महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-59

तस्य बाणमयं वर्षं शलभानामिवायतम् ।
न च बाणान्तरे वायुरस्य शक्नोति सर्पितुम् ॥५९॥

59. tasya bāṇamayaṁ varṣaṁ śalabhānāmivāyatam ,
na ca bāṇāntare vāyurasya śaknoti sarpitum.

59. tasya bāṇamayam varṣam śalabhānām iva āyatam
na ca bāṇāntare vāyuḥ asya śaknoti sarpitum

59. His (Arjuna's) shower of arrows, vast like a swarm of locusts, was such that not even the wind could penetrate the spaces between the arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Arjuna's) (his, of him, its, of that)

• बाणमयम् (bāṇamayam) - made of arrows, consisting of arrows

• वर्षम् (varṣam) - shower of arrows (shower, rain, downpour)

• शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आयतम् (āyatam) - vast, extended, dense, widespread

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• बाणान्तरे (bāṇāntare) - in the interval between arrows, between the arrows

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

• अस्य (asya) - of this (shower of arrows) (his, of him, of this)

• शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able, can

• सर्पितुम् (sarpitum) - to glide, to creep, to move

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (Arjuna's) (his, of him, its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to Pārtha (Arjuna).

बाणमयम् (bāṇamayam) - made of arrows, consisting of arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bāṇamaya

bāṇamaya - made of arrows, full of arrows

Compound adjective formed with 'bāṇa' (arrow) and suffix '-maya' (made of, consisting of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+maya)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  Secondary suffix forming adjectives indicating material or abundance.

Note: In agreement with 'varṣam'.

वर्षम् (varṣam) - shower of arrows (shower, rain, downpour)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - rain, shower, year

From root vṛṣ (to rain).

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - locust, grasshopper, moth

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

आयतम् (āyatam) - vast, extended, dense, widespread

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyata

āyata - extended, stretched, long, vast, dense, widespread

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root yam (to extend, control) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बाणान्तरे (bāṇāntare) - in the interval between arrows, between the arrows

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bāṇāntara

bāṇāntara - interval between arrows, space between arrows

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+antara)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interval, space, interior
  noun (neuter)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, god of wind

अस्य (asya) - of this (shower of arrows) (his, of him, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the 'varṣam' (shower of arrows).

शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able, can

(verb)

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

present

Present 3rd person singular, class 5 verb.

Root: śak (class 5)

सर्पितुम् (sarpitum) - to glide, to creep, to move

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive formed from root sṛp with suffix -tum.

Root: sṛp (class 1)