महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-22, verse-11

तिष्ठेत कस्तस्य मर्त्यः पुरस्ताद्यः सर्वदेवेषु वरेण्य ईड्यः ।
पर्जन्यघोषान्प्रवपञ्शरौघान्पतंगसंघानिव शीघ्रवेगान् ॥११॥

11. tiṣṭheta kastasya martyaḥ purastā;dyaḥ sarvadeveṣu vareṇya īḍyaḥ ,
parjanyaghoṣānpravapañśaraughā;npataṁgasaṁghāniva śīghravegān.

11. tiṣṭheta kaḥ tasya martyaḥ purastāt
yaḥ sarvadeveṣu vareṇyaḥ īḍyaḥ
parjanyaghoṣān pravapan śaraughān
pataṅgasaṅghān iva śīghravegān

11. What mortal could stand before him, who is indeed the most excellent and praiseworthy among all the gods? He showers swift-moving floods of arrows, resembling swarms of birds, with a sound like the roaring of thunderclouds.

Words meanings summery:

• तिष्ठेत (tiṣṭheta) - would stand, should stand

• कः (kaḥ) - what mortal (who, what)

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front, before

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• सर्वदेवेषु (sarvadeveṣu) - among all gods

• वरेण्यः (vareṇyaḥ) - most excellent, choicest, venerable

• ईड्यः (īḍyaḥ) - praiseworthy, adorable, venerable

• पर्जन्यघोषान् (parjanyaghoṣān) - like the roars of rain clouds, thunderous

• प्रवपन् (pravapan) - showering, scattering, casting forth

• शरौघान् (śaraughān) - floods of arrows, showers of arrows

• पतङ्गसङ्घान् (pataṅgasaṅghān) - swarms of birds or locusts

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शीघ्रवेगान् (śīghravegān) - swift-moving, of swift speed

Words meanings and morphology

तिष्ठेत (tiṣṭheta) - would stand, should stand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - what mortal (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of martya

martya - mortal, human, a man

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front, before

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सर्वदेवेषु (sarvadeveṣu) - among all gods

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarvadeva

sarvadeva - all gods, every god

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+deva)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)

वरेण्यः (vareṇyaḥ) - most excellent, choicest, venerable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vareṇya

vareṇya - excellent, choicest, venerable, desirable

Root: vṛ (class 9)

ईड्यः (īḍyaḥ) - praiseworthy, adorable, venerable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īḍya

īḍya - praiseworthy, to be praised, adorable

Gerundive

From root √īḍ (to praise)

Root: īḍ (class 2)

पर्जन्यघोषान् (parjanyaghoṣān) - like the roars of rain clouds, thunderous

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parjanyaghoṣa

parjanyaghoṣa - thunder-roar (like that of a rain cloud), roaring like a thundercloud

Compound type : tatpurusha (parjanya+ghoṣa)

• parjanya – rain-cloud, god of rain (Indra)
  noun (masculine)
• ghoṣa – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From √ghuṣ
  Root: ghuṣ

प्रवपन् (pravapan) - showering, scattering, casting forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravapat

pravapat - showering, scattering, casting, sowing

Present Active Participle

From root √vap with pra- prefix

Prefix: pra

Root: vap (class 1)

शरौघान् (śaraughān) - floods of arrows, showers of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śaraugha

śaraugha - multitude of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+ogha)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, stream, mass, multitude
  noun (masculine)

पतङ्गसङ्घान् (pataṅgasaṅghān) - swarms of birds or locusts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pataṅgasaṅgha

pataṅgasaṅgha - swarm of birds, flock of insects (like locusts)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pataṅga+saṅgha)

• pataṅga – bird, insect (locust, grasshopper), moth
  noun (masculine)
  From √pat (to fly)
  Root: pat
• saṅgha – multitude, collection, swarm, community
  noun (masculine)
  From √han with saṁ- prefix
  Prefix: saṃ
  Root: han

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शीघ्रवेगान् (śīghravegān) - swift-moving, of swift speed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śīghravega

śīghravega - swift-moving, having swift speed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīghra+vega)

• śīghra – swift, quick, fast
  adjective (masculine)
• vega – speed, velocity, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  From √vij
  Root: vij