महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-76, verse-12

ततः पर्जन्यवत्सर्वे शरवृष्टिमवासृजन् ।
तैः कीर्णः शुशुभे पार्थो रविर्मेघान्तरे यथा ॥१२॥

12. tataḥ parjanyavatsarve śaravṛṣṭimavāsṛjan ,
taiḥ kīrṇaḥ śuśubhe pārtho ravirmeghāntare yathā.

12. tataḥ parjanyavat sarve śaravṛṣṭim avāsṛjan taiḥ
kīrṇaḥ śuśubhe pārthaḥ raviḥ meghāntare yathā

12. tataḥ sarve parjanyavat śaravṛṣṭim avāsṛjan taiḥ
kīrṇaḥ pārthaḥ raviḥ meghāntare yathā śuśubhe

12. Then, all of them, like a rain cloud, unleashed a shower of arrows. Covered by these (arrows), Arjuna shone radiantly, just as the sun appears amidst the clouds.

Words meanings summery:

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

• पर्जन्यवत् (parjanyavat) - like a rain cloud (in terms of showering arrows) (like a rain cloud, like Parjanya (rain god))

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the attackers) (all, everyone)

• शरवृष्टिम् (śaravṛṣṭim) - a shower of arrows (shower of arrows)

• अवासृजन् (avāsṛjan) - they unleashed (a shower of arrows) (they discharged, they released, they created)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by these (arrows) (by them, by those)

• कीर्णः (kīrṇaḥ) - covered (by arrows) (scattered, covered, filled)

• शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - Arjuna shone radiantly (he shone, he appeared splendid)

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

• रविः (raviḥ) - the sun (sun, sun god)

• मेघान्तरे (meghāntare) - amidst the clouds (in the midst of clouds)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

ablative ending -tas

Note: Temporal adverb.

पर्जन्यवत् (parjanyavat) - like a rain cloud (in terms of showering arrows) (like a rain cloud, like Parjanya (rain god))

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat (likeness)

Note: Adverbial usage, comparing the warriors' action to a rain cloud.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the attackers) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Subject of `avāsṛjan`.

शरवृष्टिम् (śaravṛṣṭim) - a shower of arrows (shower of arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śaravṛṣṭi

śaravṛṣṭi - a shower of arrows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+vṛṣṭi)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)
  From √vṛṣ 'to rain'
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Direct object of `avāsṛjan`.

अवासृजन् (avāsṛjan) - they unleashed (a shower of arrows) (they discharged, they released, they created)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of sṛj

Imperfect tense, 3rd plural

Prefix: ava

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Action performed by 'all of them.'

तैः (taiḥ) - by these (arrows) (by them, by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the arrows implicitly.

कीर्णः (kīrṇaḥ) - covered (by arrows) (scattered, covered, filled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīrṇa

kīrṇa - scattered, spread, covered, filled

past passive participle

From √kṛ 'to scatter, to strew'

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies `pārthaḥ`.

शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - Arjuna shone radiantly (he shone, he appeared splendid)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of śubh

Perfect tense, 3rd singular, Ātmanepada

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Main verb for Arjuna's appearance.

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet for Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and Arjuna, especially Arjuna

Patronymic from Pṛthā

Note: Subject of `śuśubhe`.

रविः (raviḥ) - the sun (sun, sun god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun-god

Note: Subject of the comparison.

मेघान्तरे (meghāntare) - amidst the clouds (in the midst of clouds)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of meghāntara

meghāntara - interval between clouds, midst of clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+antara)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  From √mih 'to sprinkle'
  Root: mih (class 1)
• antara – interval, middle, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Location for the sun in the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.