महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-234, verse-4

तान्समापततो राजन्गन्धर्वाञ्शतशो रणे ।
प्रत्यगृह्णन्नरव्याघ्राः शरवर्षैरनेकशः ॥४॥

4. tānsamāpatato rājangandharvāñśataśo raṇe ,
pratyagṛhṇannaravyāghrāḥ śaravarṣairanekaśaḥ.

4. tān samāpatataḥ rājan gandharvān śataśaḥ raṇe
pratyagṛhṇan naravyāghrāḥ śaravarṣaiḥ anekaśaḥ

4. O King, the tiger-like men confronted those hundreds of Gandharvas who were rushing into battle, meeting them repeatedly with showers of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those Gandharvas (those, them)

• समापततः (samāpatataḥ) - rushing forth (referring to the Gandharvas) (rushing, approaching, falling upon)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• गन्धर्वान् (gandharvān) - the Gandharvas

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - in hundreds (referring to the Gandharvas) (by hundreds, hundreds of)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

• प्रत्यगृह्णन् (pratyagṛhṇan) - they confronted, they counteracted (they met, they opposed, they received)

• नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - the heroes (referring to the Pāṇḍavas/Arjuna) (tiger-like men, best of men, heroes)

• शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows

• अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - repeatedly (in many ways, repeatedly, variously)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those Gandharvas (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

समापततः (samāpatataḥ) - rushing forth (referring to the Gandharvas) (rushing, approaching, falling upon)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samāpatat

samāpatat - rushing, approaching, falling upon

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'pat' with prefix 'sam-ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'gandharvān'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

गन्धर्वान् (gandharvān) - the Gandharvas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gandharva

gandharva - a Gandharva (celestial musician)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - in hundreds (referring to the Gandharvas) (by hundreds, hundreds of)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'śata' (hundred) with suffix 'śas'.

Note: Adverbial use.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

Root: raṇ (class 1)

प्रत्यगृह्णन् (pratyagṛhṇan) - they confronted, they counteracted (they met, they opposed, they received)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pratigrah

Imperfect Active

From root 'grah' with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Refers to 'naravyāghrāḥ'.

नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - the heroes (referring to the Pāṇḍavas/Arjuna) (tiger-like men, best of men, heroes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger-like man, best among men, hero

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'pratyagṛhṇan'.

शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

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

Note: Instrument of action.

अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - repeatedly (in many ways, repeatedly, variously)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'aneka' (many) with suffix 'śas'.

Note: Adverbial use.