महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-38

एवं तौ स्वर्णविकृतान्विमुञ्चन्तौ महाशरान् ।
आकाशं संवृतं वीरावुल्काभिरिव चक्रतुः ॥३८॥

38. evaṁ tau svarṇavikṛtānvimuñcantau mahāśarān ,
ākāśaṁ saṁvṛtaṁ vīrāvulkābhiriva cakratuḥ.

38. evaṃ tau svarṇavikṛtān vimuñcantau mahāśarān
ākāśaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ vīrau ulkābhiḥ iva cakratuḥ

38. Thus, those two heroes, releasing great arrows adorned with gold, made the sky covered as if with meteors.

Words meanings summery:

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner, so

• तौ (tau) - Drona and Arjuna (implied) (those two)

• स्वर्णविकृतान् (svarṇavikṛtān) - adorned with gold, made of gold

• विमुञ्चन्तौ (vimuñcantau) - releasing, discharging

• महाशरान् (mahāśarān) - great arrows

• आकाशं (ākāśaṁ) - the sky, space

• संवृतं (saṁvṛtaṁ) - covered (by arrows) (covered, concealed, surrounded)

• वीरौ (vīrau) - Drona and Arjuna (two heroes)

• उल्काभिः (ulkābhiḥ) - with meteors, with comets, with firebrands

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they made (the sky covered) (they made, they did)

Words meanings and morphology

एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - Drona and Arjuna (implied) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to vīrau.

स्वर्णविकृतान् (svarṇavikṛtān) - adorned with gold, made of gold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of svarṇavikṛta

svarṇavikṛta - made of gold, adorned with gold

Compound type : tatpurusha (svarṇa+vikṛta)

• svarṇa – gold
  noun (neuter)
• vikṛta – changed, altered, artificial, made of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi-√kṛ (to change, make)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to mahāśarān.

विमुञ्चन्तौ (vimuñcantau) - releasing, discharging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vimuñcat

vimuñcat - releasing, discharging, abandoning

Present Active Participle

Derived from vi-√muc (to release, let go)

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to tau (the two heroes).

महाशरान् (mahāśarān) - great arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāśara

mahāśara - great arrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+śara)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)

आकाशं (ākāśaṁ) - the sky, space

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Note: Object of cakratuḥ.

संवृतं (saṁvṛtaṁ) - covered (by arrows) (covered, concealed, surrounded)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvṛta

saṁvṛta - covered, concealed, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam-√vṛ (to cover, enclose)

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with ākāśaṃ.

वीरौ (vīrau) - Drona and Arjuna (two heroes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Subject of cakratuḥ.

उल्काभिः (ulkābhiḥ) - with meteors, with comets, with firebrands

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ulkā

ulkā - meteor, comet, firebrand, torch

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they made (the sky covered) (they made, they did)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect, 3rd person dual, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)