महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-43

शरजालं ततस्तत्तु शरजालेन कौरव ।
वारयामास पार्थस्य भीष्मः शांतनवस्तथा ॥४३॥

43. śarajālaṁ tatastattu śarajālena kaurava ,
vārayāmāsa pārthasya bhīṣmaḥ śāṁtanavastathā.

43. śarajālam tataḥ tat tu śarajālena kaurava
vārayāmāsa pārthasya bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ tathā

43. kaurava,
tataḥ bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ tu śarajālena pārthasya tat śarajālam tathā vārayāmāsa

43. O Kaurava, Bhīṣma, the son of Śāntanu (Śāntanava), then repelled that shower of arrows from Arjuna (Pārtha) with his own shower of arrows.

43. הו בן קוּרוּ, וכך גם בְּהִישְׁמַה בן שַׁנְטַנוּ הדף את רשת החיצים של אַרְג׳וּנַה ברשת חיצים משלו.

Words meanings summery:

• शरजालम् (śarajālam) - that shower of arrows (from Arjuna) (shower of arrows, network of arrows)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• तत् (tat) - that (shower of arrows) (that)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with (Bhīṣma's) own shower of arrows (with a shower of arrows, with a network of arrows)

• कौरव (kaurava) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied recipient of the narration) (O Kaurava, descendant of Kuru)

• वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - warded off, repelled, prevented

• पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna, of the son of Pṛthā

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

• शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - Bhīṣma, as the son of King Śāntanu (son of Śāntanu)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

शरजालम् (śarajālam) - that shower of arrows (from Arjuna) (shower of arrows, network of arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, shower of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, web, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (shower of arrows) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies 'śarajālam'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with (Bhīṣma's) own shower of arrows (with a shower of arrows, with a network of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, shower of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, web, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

कौरव (kaurava) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied recipient of the narration) (O Kaurava, descendant of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru; one belonging to the Kuru dynasty

Derived from Kuru indicating 'descendant of Kuru'

वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - warded off, repelled, prevented

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of √vṛ

Causative Periphrastic Perfect

Periphrastic Perfect active, formed from the causative stem 'vāraya-' and the perfect auxiliary 'āmāsa' (3rd sing. perfect of √as).

Root: √vṛ (class 10)

पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna, of the son of Pṛthā

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī) indicating 'son of Pṛthā'

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (name of the son of Gaṅgā and Śāntanu); terrible, formidable

शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - Bhīṣma, as the son of King Śāntanu (son of Śāntanu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāntanava

śāntanava - descendant of Śāntanu; Bhīṣma

Derived from Śāntanu indicating 'son/descendant of Śāntanu'

Note: An epithet for Bhīṣma.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

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