महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-75, verse-12

ततस्तं वारणं क्रुद्धः शरजालेन पाण्डवः ।
निवारयामास तदा वेलेव मकरालयम् ॥१२॥

12. tatastaṁ vāraṇaṁ kruddhaḥ śarajālena pāṇḍavaḥ ,
nivārayāmāsa tadā veleva makarālayam.

12. tataḥ tam vāraṇam kruddhaḥ śarajālena pāṇḍavaḥ
nivārayāmāsa tadā velā iva makarālayam

12. Then the enraged Pāṇḍava (Arjuna), with a shower of arrows, stopped that elephant, just as a shore restrains the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• तम् (tam) - that

• वारणम् (vāraṇam) - the elephant (of Bhagadatta) (elephant, that which obstructs)

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

• शरजालेन (śarajālena) - by a net/multitude of arrows

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Arjuna (the son of Pāṇḍu)

• निवारयामास (nivārayāmāsa) - he stopped, he checked, he repelled

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• वेला (velā) - shore, bank, boundary, time

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मकरालयम् (makarālayam) - abode of marine creatures (ocean)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

वारणम् (vāraṇam) - the elephant (of Bhagadatta) (elephant, that which obstructs)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - an elephant; a barrier, obstacle

from √vṛ with suffix -ana

Root: vṛ (class 5)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

from √krudh

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: modifies pāṇḍavaḥ

शरजालेन (śarajālena) - by a net/multitude of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, shower of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Arjuna (the son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu; a Pāṇḍava

derivative of Pāṇḍu

निवारयामास (nivārayāmāsa) - he stopped, he checked, he repelled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of nivāraya

Perfect Tense, Periphrastic Perfect

periphrastic perfect form of the causative √nivṛ

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

वेला (velā) - shore, bank, boundary, time

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - shore, bank, boundary, limit; time, season

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मकरालयम् (makarālayam) - abode of marine creatures (ocean)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of makarālaya

makarālaya - abode of makaras (sea monsters); the ocean

Compound type : tatpurusha (makara+ālaya)

• makara – sea monster, crocodile, a mythical aquatic creature
  noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house
  noun (masculine)