महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-48, verse-18

तथैव गत्वा बीभत्सुर्नाम विश्राव्य चात्मनः ।
शलभैरिव तां सेनां शरैः शीघ्रमवाकिरत् ॥१८॥

18. tathaiva gatvā bībhatsurnāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ ,
śalabhairiva tāṁ senāṁ śaraiḥ śīghramavākirat.

18. tathā eva gatvā bībhatsuḥ nāma viśrāvya ca ātmanaḥ
śalabaiḥ iva tām senām śaraiḥ śīghram avākirat

18. Indeed, having gone there, Bibhatsu (Arjuna), after announcing his own name (ātman), quickly showered that army with arrows, as if with a swarm of locusts.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (to the place of battle) (having gone)

• बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bibhatsu (Arjuna) (Bibhatsu (a name of Arjuna), one who abhors evil)

• नाम (nāma) - name

• विश्राव्य (viśrāvya) - having caused to hear, having announced

• च (ca) - and, also

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of his own (ātman) (of himself, of the self (ātman))

• शलबैः (śalabaiḥ) - as if with a swarm of locusts (by moths, by locusts)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ताम् (tām) - that (army) (that (feminine))

• सेनाम् (senām) - army

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he scattered, he showered upon, he poured down

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (to the place of battle) (having gone)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bibhatsu (Arjuna) (Bibhatsu (a name of Arjuna), one who abhors evil)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bībhatsu

bībhatsu - Arjuna (one of the names of Arjuna), one who abhors (sin or evil)

नाम (nāma) - name

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, title

विश्राव्य (viśrāvya) - having caused to hear, having announced

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund) of causative

Absolutive from causative of root śru with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of his own (ātman) (of himself, of the self (ātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman), essence

Root: an (class 2)

शलबैः (śalabaiḥ) - as if with a swarm of locusts (by moths, by locusts)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, locust, grasshopper

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (army) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

सेनाम् (senām) - army

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, battle array

Root: si (class 5)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, rush

Root: śṛ (class 1)

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he scattered, he showered upon, he poured down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of avakṛ

imperfect active

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)