महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-15

यथाशनिविनिष्पेषो वज्रस्येव च पर्वते ।
तथा तयोः संनिपातः शरयोरभवत्तदा ॥१५॥

15. yathāśaniviniṣpeṣo vajrasyeva ca parvate ,
tathā tayoḥ saṁnipātaḥ śarayorabhavattadā.

15. yathā aśaniviniṣpeṣaḥ vajrasya iva ca parvate
tathā tayoḥ saṃnipātaḥ śarayoḥ abhavat tadā

15. Just as the crushing impact of a thunderbolt, like a vajra, falls upon a mountain, similarly then was the collision of those two arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अशनिविनिष्पेषः (aśaniviniṣpeṣaḥ) - the crushing impact of a thunderbolt

• वज्रस्य (vajrasya) - of the thunderbolt, of Vajra (Indra's weapon)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• च (ca) - and, also

• पर्वते (parvate) - on a mountain, on a rock

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, their (dual)

• संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - collision, impact, falling together

• शरयोः (śarayoḥ) - of the two arrows

• अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, happened, was

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अशनिविनिष्पेषः (aśaniviniṣpeṣaḥ) - the crushing impact of a thunderbolt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśaniviniṣpeṣa

aśaniviniṣpeṣa - crushing impact of a thunderbolt

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśani+viniṣpeṣa)

• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
  noun (masculine)
• viniṣpeṣa – crushing, striking, impact, collision
  noun (masculine)
  noun of action
  Derived from the root 'piṣ' (to crush, grind) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni'
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: piṣ (class 7)

वज्रस्य (vajrasya) - of the thunderbolt, of Vajra (Indra's weapon)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt; diamond; Indra's weapon

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पर्वते (parvate) - on a mountain, on a rock

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, rock

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, their (dual)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - collision, impact, falling together

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnipāta

saṁnipāta - falling together, collision, impact, confluence

noun of action

Derived from the root 'pat' (to fall) with prefixes 'saṃ' and 'ni'

Prefixes: saṃ+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

शरयोः (śarayoḥ) - of the two arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of śara

śara - arrow; reed

अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, happened, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)