महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-76, verse-6

ते नामान्यथ गोत्राणि कर्माणि विविधानि च ।
कीर्तयन्तस्तदा पार्थं शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥६॥

6. te nāmānyatha gotrāṇi karmāṇi vividhāni ca ,
kīrtayantastadā pārthaṁ śaravarṣairavākiran.

6. te nāmāni atha gotrāṇi karmāṇi vividhāni ca
kīrtayantaḥ tadā pārtham śaravarṣaiḥ avākiran

6. Then, proclaiming their names, lineages, and various deeds, they showered Pārtha (Arjuna) with showers of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those kings (those, they)

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• अथ (atha) - then, and, moreover

• गोत्राणि (gotrāṇi) - lineages, family names, clans

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions

• विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, manifold, diverse

• च (ca) - and, also

• कीर्तयन्तः (kīrtayantaḥ) - proclaiming, narrating, praising, mentioning

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna (Pārtha, son of Pṛthā)

• शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows

• अवाकिरन् (avākiran) - showered upon, covered with

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those kings (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the kings from the previous verse

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

Note: Object of 'kīrtayantaḥ'

अथ (atha) - then, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

particle

Note: Conjunction

गोत्राणि (gotrāṇi) - lineages, family names, clans

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gotra

gotra - lineage, family, clan, race

Note: Object of 'kīrtayantaḥ'

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - deed, action, work, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'kīrtayantaḥ'

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, manifold, diverse

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse, of many kinds

Note: Qualifies 'karmāṇi'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

particle

Note: Connects 'nāmāni', 'gotrāṇi', and 'karmāṇi'

कीर्तयन्तः (kīrtayantaḥ) - proclaiming, narrating, praising, mentioning

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kīrtayat

kīrtayat - proclaiming, narrating, praising, mentioning

present active participle

from causative stem of root 'kīrt' (to mention, praise) + 'śatṛ' suffix

Root: kṛt (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'te'

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

from 'tad' with 'dā' suffix

Note: Adverb of time

पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna (Pārtha, son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); a name for Arjuna

patronymic from Pṛthā

Note: Object of 'avākiran'

शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, volley of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Used as an instrument for 'avākiran'

अवाकिरन् (avākiran) - showered upon, covered with

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of avakṛ

imperfect active 3rd plural

from root 'kṛ' (to scatter, class 6) with prefix 'ava'

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)