महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-100

उष्णार्तो हि नरो यद्वज्जलधाराः प्रतीच्छति ।
तथा जग्राह गाङ्गेयः शरधाराः शिखण्डिनः ॥१००॥

100. uṣṇārto hi naro yadvajjaladhārāḥ pratīcchati ,
tathā jagrāha gāṅgeyaḥ śaradhārāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ.

100. uṣṇārtaḥ hi naraḥ yadvat jaladhārāḥ prati icchati
tathā jagrāha gāṅgeyaḥ śaradhārāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ

100. hi yadvat uṣṇārtaḥ naraḥ jaladhārāḥ prati icchati
tathā gāṅgeyaḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ śaradhārāḥ jagrāha

100. Indeed, just as a man suffering from heat eagerly welcomes showers of water, so too did the son of Ganga (Bhishma) receive the showers of arrows from Shikhandi.

Words meanings summery:

• उष्णार्तः (uṣṇārtaḥ) - afflicted by heat, suffering from heat

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, as, in which manner

• जलधाराः (jaladhārāḥ) - streams of water, showers of water

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return, in every, prefix for verb

• इच्छति (icchati) - welcomes (eagerly) (desires, wishes, seeks, accepts)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - he took, he seized, he accepted, he received

• गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - Bhishma (son of Ganga)

• शरधाराः (śaradhārāḥ) - streams of arrows, showers of arrows

• शिखण्डिनः (śikhaṇḍinaḥ) - of Shikhandi

Words meanings and morphology

उष्णार्तः (uṣṇārtaḥ) - afflicted by heat, suffering from heat

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uṣṇārta

uṣṇārta - afflicted by heat, distressed by heat

Compound type : Tatpurusha (uṣṇa+ārta)

• uṣṇa – heat, hot, warmth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: uṣ (class 1)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, suffering
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ṛ (to go, to move) or ard (to pain).
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, person

Root: nṛ

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

Derived from yad (which) + vat (like).

जलधाराः (jaladhārāḥ) - streams of water, showers of water

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of jaladhārā

jaladhārā - stream of water, shower, cascade

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jala+dhārā)

• jala – water, fluid
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal (class 1)
• dhārā – stream, current, flow, shower
  noun (feminine)
  From root dhṛ (to hold, to flow).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return, in every, prefix for verb

(indeclinable)

इच्छति (icchati) - welcomes (eagerly) (desires, wishes, seeks, accepts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of iṣ

Present (Laṭ)

3rd person singular, active voice. Root iṣ (class 6). Used with preverb prati.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

जग्राह (jagrāha) - he took, he seized, he accepted, he received

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Liṭ) of grah

Perfect (Liṭ)

3rd person singular, active voice. Root grah (class 9).

Root: grah (class 9)

गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - Bhishma (son of Ganga)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāṅgeya

gāṅgeya - son of Ganga, Bhishma, Kārtikeya

Derived from gaṅgā (Ganga) + ḍhak suffix.

शरधाराः (śaradhārāḥ) - streams of arrows, showers of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śaradhārā

śaradhārā - shower of arrows, stream of arrows

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śara+dhārā)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ (class 9)
• dhārā – stream, current, flow, shower
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

शिखण्डिनः (śikhaṇḍinaḥ) - of Shikhandi

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandi (name of a warrior), one with a crest/tuft