महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-55, verse-8

ववुर्वाताः सनिर्घाताः पांसुवर्षं पपात च ।
बभूवुश्च दिशः सर्वास्तिमिरेण समावृताः ॥८॥

8. vavurvātāḥ sanirghātāḥ pāṁsuvarṣaṁ papāta ca ,
babhūvuśca diśaḥ sarvāstimireṇa samāvṛtāḥ.

8. vavuḥ vātāḥ sanirghātāḥ pāṃsuvarṣam papāta ca
babhūvuḥ ca diśaḥ sarvāḥ timireṇa samāvṛtāḥ

8. vātāḥ sanirghātāḥ vavuḥ pāṃsuvarṣam ca papāta
sarvāḥ diśaḥ ca timireṇa samāvṛtāḥ babhūvuḥ

8. Winds blew with thunderous crashes, and a rain of dust fell. All directions became enveloped in darkness.

Words meanings summery:

• ववुः (vavuḥ) - blew

• वाताः (vātāḥ) - winds, breezes

• सनिर्घाताः (sanirghātāḥ) - with thunderous crashes, with loud noises, accompanied by roars

• पांसुवर्षम् (pāṁsuvarṣam) - rain of dust

• पपात (papāta) - fell

• च (ca) - and

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became, happened, existed

• च (ca) - and

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of space

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• तिमिरेण (timireṇa) - by darkness, by gloom

• समावृताः (samāvṛtāḥ) - covered, enveloped, surrounded

Words meanings and morphology

ववुः (vavuḥ) - blew

(verb)

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

Perfect Active, 3rd Person Plural

From root vā (Pāṇini 2.40)

Root: vā (class 2)

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)

सनिर्घाताः (sanirghātāḥ) - with thunderous crashes, with loud noises, accompanied by roars

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sanirghāta

sanirghāta - accompanied by thunder/noise

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+nirghāta)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• nirghāta – thunder, noise, crash, clash
  noun (masculine)
  From nir-han, to strike down
  Prefix: nir
  Root: han (class 2)

पांसुवर्षम् (pāṁsuvarṣam) - rain of dust

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāṃsuvarṣa

pāṁsuvarṣa - shower of dust, dust-rain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṃsu+varṣa)

• pāṃsu – dust, sand
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, showering, year
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

पपात (papāta) - fell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

Perfect Active, 3rd Person Singular

From root pat (Pāṇini 1.984)

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became, happened, existed

(verb)

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

Perfect Active, 3rd Person Plural

From root bhū (Pāṇini 1.1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of space

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

Root: diś (class 6)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, entire, every

तिमिरेण (timireṇa) - by darkness, by gloom

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of timira

timira - darkness, gloom, obscurity; eye disease

Root: tim (class 6)

समावृताः (samāvṛtāḥ) - covered, enveloped, surrounded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samāvṛta

samāvṛta - covered, enveloped, surrounded, clothed

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ with prefixes sam-ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Past Passive Participle used as an adjective.