥ pravavurnīcaiḥ śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ ,
girīṇāṁ śikharāṇyeva nyapatanta mahītale.

11. rūkṣāḥ ca vātāḥ pravavuḥ nīcaiḥ śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ
girīṇām śikharāṇi eva nyapatanta mahītale

11. ca rūkṣāḥ vātāḥ nīcaiḥ śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ pravavuḥ
girīṇām śikharāṇi eva mahītale nyapatanta

11. And harsh winds blew low, showering gravel. Even the peaks of the mountains fell down onto the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• रूक्षाः (rūkṣāḥ) - rough, harsh, dry, coarse

• च (ca) - and

• वाताः (vātāḥ) - winds, breezes

• प्रववुः (pravavuḥ) - blew forth, blew strongly

• नीचैः (nīcaiḥ) - low (blowing close to the ground) (low, downwards, gently)

• शर्करवर्षिणः (śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ) - showering gravel, raining pebbles

• गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of the mountains

• शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - peaks, summits, tops

• एव (eva) - even (indeed, certainly, just, only)

• न्यपतन्त (nyapatanta) - fell down

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

Words meanings and morphology

रूक्षाः (rūkṣāḥ) - rough, harsh, dry, coarse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rūkṣa

rūkṣa - rough, dry, harsh, coarse, unctuous

Root: rūkṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with vātāḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वाताः (vātāḥ) - winds, breezes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāta

vāta - wind, air, atmosphere

Derived from root vā (to blow) with suffix ta.

Root: vā (class 2)

प्रववुः (pravavuḥ) - blew forth, blew strongly

(verb)

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

Perfect Active, 3rd Person Plural

From root vā (Pāṇini 2.40) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: vā (class 2)

नीचैः (nīcaiḥ) - low (blowing close to the ground) (low, downwards, gently)

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix aiṣ.

शर्करवर्षिणः (śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ) - showering gravel, raining pebbles

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarkaravarṣin

śarkaravarṣin - showering gravel/pebbles

Agent noun from varṣ

From varṣ (to rain) with suffix -in preceded by śarkara.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarkara+varṣin)

• śarkara – gravel, grit, pebble, sugar
  noun (neuter)
• varṣin – showering, raining, one who rains
  adjective/agent noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root vṛṣ (to rain) with ṇin suffix.
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of the mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Root: gṛ

शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - peaks, summits, tops

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, top, pinnacle, crest

एव (eva) - even (indeed, certainly, just, only)

(indeclinable)

न्यपतन्त (nyapatanta) - fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Imperfect Active, 3rd Person Plural

From root pat (Pāṇini 1.984) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground, terrestrial region

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

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