महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-185, verse-3

ततो बाणमयं वर्षं ववर्ष मयि भार्गवः ।
न्यवारयमहं तं च शरजालेन भारत ॥३॥

3. tato bāṇamayaṁ varṣaṁ vavarṣa mayi bhārgavaḥ ,
nyavārayamahaṁ taṁ ca śarajālena bhārata.

3. tataḥ bāṇamayam varṣam vavarṣa mayi bhārgavaḥ
nyvārayam aham tam ca śarajālena bhārata

3. bhārata tataḥ bhārgavaḥ mayi bāṇamayam varṣam
vavarṣa aham ca tam śarajālena nyvārayam

3. O Bhārata, then Bhārgava rained down a shower of arrows upon me, and I warded him off with a net of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• बाणमयम् (bāṇamayam) - consisting of arrows

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

• ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - rained, poured down

• मयि (mayi) - in me, on me

• भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Parasurama (descendant of Bhrgu, Bhargava (specifically Parasurama))

• न्य्वारयम् (nyvārayam) - I warded off, I prevented

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तम् (tam) - him (Bhargava) (him, that)

• च (ca) - and

• शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with a net of arrows, with a multitude of arrows

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (addressing the listener) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

बाणमयम् (bāṇamayam) - consisting of arrows

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāṇamaya

bāṇamaya - consisting of arrows, made of arrows

formed with the suffix maya from bāṇa

Compound type : taddhita (bāṇa+maya)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  adjective

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - rain, shower, year

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - rained, poured down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vṛṣ

perfect

root vṛṣ in perfect tense

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

मयि (mayi) - in me, on me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - we, I

भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Parasurama (descendant of Bhrgu, Bhargava (specifically Parasurama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhrgu

न्य्वारयम् (nyvārayam) - I warded off, I prevented

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of nivṛ

imperfect causal

ni + vṛ in causal imperfect

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 9)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - we, I

तम् (tam) - him (Bhargava) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with a net of arrows, with a multitude of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, web of arrows

tatpurusha compound of śara and jāla

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, web, multitude
  noun (neuter)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (addressing the listener) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

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