महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-182, verse-16

यथा रामो बाणजालाभितप्तस्तथैवाहं सुभृशं गाढविद्धः ।
ततो युद्धं व्यरमच्चापराह्णे भानावस्तं प्रार्थयाने महीध्रम् ॥१६॥

16. yathā rāmo bāṇajālābhitapta;stathaivāhaṁ subhṛśaṁ gāḍhaviddhaḥ ,
tato yuddhaṁ vyaramaccāparāhṇe; bhānāvastaṁ prārthayāne mahīdhram.

16. yathā rāmaḥ bāṇajālaabhitaptaḥ tathā
eva aham subhṛśam gāḍhaviddhaḥ
tatas yuddham vyaramat ca aparāhṇe
bhānau astam prārthayāne mahīdhrām

16. yathā rāmaḥ bāṇajālaabhitaptaḥ,
tathā eva aham subhṛśam gāḍhaviddhaḥ tatas aparāhṇe yuddham ca vyaramat,
bhānau mahīdhrām astam prārthayāne

16. Just as Rāma [Paraśurāma] was scorched by a net of arrows, so too was I deeply pierced. Then the battle (yuddha) ceased in the afternoon, as the sun was seeking the western mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Paraśurāma (Rāma)

• बाणजालअभितप्तः (bāṇajālaabhitaptaḥ) - scorched/tormented by a net of arrows

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अहम् (aham) - Bhishma (I)

• सुभृशम् (subhṛśam) - very much, exceedingly

• गाढविद्धः (gāḍhaviddhaḥ) - deeply pierced/wounded

• ततस् (tatas) - then, thence

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

• व्यरमत् (vyaramat) - ceased, stopped

• च (ca) - and

• अपराह्णे (aparāhṇe) - in the afternoon

• भानौ (bhānau) - in the sun, when the sun

• अस्तम् (astam) - setting, going home, western mountain

• प्रार्थयाने (prārthayāne) - seeking, requesting

• महीध्राम् (mahīdhrām) - mountain, earth-bearer

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Paraśurāma (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name); pleasing, charming

बाणजालअभितप्तः (bāṇajālaabhitaptaḥ) - scorched/tormented by a net of arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāṇajālābhitapta

bāṇajālābhitapta - scorched by a net of arrows

compound with a Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇajāla+abhitapta)

• bāṇajāla – net/multitude of arrows
  noun (neuter)
• abhitapta – scorched, tormented, heated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tap + prefix abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with rāmaḥ.

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - Bhishma (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

सुभृशम् (subhṛśam) - very much, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+bhṛśa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• bhṛśa – much, strong, intense
  adjective (neuter)

गाढविद्धः (gāḍhaviddhaḥ) - deeply pierced/wounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāḍhaviddha

gāḍhaviddha - deeply pierced

compound with a Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gāḍha+viddha)

• gāḍha – deep, firm, intense
  adjective (masculine)
• viddha – pierced, struck
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vyadh
  Root: vyadh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with aham.

ततस् (tatas) - then, thence

(indeclinable)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight; fought (PPP)

Past Passive Participle (from yudh)

Root: yudh (class 4)

व्यरमत् (vyaramat) - ceased, stopped

(verb)

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

Imperfect, 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपराह्णे (aparāhṇe) - in the afternoon

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aparāhṇa

aparāhṇa - afternoon

भानौ (bhānau) - in the sun, when the sun

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhānu

bhānu - sun, ray of light

अस्तम् (astam) - setting, going home, western mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - home, setting (of sun), western mountain

प्रार्थयाने (prārthayāne) - seeking, requesting

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prārthayat

prārthayat - seeking, requesting, supplicating

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

from root arth + prefix pra, in causative/denominative form prārthay

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Agrees with bhānau, forming a locative absolute construction.

महीध्राम् (mahīdhrām) - mountain, earth-bearer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīdhra

mahīdhra - mountain (earth-bearer)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (mahī+dhra)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• dhra – bearing, holding
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix from root dhṛ
  from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of prārthayāne. Refers to the western mountain.