महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-38, verse-23

सूर्या यत्र च सौवर्णास्त्रयो भासन्ति दंशिताः ।
तेजसा प्रज्वलन्तो हि कस्यैतद्धनुरुत्तमम् ॥२३॥

23. sūryā yatra ca sauvarṇāstrayo bhāsanti daṁśitāḥ ,
tejasā prajvalanto hi kasyaitaddhanuruttamam.

23. sūryāḥ yatra ca sauvarṇāḥ trayaḥ bhāsanti daṃśitāḥ
tejasā prajvalantaḥ hi kasya etat dhanuḥ uttamam

23. Whose is this excellent bow, on which three golden suns, splendidly adorned, shine, truly blazing with radiance?

Words meanings summery:

• सूर्याः (sūryāḥ) - suns

• यत्र (yatra) - on which (bow) (where, in which (place))

• च (ca) - and, also

• सौवर्णाः (sauvarṇāḥ) - golden, made of gold

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• भासन्ति (bhāsanti) - they shine, they appear

• दंशिताः (daṁśitāḥ) - splendidly adorned (describing the suns) (adorned, armored, bitten)

• तेजसा (tejasā) - with splendor, with radiance, by power

• प्रज्वलन्तः (prajvalantaḥ) - blazing, shining forth

• हि (hi) - truly (indeed, for, because)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• एतत् (etat) - this

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

Words meanings and morphology

सूर्याः (sūryāḥ) - suns

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūrya

sūrya - sun; a god

यत्र (yatra) - on which (bow) (where, in which (place))

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सौवर्णाः (sauvarṇāḥ) - golden, made of gold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sauvarṇa

sauvarṇa - golden, made of gold, pertaining to gold

Derived from suvarṇa (gold) with aṇ suffix

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(numeral)

भासन्ति (bhāsanti) - they shine, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhās

Present Active

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice, parasmaipada.

Root: bhās (class 1)

दंशिताः (daṁśitāḥ) - splendidly adorned (describing the suns) (adorned, armored, bitten)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daṃśita

daṁśita - adorned, armored, bitten, put on (armor)

Past Passive Participle

From root daṃś (to bite, to be adorned, to put on armor)

Root: daṃś (class 1)

तेजसा (tejasā) - with splendor, with radiance, by power

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, radiance, brilliance, power, energy

प्रज्वलन्तः (prajvalantaḥ) - blazing, shining forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prajvalat

prajvalat - blazing, shining forth, burning brightly

Present Active Participle

From root jval (to burn, to shine) with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

हि (hi) - truly (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, whose

Note: Also applies to neuter singular genitive.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc, rainbow

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, primary

Superlative degree of 'ud' (up)