महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-38, verse-28

कस्येमे पृथवो दीर्घाः सर्वपारशवाः शराः ।
शतानि सप्त तिष्ठन्ति नाराचा रुधिराशनाः ॥२८॥

28. kasyeme pṛthavo dīrghāḥ sarvapāraśavāḥ śarāḥ ,
śatāni sapta tiṣṭhanti nārācā rudhirāśanāḥ.

28. kasya ime pṛthavaḥ dīrghāḥ sarvapāraśavāḥ śarāḥ
śatāni sapta tiṣṭhanti nārācāḥ rudhirāśanāḥ

28. Whose are these broad, long, and entirely metallic arrows? There are seven hundred blood-drinking iron darts.

Words meanings summery:

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• इमे (ime) - these

• पृथवः (pṛthavaḥ) - broad, wide

• दीर्घाः (dīrghāḥ) - long, tall

• सर्वपारशवाः (sarvapāraśavāḥ) - entirely made of iron/metal, wholly axe-like

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - stand, remain, are present, exist

• नाराचाः (nārācāḥ) - iron arrows, steel darts

• रुधिराशनाः (rudhirāśanāḥ) - blood-eating, blood-drinking

Words meanings and morphology

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

पृथवः (pṛthavaḥ) - broad, wide

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛthu

pṛthu - broad, wide, large

Note: Adjective for śarāḥ.

दीर्घाः (dīrghāḥ) - long, tall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, tall, protracted

Note: Adjective for śarāḥ.

सर्वपारशवाः (sarvapāraśavāḥ) - entirely made of iron/metal, wholly axe-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvapāraśava

sarvapāraśava - entirely made of iron, wholly metallic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+pāraśava)

• sarva – all, whole, entire
  adjective (masculine)
• pāraśava – made of iron, metallic, related to an axe
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from paraśu (axe)

Note: Adjective for śarāḥ.

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Note: Noun being described.

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(numeral)

Note: Referring to 'hundreds' as a quantity.

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Adjective for śatāni.

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - stand, remain, are present, exist

(verb)

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

Present stem

Root sthā, class 1, changes to tiṣṭha in present tense.

Root: sthā (class 1)

नाराचाः (nārācāḥ) - iron arrows, steel darts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - iron arrow, steel dart, metal shaft

Note: Subject of tiṣṭhanti.

रुधिराशनाः (rudhirāśanāḥ) - blood-eating, blood-drinking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rudhirāśana

rudhirāśana - blood-eating, blood-drinking, carnivorous

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (rudhira+aśana)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Adjective for nārācāḥ.