महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-217, verse-12

ते शराचितसर्वाङ्गा विनदन्तो महारवान् ।
ऊर्ध्वमुत्पत्य वेगेन निपेतुः पावके पुनः ॥१२॥

12. te śarācitasarvāṅgā vinadanto mahāravān ,
ūrdhvamutpatya vegena nipetuḥ pāvake punaḥ.

12. te śarācitasarvāṅgāḥ vinadantaḥ mahāravān
ūrdhvam utpatya vegena nipetuḥ pāvake punaḥ

12. Their entire bodies covered with arrows, those creatures, uttering great roars, swiftly rose upwards and then fell back into the fire again.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those creatures (they)

• शराचितसर्वाङ्गाः (śarācitasarvāṅgāḥ) - whose entire bodies were covered with arrows

• विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - making noise, roaring loudly

• महारवान् (mahāravān) - great roars, loud cries

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, aloft

• उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having flown up; having risen up

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; swiftly

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down

• पावके (pāvake) - into the fire

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, furthermore

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those creatures (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

शराचितसर्वाङ्गाः (śarācitasarvāṅgāḥ) - whose entire bodies were covered with arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarācitasarvāṅga

śarācitasarvāṅga - having all limbs covered/pierced by arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+ācita+sarva+aṅga)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• ācita – covered, filled, piled up, pierced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'ci' (to collect, pile) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ci (class 5)
• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body part, body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with te.

विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - making noise, roaring loudly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinadat

vinadat - making a loud sound, roaring, crying out

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'nad' (to sound, roar) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with te.

महारवान् (mahāravān) - great roars, loud cries

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahārava

mahārava - great roar, loud cry, mighty sound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rava)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
• rava – sound, roar, cry, noise
  noun (masculine)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, aloft

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of accusative singular neuter.

उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having flown up; having risen up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall, fly) with prefix 'ut'.

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; swiftly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, impulse, force

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of ni-pat

Perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person plural.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

पावके (pāvake) - into the fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, pure, clear

Derived from root 'pū' (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, furthermore

(indeclinable)