महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-46, verse-17

अपि वा रथघोषेण भयार्ता सव्यसाचिनः ।
प्रतिभाति विदीर्णेव सर्वतो भारती चमूः ॥१७॥

17. api vā rathaghoṣeṇa bhayārtā savyasācinaḥ ,
pratibhāti vidīrṇeva sarvato bhāratī camūḥ.

17. api vā rathaghoṣeṇa bhayārtā savyasācinaḥ
pratibhāti vidīrṇā iva sarvataḥ bhāratī camūḥ

17. Or perhaps, by the roar of Savyasācin's (Arjuna's) chariots, the Bhārata army, distressed by fear, appears as if shattered on all sides.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - also, even, and, but, whether, if, perhaps

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• रथघोषेण (rathaghoṣeṇa) - by the sound of the chariots, by the roar of the chariots

• भयार्ता (bhayārtā) - distressed by fear, suffering from fear

• सव्यसाचिनः (savyasācinaḥ) - of Savyasācin, of Arjuna (one who can shoot with both hands)

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it shines, it occurs

• विदीर्णा (vidīrṇā) - torn apart, shattered, split

• इव (iva) - as, like, as if, just as

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, on all sides, everywhere

• भारती (bhāratī) - of the Bhāratas, related to Bhārata

• चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - also, even, and, but, whether, if, perhaps

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

रथघोषेण (rathaghoṣeṇa) - by the sound of the chariots, by the roar of the chariots

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rathaghoṣa

rathaghoṣa - sound of chariots, chariot-roar

Compound type : tatpurusha (ratha+ghoṣa)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• ghoṣa – sound, roar, cry, noise
  noun (masculine)
  from ghuṣ + ghañ
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

भयार्ता (bhayārtā) - distressed by fear, suffering from fear

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhayārta

bhayārta - distressed by fear, fear-stricken

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhaya+ārta)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  from bhī + ac
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• ārta – distressed, afflicted, pained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ṛ + kta
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `camūḥ`.

सव्यसाचिनः (savyasācinaḥ) - of Savyasācin, of Arjuna (one who can shoot with both hands)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - one who can shoot with the left hand, an epithet of Arjuna

savyena sācī (one who pulls with the left hand)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left (hand), south
  adjective (masculine)
• sācin – one who draws or pulls (a bowstring)
  noun (masculine)
  from sañj + ṇin
  Root: sañj (class 7)

Note: Forms a compound with `rathaghoṣeṇa` (genitive before compound).

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it shines, it occurs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

विदीर्णा (vidīrṇā) - torn apart, shattered, split

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidīrṇa

vidīrṇa - torn, rent, split, broken, shattered

Past Passive Participle

from vi-dṝ + kta

Prefix: vi

Root: dṝ (class 9)

Note: Past Passive Participle.

इव (iva) - as, like, as if, just as

(indeclinable)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, on all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

from sarva + tasi

भारती (bhāratī) - of the Bhāratas, related to Bhārata

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāratī

bhāratī - Indian, relating to Bhārata; speech, Sarasvati; name of an army

from bhārata + ī

Note: Feminine form of `bhārata`.

चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of camū

camū - army, host, division of an army