महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-21

ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ।
चिक्षिपुः समरे वीरा मयि शाल्वपदानुगाः ॥२१॥

21. tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām ,
cikṣipuḥ samare vīrā mayi śālvapadānugāḥ.

21. tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇām nataparvaṇām
cikṣipuḥ samare vīrāḥ mayi śālvapadānugāḥ

21. Then, in battle, the valiant followers of Śālva launched hundreds of thousands of well-crafted arrows, with their joints smoothly bent, upon me.

Words meanings summery:

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

• शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands (hundreds of thousands, lakhs)

• शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

• नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - of well-crafted (arrows) with smoothly bent joints (of those with bent joints/nodes, well-jointed)

• चिक्षिपुः (cikṣipuḥ) - they discharged (arrows) (they threw, discharged, cast)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - valiant (followers) (heroes, brave men, warriors)

• मयि (mayi) - upon me (Kṛṣṇa) (on me, in me)

• शाल्वपदानुगाः (śālvapadānugāḥ) - the followers of Śālva (followers of Śālva)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands (hundreds of thousands, lakhs)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - hundred thousand (one lakh)

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: object of cikṣipuḥ

शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Note: possessive, 'of arrows', modifying śatasahasrāṇi

नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - of well-crafted (arrows) with smoothly bent joints (of those with bent joints/nodes, well-jointed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nataparvan

nataparvan - having bent joints/nodes (especially of arrows, meaning well-made/smoothly jointed)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nata+parvan)

• nata – bent, bowed, humbled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  past passive participle of nam (to bow, bend)
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – node, joint, knot, festival
  noun (neuter)

Note: qualifies śarāṇām

चिक्षिपुः (cikṣipuḥ) - they discharged (arrows) (they threw, discharged, cast)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṣip

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: perfect tense 3rd person plural of root kṣip

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, conflict, war

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - valiant (followers) (heroes, brave men, warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior, valiant

Note: subject of cikṣipuḥ, also qualifies śālvapadānugāḥ

मयि (mayi) - upon me (Kṛṣṇa) (on me, in me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

शाल्वपदानुगाः (śālvapadānugāḥ) - the followers of Śālva (followers of Śālva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śālvapadānuga

śālvapadānuga - follower of Śālva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śālva+padānuga)

• śālva – Śālva (proper name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• padānuga – follower, attendant
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: subject of cikṣipuḥ