महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-167, verse-23

तेषामपि तु बाणास्ते बहुत्वाच्छलभा इव ।
अवाकिरन्मां बलवत्तानहं व्यधमं शरैः ॥२३॥

23. teṣāmapi tu bāṇāste bahutvācchalabhā iva ,
avākiranmāṁ balavattānahaṁ vyadhamaṁ śaraiḥ.

23. teṣām api tu bāṇāḥ te bahutvāt śalabhāḥ iva ava
akiran mām balavat tān aham vi adhamam śaraiḥ

23. But even those arrows of theirs, due to their great multitude, covered me powerfully like locusts. However, I scattered them with my own arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• ते (te) - those

• बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - from multitude, due to abundance, because of being many

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - locusts, grasshoppers, moths

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अव अकिरन् (ava akiran) - they scattered upon, they covered, they showered

• माम् (mām) - me

• बलवत् (balavat) - powerfully, strongly, vehemently

• तान् (tān) - those

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वि अधमम् (vi adhamam) - I scattered, I dispersed, I blew away

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Nivātakavacas (implied from context).

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow, reed

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Nivātakavacas' arrows.

बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - from multitude, due to abundance, because of being many

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bahutva

bahutva - multitude, abundance, numerical strength

From bahu + -tva (abstract suffix)

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - locusts, grasshoppers, moths

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - locust, grasshopper, moth

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अव अकिरन् (ava akiran) - they scattered upon, they covered, they showered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ava-ā-kṛ

Imperfect, 3rd person plural, active voice

Prefixes: ava+ā

Root: kṛ (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

बलवत् (balavat) - powerfully, strongly, vehemently

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of balavat (powerful)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Nivātakavacas' arrows.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

वि अधमम् (vi adhamam) - I scattered, I dispersed, I blew away

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vi-dhmā

Imperfect, 1st person singular, active voice

Prefix: vi

Root: dhmā (class 1)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed