महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-29, verse-3

स कदाचित्समुद्रान्ते विचरन्बलदर्पितः ।
अवाकिरच्छरशतैः समुद्रमिति नः श्रुतम् ॥३॥

3. sa kadācitsamudrānte vicaranbaladarpitaḥ ,
avākiraccharaśataiḥ samudramiti naḥ śrutam.

3. saḥ kadācit samudrānte vicaran baladarṣitaḥ
avākirat śaraśataiḥ samudram iti naḥ śrutam

3. saḥ baladarpitaḥ kadācit samudrānte vicaran
samudram śaraśataiḥ avākirat iti naḥ śrutam

3. Once, while he (Kārtavīryārjuna) was wandering by the ocean, proud of his immense strength, he showered the ocean with hundreds of arrows. This is how it has been narrated to us.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Kārtavīryārjuna) (he, that)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once (upon a time) (once, sometimes, at some time)

• समुद्रान्ते (samudrānte) - at the ocean's edge (at the edge of the ocean, by the sea)

• विचरन् (vicaran) - while wandering (wandering, roaming, moving about)

• बलदर्षितः (baladarṣitaḥ) - arrogant from his power (proud of strength, arrogant due to power)

• अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he showered (arrows) (he scattered, he showered, he poured down)

• शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows

• समुद्रम् (samudram) - the ocean

• इति (iti) - thus (concluding a narration) (thus, so, in this manner)

• नः (naḥ) - by us (it was heard) (by us, to us, our)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - it was heard (by us) (heard, listened, revealed)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Kārtavīryārjuna) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once (upon a time) (once, sometimes, at some time)

(indeclinable)

from kadā (when) + cit (particle)

समुद्रान्ते (samudrānte) - at the ocean's edge (at the edge of the ocean, by the sea)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samudrānta

samudrānta - ocean's edge, seashore

compound of samudra + anta

Compound type : tatpurusha (samudra+anta)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, border, limit
  noun (masculine)

विचरन् (vicaran) - while wandering (wandering, roaming, moving about)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicarant

√car - to move, to roam, to walk

present active participle

with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'

बलदर्षितः (baladarṣitaḥ) - arrogant from his power (proud of strength, arrogant due to power)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baladarpita

baladarpita - arrogant from strength, proud of power

compound of bala + darpita

Compound type : tatpurusha (bala+darpita)

• bala – strength, power, might, force
  noun (neuter)
• darpita – proud, arrogant, haughty
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √dṛp (to be proud) + -ita suffix
  Root: dṛp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'

अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he showered (arrows) (he scattered, he showered, he poured down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ava-√kṛ

imperfect indicative, 3rd singular

with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaraśata

śaraśata - a hundred arrows

compound of śara + śata

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+śata)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

समुद्रम् (samudram) - the ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

इति (iti) - thus (concluding a narration) (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - by us (it was heard) (by us, to us, our)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Used here as 'by us' with the passive 'śrutam'.

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - it was heard (by us) (heard, listened, revealed)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed, tradition, sacred knowledge

past passive participle

from √śru (to hear) + -ta (suffix)

Root: śru (class 5)