महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-49

एवं शूरौ महेष्वासौ विसृजन्तौ शिताञ्शरान् ।
एकच्छायं चक्रतुस्तावाकाशं शरवृष्टिभिः ॥४९॥

49. evaṁ śūrau maheṣvāsau visṛjantau śitāñśarān ,
ekacchāyaṁ cakratustāvākāśaṁ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ.

49. evam śūrau maheṣvāsau visṛjantau śitān śarān
eka-cchāyam cakratuḥ tau ākāśam śara-vṛṣṭibhiḥ

49. Thus, those two valiant warriors, mighty archers, releasing sharp arrows, made the sky appear as a single shade with showers of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• शूरौ (śūrau) - two valiant ones, two heroes

• महेष्वासौ (maheṣvāsau) - two great archers, two mighty bowmen

• विसृजन्तौ (visṛjantau) - releasing, discharging, throwing (two persons)

• शितान् (śitān) - sharp, sharpened, whetted

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• एक-च्छायम् (eka-cchāyam) - rendered uniformly dark/covered (a single shade, uniform shade; overshadowed, covered completely)

• चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they (two) made, they (two) did

• तौ (tau) - (those two warriors, Arjuna and Karṇa or similar) (those two)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, atmosphere, space

• शर-वृष्टिभिः (śara-vṛṣṭibhiḥ) - with showers of arrows, by means of arrow-rain

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

शूरौ (śūrau) - two valiant ones, two heroes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śūra

śūra - valiant, heroic, brave; a hero, warrior

Note: Also functions as an adjective.

महेष्वासौ (maheṣvāsau) - two great archers, two mighty bowmen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - a great archer, mighty bowman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• iṣvāsa – archer, bowman
  noun (masculine)

विसृजन्तौ (visṛjantau) - releasing, discharging, throwing (two persons)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of visṛjat

visṛjat - releasing, discharging, throwing

present active participle

Derived from verb root `sṛj` (to create, emit) with prefix `vi-`.

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Adjectival participle modifying `śūrau` and `maheṣvāsau`.

शितान् (śitān) - sharp, sharpened, whetted

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharp, sharpened, whetted, keen

Past Passive Participle

From root `śo` (to sharpen).

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Modifies `śarān`.

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Note: Object of `visṛjantau`.

एक-च्छायम् (eka-cchāyam) - rendered uniformly dark/covered (a single shade, uniform shade; overshadowed, covered completely)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ekacchāya

ekacchāya - having a single shade, uniform shade; covered completely

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+cchāyā)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral/adjective
• cchāyā – shade, shadow, reflection
  noun (feminine)

Note: Functions adverbially here.

चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they (two) made, they (two) did

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

perfect tense

From root `kṛ`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The subject is implied, `tau` (those two), which is explicitly stated in the sandhied form.

तौ (tau) - (those two warriors, Arjuna and Karṇa or similar) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the `śūrau maheṣvāsau`.

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, atmosphere, space

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

Note: Object of `cakratuḥ`.

शर-वृष्टिभिः (śara-vṛṣṭibhiḥ) - with showers of arrows, by means of arrow-rain

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of śaravṛṣṭi

śaravṛṣṭi - a shower of arrows, rain of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+vṛṣṭi)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)