महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-3

मम चापप्रमुक्तानां शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ।
नावृत्तिर्गच्छतामस्ति सर्पाणामिव सर्पताम् ॥३॥

3. mama cāpapramuktānāṁ śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām ,
nāvṛttirgacchatāmasti sarpāṇāmiva sarpatām.

3. mama cāpapramuktānām śarāṇām nataparvaṇām na
āvṛttiḥ gacchatām asti sarpāṇām iva sarpatām

3. My arrows, released from the bow, with their bent shafts, have no return journey, just like serpents that are moving (forward).

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• चापप्रमुक्तानाम् (cāpapramuktānām) - released from the bow

• शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

• नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - with bent joints/shafts

• न (na) - not, no

• आवृत्तिः (āvṛttiḥ) - return, turning back

• गच्छताम् (gacchatām) - of those going/moving

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• सर्पाणाम् (sarpāṇām) - of serpents, of snakes

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• सर्पताम् (sarpatām) - of those crawling/moving

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

चापप्रमुक्तानाम् (cāpapramuktānām) - released from the bow

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of cāpapramukta

cāpapramukta - released from the bow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cāpa+pramukta)

• cāpa – bow
  noun (masculine)
• pramukta – released, discharged, shot
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √muc (to release) with upasarga pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with śarāṇām

शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - with bent joints/shafts

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nataparvan

nataparvan - having bent joints/nodes (of a reed or arrow shaft)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nata+parvan)

• nata – bent, bowed, humbled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √nam (to bend)
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – joint, knot (of a reed or arrow), section
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śarāṇām

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आवृत्तिः (āvṛttiḥ) - return, turning back

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āvṛtti

āvṛtti - return, turning back, recurrence

Derived from √vṛt (to turn) with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

गच्छताम् (gacchatām) - of those going/moving

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sarpāṇām, or implied subject

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Present 3rd singular active of √as

Root: as (class 2)

सर्पाणाम् (sarpāṇām) - of serpents, of snakes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

सर्पताम् (sarpatām) - of those crawling/moving

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarpat

sarpat - crawling, moving, gliding

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √sṛp (to crawl, glide)

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sarpāṇām