महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-10, verse-20

ध्वजोत्तमाग्रोच्छ्रितधूमकेतुं शरार्चिषं कोपमहासमीरम् ।
महाधनुर्ज्यातलनेमिघोषं तनुत्रनानाविधशस्त्रहोमम् ॥२०॥

20. dhvajottamāgrocchritadhūmaketuṁ; śarārciṣaṁ kopamahāsamīram ,
mahādhanurjyātalanemighoṣaṁ; tanutranānāvidhaśastrahomam.

20. dhvajottamāgrochritadhūmaketum sharārciṣam kopamahāsamīram
mahādhanurjyātalanamighoṣam tanutranānāvidhashastrahomam

20. dhvajottamāgrochritadhūmaketum sharārciṣam kopamahāsamīram
mahādhanurjyātalanamighoṣam tanutranānāvidhashastrahomam

20. This describes a formidable entity, likened to a destructive fire: one whose banner of smoke rises high from the top of an excellent flag, whose flames are arrows, whose great wind is wrath, whose roar is the sound from mighty bows, their bowstrings, and the striking of palms, and whose sacrificial offering consists of various kinds of weapons (falling) upon armor.

Words meanings summery:

• ध्वजोत्तमाग्रोछ्रितधूमकेतुम् (dhvajottamāgrochritadhūmaketum) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (one whose smoke-banner is raised high on the top of the excellent flag)

• स्हरार्चिषम् (sharārciṣam) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (whose flames are arrows)

• कोपमहासमीरम् (kopamahāsamīram) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (whose great wind is wrath)

• महाधनुर्ज्यातलनमिघोषम् (mahādhanurjyātalanamighoṣam) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (whose roar is the sound of mighty bows, bowstrings, and the striking palms (on bowstrings))

• तनुत्रनानाविधस्हस्त्रहोमम् (tanutranānāvidhashastrahomam) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire, with weapons as offerings into the fire of battle (whose sacrificial offering consists of various kinds of weapons (falling) on armor)

Words meanings and morphology

ध्वजोत्तमाग्रोछ्रितधूमकेतुम् (dhvajottamāgrochritadhūmaketum) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (one whose smoke-banner is raised high on the top of the excellent flag)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhvajottamāgrochritadhūmaketu

dhvajottamāgrochritadhūmaketu - one whose smoke-banner is raised high on the top of the excellent flag

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhvaja+uttama+agra+uchrita+dhūmaketu)

• dhvaja – flag, banner
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – highest, best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• agra – top, front, tip
  noun (neuter)
• uchrita – raised, lifted up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ud-√śri (to raise)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: śri (class 1)
• dhūmaketu – smoke-banner, comet, fire
  noun (masculine)
  tatpuruṣa compound: dhūma (smoke) + ketu (banner/sign)

स्हरार्चिषम् (sharārciṣam) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (whose flames are arrows)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sharārciṣ

sharārciṣ - whose flames are arrows

Bahuvrīhi compound: śara (arrow) + arciṣ (flame)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+arciṣ)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• arciṣ – flame, ray of light
  noun (neuter)

कोपमहासमीरम् (kopamahāsamīram) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (whose great wind is wrath)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kopamahāsamīra

kopamahāsamīra - whose great wind is wrath

Bahuvrīhi compound: kopa (wrath) + mahāsamīra (great wind)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kopa+mahāsamīra)

• kopa – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
  from root √kup (to be angry)
  Root: kup (class 4)
• mahāsamīra – great wind
  noun (masculine)
  karmadhāraya compound: mahā (great) + samīra (wind)

महाधनुर्ज्यातलनमिघोषम् (mahādhanurjyātalanamighoṣam) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire (whose roar is the sound of mighty bows, bowstrings, and the striking palms (on bowstrings))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādhanurjyātalanamighoṣa

mahādhanurjyātalanamighoṣa - whose roar is the sound of mighty bows, bowstrings, and the striking palms (on bowstrings)

Bahuvrīhi compound: mahādhanuṣ (mighty bow) + jyā (bowstring) + talanemi (striking palm/bowstring sound) + ghoṣa (roar)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahādhanus+jyā+talanemi+ghoṣa)

• mahādhanus – great bow, mighty bow
  noun (neuter)
  karmadhāraya compound: mahā (great) + dhanus (bow)
• jyā – bowstring
  noun (feminine)
• talanemi – sound of striking the bowstring with the palm; thumb-guard
  noun (masculine)
  tatpuruṣa compound: tala (palm) + nemi (rim, circumference, sound of a wheel, hence twang)
• ghoṣa – sound, roar, din
  noun (masculine)
  from root √ghuṣ (to make a sound)
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

तनुत्रनानाविधस्हस्त्रहोमम् (tanutranānāvidhashastrahomam) - describing Bhishma as a forest fire, with weapons as offerings into the fire of battle (whose sacrificial offering consists of various kinds of weapons (falling) on armor)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tanutranānāvidhashastrahoma

tanutranānāvidhashastrahoma - whose sacrificial offering consists of various kinds of weapons (falling) on armor

Bahuvrīhi compound: tanutra (armor) + nānāvidhaśastra (various kinds of weapons) + homa (sacrifice)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanutra+nānāvidhaśastra+homa)

• tanutra – armor, mail
  noun (neuter)
  from tanu (body) + trā (to protect)
• nānāvidhaśastra – various kinds of weapons
  noun (neuter)
  tatpuruṣa compound: nānāvidha (various kinds) + śastra (weapon)
• homa – sacrificial offering (homa)
  noun (masculine)
  from root √hu (to offer sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)