महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-76, verse-13

स शरैः समवच्छन्नो ददृशे पाण्डवर्षभः ।
पञ्जरान्तरसंचारी शकुन्त इव भारत ॥१३॥

13. sa śaraiḥ samavacchanno dadṛśe pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ ,
pañjarāntarasaṁcārī śakunta iva bhārata.

13. sa śaraiḥ samavacchannaḥ dadṛśe pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ
pañjarāntarasañcārī śakuntaḥ iva bhārata

13. bhārata saḥ pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ śaraiḥ samavacchannaḥ
pañjarāntarasañcārī śakuntaḥ iva dadṛśe

13. O Bhārata, that best of the Pāṇḍavas (Arjuna), completely enveloped by arrows, was seen like a bird moving within a cage.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that (Arjuna) (he, that)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• समवच्छन्नः (samavacchannaḥ) - completely enveloped (covered, enveloped, veiled)

• ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen, appeared

• पाण्डवर्षभः (pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ) - the best of the Pāṇḍavas (Arjuna) (best of the Pāṇḍavas, bull of the Pāṇḍavas)

• पञ्जरान्तरसञ्चारी (pañjarāntarasañcārī) - moving inside a cage

• शकुन्तः (śakuntaḥ) - bird

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that (Arjuna) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

समवच्छन्नः (samavacchannaḥ) - completely enveloped (covered, enveloped, veiled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samavacchanna

samavacchanna - completely covered, enveloped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root √chad (to cover) with prefixes sam- and ava-

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: chad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ.

ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect

3rd person singular, middle voice, Perfect tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पाण्डवर्षभः (pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ) - the best of the Pāṇḍavas (Arjuna) (best of the Pāṇḍavas, bull of the Pāṇḍavas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍavarṣabha

pāṇḍavarṣabha - best/foremost of the Pāṇḍavas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍava+ṛṣabha)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, foremost
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

पञ्जरान्तरसञ्चारी (pañjarāntarasañcārī) - moving inside a cage

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pañjarāntarasañcārin

pañjarāntarasañcārin - moving within a cage

Agent noun from √car with saṃ- and antara, compounded with pañjara

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pañjara+antara+sañcārin)

• pañjara – cage
  noun (neuter)
• antara – inside, within
  noun (neuter)
• sañcārin – moving, wandering
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from √car with prefix saṃ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ.

शकुन्तः (śakuntaḥ) - bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakunta

śakunta - bird

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian