महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-58, verse-11

यथा वर्षति पर्जन्ये विद्युद्विभ्राजते दिवि ।
तथा दश दिशः सर्वाः पतद्गाण्डीवमावृणोत् ॥११॥

11. yathā varṣati parjanye vidyudvibhrājate divi ,
tathā daśa diśaḥ sarvāḥ patadgāṇḍīvamāvṛṇot.

11. yathā varṣati parjanye vidyut vibhrājate divi
tathā daśa diśaḥ sarvāḥ patatgāṇḍīvam āvṛṇot

11. Just as lightning (vidyut) flashes in the sky (divi) when the rain-cloud (parjanye) rains (varṣati), so too did the flying Gaṇḍīva (patatgāṇḍīvam) cover all ten directions (diśaḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• वर्षति (varṣati) - rains (is raining, in raining)

• पर्जन्ये (parjanye) - when the rain-cloud (in the rain-cloud, when it rains)

• विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning (lightning, electricity)

• विभ्राजते (vibhrājate) - flashes (shines, flashes brightly)

• दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven)

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

• दश (daśa) - ten

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions (directions, quarters)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every, whole)

• पतत्गाण्डीवम् (patatgāṇḍīvam) - the flying Gaṇḍīva (implying its arrows filling the air) (the falling/flying Gaṇḍīva (bow); the Gaṇḍīva whose arrows are falling/flying)

• आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - covered (it covered, it enveloped)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

वर्षति (varṣati) - rains (is raining, in raining)

(verb)

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

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Used here in a locative absolute construction with 'parjanye'.

पर्जन्ये (parjanye) - when the rain-cloud (in the rain-cloud, when it rains)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain-cloud, god of rain

Note: Used here in a locative absolute construction with 'varṣati'.

विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning (lightning, electricity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyut

vidyut - lightning, electricity, flash

विभ्राजते (vibhrājate) - flashes (shines, flashes brightly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vibhrāj

Prefix: vi

Root: bhrāj (class 1)

दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

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

(indeclinable)

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'diśaḥ'.

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions (directions, quarters)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'diśaḥ'.

पतत्गाण्डीवम् (patatgāṇḍīvam) - the flying Gaṇḍīva (implying its arrows filling the air) (the falling/flying Gaṇḍīva (bow); the Gaṇḍīva whose arrows are falling/flying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patatgāṇḍīva

patatgāṇḍīva - the falling/flying Gaṇḍīva (bow)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (patat+gāṇḍīva)

• patat – falling, flying, moving swiftly
  adjective
  present active participle
  Derived from root 'pat' (to fall, fly).
  Root: pat (class 1)
• gāṇḍīva – the bow of Arjuna
  proper noun (neuter)

Note: The participle 'patat' functions as an adjective within the compound, describing Gaṇḍīva in its dynamic action of releasing projectiles.

आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - covered (it covered, it enveloped)

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)