महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-11

प्रवर्षतः शरव्रातानर्जुनस्य शितान्बहून् ।
अप्यर्णवा विशुष्येयुः किं पुनर्मांसयोनयः ॥११॥

11. pravarṣataḥ śaravrātānarjunasya śitānbahūn ,
apyarṇavā viśuṣyeyuḥ kiṁ punarmāṁsayonayaḥ.

11. pravarṣataḥ śaravrātān arjunasya śitān bahūn
api arṇavāḥ viśuṣyeyuḥ kim punaḥ māṃsayonayaḥ

11. Even oceans would dry up from Arjuna showering many sharp multitudes of arrows; what then to say of those born of flesh?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवर्षतः (pravarṣataḥ) - of him showering, of him raining down

• शरव्रातान् (śaravrātān) - multitudes of arrows

• अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

• शितान् (śitān) - sharp, sharpened, keen

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अर्णवाः (arṇavāḥ) - oceans, seas

• विशुष्येयुः (viśuṣyeyuḥ) - would dry up, would wither away

• किम् (kim) - what? how much?

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, then, moreover

• मांसयोनयः (māṁsayonayaḥ) - those born from flesh (i.e. mortal beings)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवर्षतः (pravarṣataḥ) - of him showering, of him raining down

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pravarṣat

pravarṣat - showering, raining down, pouring forth

Present Active Participle

From √vṛṣ (to rain) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `arjunasya`.

शरव्रातान् (śaravrātān) - multitudes of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śaravrāta

śaravrāta - multitude of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+vrāta)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• vrāta – multitude, host, group, collection
  noun (masculine)

अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a celebrated hero, one of the Pāṇḍavas)

शितान् (śitān) - sharp, sharpened, keen

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharpened, keen, swift, impelled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √śo (to sharpen, to whet).

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `śaravrātān`.

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Qualifies `śaravrātān`.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Emphasizes `arṇavāḥ`.

अर्णवाः (arṇavāḥ) - oceans, seas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood

Note: Subject of `viśuṣyeyuḥ`.

विशुष्येयुः (viśuṣyeyuḥ) - would dry up, would wither away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of √śuṣ

Optative mood

3rd person plural, Optative mood, Active voice. From root √śuṣ with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what? how much?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative pronoun/adverb.

Note: Used in `kim punaḥ` construction meaning 'how much more, how much less, what then to say of'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of `kim punaḥ` idiom.

मांसयोनयः (māṁsayonayaḥ) - those born from flesh (i.e. mortal beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māṃsayoni

māṁsayoni - born from flesh, a mortal being, animal

Compound type : bahuvrihi (māṃsa+yoni)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• yoni – womb, origin, source, place of birth
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used here to refer to living beings susceptible to arrows, unlike oceans.