महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-45, verse-16

तस्य लाघवमार्गस्थमलातसदृशप्रभम् ।
दिशः पर्यपतच्चापं गाण्डीवमिव घोषवत् ॥१६॥

16. tasya lāghavamārgasthamalātasadṛśaprabham ,
diśaḥ paryapataccāpaṁ gāṇḍīvamiva ghoṣavat.

16. tasya lāghavamārgastham alātasadṛśaprabham
diśaḥ paryapatat cāpam gāṇḍīvam iva ghoṣavat

16. tasya lāghavamārgastham alātasadṛśaprabham
ghoṣavat cāpam diśaḥ gāṇḍīvam iva paryapatat

16. His bow, swiftly moving and glowing like a whirling firebrand, traversed all directions, resounding like the Gāṇḍīva bow.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - Of Abhimanyu. (his, its)

• लाघवमार्गस्थम् (lāghavamārgastham) - Moving with great speed and skill. (situated in the path of agility, swift-moving)

• अलातसदृशप्रभम् (alātasadṛśaprabham) - Shining brightly like a swirling torch. (having a brilliance like a firebrand)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - All around, everywhere. (directions, quarters (of the sky))

• पर्यपतत् (paryapatat) - flew around, moved through, darted

• चापम् (cāpam) - Abhimanyu's bow. (bow)

• गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - The famous bow of Arjuna. (Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow))

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• घोषवत् (ghoṣavat) - Emitting a loud sound. (noisy, resounding, roaring)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - Of Abhimanyu. (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

लाघवमार्गस्थम् (lāghavamārgastham) - Moving with great speed and skill. (situated in the path of agility, swift-moving)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lāghavamārgastha

lāghavamārgastha - standing in the path of agility, agile, swiftly moving

Compound of 'lāghava' (agility) and 'mārgastha' (situated in the path)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lāghava+mārga+stha)

• lāghava – lightness, agility, swiftness
  noun (neuter)
• mārga – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, situated, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Gerundive suffix
  From root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अलातसदृशप्रभम् (alātasadṛśaprabham) - Shining brightly like a swirling torch. (having a brilliance like a firebrand)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of alātasadṛśaprabha

alātasadṛśaprabha - having light/splendor like a firebrand

Compound of 'alāta' (firebrand), 'sadṛśa' (like, similar) and 'prabha' (light, splendor)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alāta+sadṛśa+prabhā)

• alāta – firebrand, burning stick
  noun (neuter)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'sa' (with) and 'dṛś' (appearance)
  Root: dṛś
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance, luster
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix 'pra' and root 'bhā' (to shine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

दिशः (diśaḥ) - All around, everywhere. (directions, quarters (of the sky))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

Feminine noun ending in 'ś'

Root: diś (class 6)

पर्यपतत् (paryapatat) - flew around, moved through, darted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pat

imperfect tense (laṅ)

3rd person singular, imperfect tense, active voice, parasmaipada. With prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: pat (class 1)

चापम् (cāpam) - Abhimanyu's bow. (bow)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cāpa

cāpa - bow, arc

गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - The famous bow of Arjuna. (Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - the bow of Arjuna (proper noun)

Name of a famous bow

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

घोषवत् (ghoṣavat) - Emitting a loud sound. (noisy, resounding, roaring)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghoṣavat

ghoṣavat - possessing sound, noisy, resounding

From 'ghoṣa' (sound, roar) with possessive suffix '-vat'