महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-180, verse-29

काये विषक्तास्तु तदा वायुनाभिसमीरिताः ।
चेलुः क्षरन्तो रुधिरं नागा इव च ते शराः ॥२९॥

29. kāye viṣaktāstu tadā vāyunābhisamīritāḥ ,
celuḥ kṣaranto rudhiraṁ nāgā iva ca te śarāḥ.

29. kāye viṣaktāḥ tu tadā vāyunā abhisamīritāḥ
celuḥ kṣarantaḥ rudhiram nāgāḥ iva ca te śarāḥ

29. tadā kāye viṣaktāḥ vāyunā abhisamīritāḥ ca
te śarāḥ rudhiram kṣarantaḥ nāgāḥ iva celuḥ

29. Indeed, those arrows, then embedded in the body and agitated by the wind, moved as if dripping blood, like serpents.

Words meanings summery:

• काये (kāye) - in the body

• विषक्ताः (viṣaktāḥ) - embedded, stuck, attached

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind

• अभिसमीरिताः (abhisamīritāḥ) - impelled, agitated, moved

• चेलुः (celuḥ) - they moved, they trembled, they shook

• क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - dripping blood (dripping, oozing, flowing)

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents (as a simile for moving, wriggling arrows) (serpents, elephants, mountain-dwellers)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• ते (te) - those

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

Words meanings and morphology

काये (kāye) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body

विषक्ताः (viṣaktāḥ) - embedded, stuck, attached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣakta

viṣakta - stuck, clinging, attached, embedded

Past Passive Participle

From √sañj (to cling, stick) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + '-dā' suffix (temporal).

वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, a deity of wind

अभिसमीरिताः (abhisamīritāḥ) - impelled, agitated, moved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhisamīrita

abhisamīrita - impelled, agitated, set in motion

Past Passive Participle

From √īr (to move, stir) with prefixes 'abhi' and 'sam'.

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

चेलुः (celuḥ) - they moved, they trembled, they shook

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of cal

Perfect Active 3rd Person Plural

From √cal (class 1) in the perfect tense, active voice.

Root: cal (class 1)

क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - dripping blood (dripping, oozing, flowing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣarant

kṣarant - dripping, oozing, flowing, discharging

Present Active Participle

From √kṣar (to flow, drop, discharge).

Root: kṣar (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

Note: Direct object of 'kṣarantaḥ'.

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents (as a simile for moving, wriggling arrows) (serpents, elephants, mountain-dwellers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake; elephant; mountain-dweller; a mythical being

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 1)