महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-114, verse-5

स दीप्तशरचापार्चिरस्त्रप्रसृतमारुतः ।
नेमिनिर्ह्रादसंनादो महास्त्रोदयपावकः ॥५॥

5. sa dīptaśaracāpārcirastraprasṛtamārutaḥ ,
neminirhrādasaṁnādo mahāstrodayapāvakaḥ.

5. saḥ dīpta-śara-cāpa-arciḥ astra-prasṛta-mārutaḥ
nemi-nirhrāda-saṃnādaḥ mahā-astra-udaya-pāvakaḥ

5. saḥ dīpta-śara-cāpa-arciḥ astra-prasṛta-mārutaḥ
nemi-nirhrāda-saṃnādaḥ mahā-astra-udaya-pāvakaḥ

5. He (Bhīṣma) was like a fire, whose blazing arrows and bows were its flames, whose unleashed missiles were its winds, whose roar was the sound of chariot wheels, and whose fire (pāvaka) was the emergence of great weapons (mahāstra).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Bhīṣma (he)

• दीप्त-शर-चाप-अर्चिः (dīpta-śara-cāpa-arciḥ) - whose flames were blazing arrows and bows

• अस्त्र-प्रसृत-मारुतः (astra-prasṛta-mārutaḥ) - whose winds were the released missiles

• नेमि-निर्ह्राद-संनादः (nemi-nirhrāda-saṁnādaḥ) - whose roar was the sound of chariot wheels

• महा-अस्त्र-उदय-पावकः (mahā-astra-udaya-pāvakaḥ) - whose fire was the rise of great weapons

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Bhīṣma (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of the implied sentence.

दीप्त-शर-चाप-अर्चिः (dīpta-śara-cāpa-arciḥ) - whose flames were blazing arrows and bows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpta-śara-cāpa-arci

dīpta-śara-cāpa-arci - whose flames (arci) are blazing (dīpta) arrows (śara) and bows (cāpa)

A Bahuvrihi compound. The components śara and cāpa are treated as attributes of arci, which is then dīpta, collectively forming an attribute of 'saḥ' (Bhīṣma).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīpta+śara+cāpa+arci)

• dīpta – blazing, shining, lit
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dīp (to shine, blaze)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• śara – an arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṝ
• cāpa – a bow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: cap
• arci – a flame, a ray, lustre
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arc (class 1)

Note: A descriptive epithet for Bhīṣma.

अस्त्र-प्रसृत-मारुतः (astra-prasṛta-mārutaḥ) - whose winds were the released missiles

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of astra-prasṛta-māruta

astra-prasṛta-māruta - whose winds (māruta) are the unleashed (prasṛta) missiles (astra)

A Bahuvrihi compound. astraprasṛta (released weapons) is compared to māruta (wind).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (astra+prasṛta+māruta)

• astra – a missile, a weapon
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 4)
• prasṛta – issued forth, unleashed, extended
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra (forth) + sṛ (to go)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• māruta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ

Note: A descriptive epithet for Bhīṣma.

नेमि-निर्ह्राद-संनादः (nemi-nirhrāda-saṁnādaḥ) - whose roar was the sound of chariot wheels

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nemi-nirhrāda-saṃnāda

nemi-nirhrāda-saṁnāda - whose loud sound (saṃnāda) is the roar (nirhrāda) of chariot wheels (nemi)

A Bahuvrihi compound. nemi-nirhrāda (roar of wheels) is equated with saṃnāda (loud sound), collectively forming an attribute of 'saḥ'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nemi+nirhrāda+saṃnāda)

• nemi – the felloe of a wheel, a wheel
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nam
• nirhrāda – a roar, a loud sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From nir (out) + hrād (to roar)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: hrād (class 1)
• saṃnāda – a loud sound, a roar, a shout
  noun (masculine)
  From sam (together) + nad (to sound)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nad (class 1)

Note: A descriptive epithet for Bhīṣma.

महा-अस्त्र-उदय-पावकः (mahā-astra-udaya-pāvakaḥ) - whose fire was the rise of great weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahā-astra-udaya-pāvaka

mahā-astra-udaya-pāvaka - whose fire (pāvaka) is the rise (udaya) of great weapons (mahāstra)

A Bahuvrihi compound. mahāstrodya (rise of great weapons) is equated with pāvaka (fire), completing the metaphor.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+astra+udaya+pāvaka)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
  Intensifying prefix/adjective
• astra – a missile, a weapon
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 4)
• udaya – rise, appearance, dawn
  noun (masculine)
  From ud (up) + i (to go)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)
• pāvaka – fire, purifier
  noun (masculine)
  From root pū (to purify)
  Root: pū (class 1)

Note: A descriptive epithet for Bhīṣma.