महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-5

शराणां पुङ्खसक्तानां मौर्व्याभिहतया दृढम् ।
श्रूयतां तलयोः शब्दो भेर्योराहतयोरिव ॥५॥

5. śarāṇāṁ puṅkhasaktānāṁ maurvyābhihatayā dṛḍham ,
śrūyatāṁ talayoḥ śabdo bheryorāhatayoriva.

5. śarāṇām puṅkhasaktānām maurvyābhihatayā dṛḍham
śrūyatām talayoḥ śabdaḥ bheryoḥ āhatayoḥ iva

5. Let the strong sound of the palms, struck firmly by the bowstring as arrows are nocked, be heard, like the sound of two beaten drums.

Words meanings summery:

• शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

• पुङ्खसक्तानाम् (puṅkhasaktānām) - of those whose nocks/feathers are attached

• मौर्व्याभिहतया (maurvyābhihatayā) - by the striking of the bowstring

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, surely

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard

• तलयोः (talayoḥ) - of the two palms of the archer (of the palms)

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, word

• भेर्योः (bheryoḥ) - of the two drums (of the drums)

• आहतयोः (āhatayoḥ) - of the two drums that have been beaten (of the struck/beaten ones)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 9)

पुङ्खसक्तानाम् (puṅkhasaktānām) - of those whose nocks/feathers are attached

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṅkhasakta

puṅkhasakta - fitted with nocks/feathers (for an arrow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṅkha+sakta)

• puṅkha – feather (of an arrow), nock
  noun (masculine)
• sakta – attached, fixed, joined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √sañj (to cling, attach)
  Root: sañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with śarāṇām.

मौर्व्याभिहतया (maurvyābhihatayā) - by the striking of the bowstring

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of maurvyābhihati

maurvyābhihati - striking/impact of the bowstring

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maurvī+abhihati)

• maurvī – bowstring (made from mūrvā grass)
  noun (feminine)
• abhihati – striking, impact, blow
  noun (feminine)
  from √han with abhi, used as a feminine noun
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, surely

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

from √dṛh

Root: dṛh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage.

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative, Passive Voice

Root √śru, 3rd person singular, Passive, Imperative mood

Root: śru (class 5)

तलयोः (talayoḥ) - of the two palms of the archer (of the palms)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tala

tala - palm (of hand), sole (of foot)

Note: Refers to the two palms of the archer.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, word

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

Note: Subject of śrūyatām.

भेर्योः (bheryoḥ) - of the two drums (of the drums)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, dual of bherī

bherī - drum, war-drum

आहतयोः (āhatayoḥ) - of the two drums that have been beaten (of the struck/beaten ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, dual of āhata

āhata - struck, beaten, smitten

Past Passive Participle

from √han (to strike, kill) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with bheryoḥ.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.