महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-58, verse-27

माद्रीपुत्रौ तु समरे मातुलं मातृनन्दनौ ।
छादयेतां शरव्रातैस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥२७॥

27. mādrīputrau tu samare mātulaṁ mātṛnandanau ,
chādayetāṁ śaravrātaistadadbhutamivābhavat.

27. mādrīputrau tu samare mātulam mātṛnandanau
chādayetām śaravrātāiḥ tat adbhutam iva abhavat

27. tu samare,
mātṛnandanau mādrīputrau śaravrātāiḥ mātulam chādayetām.
tat adbhutam iva abhavat.

27. But in the battle, the two sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva), who brought joy to their mother, covered their maternal uncle (Śalya) with showers of arrows; that truly seemed wondrous.

Words meanings summery:

• माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (the two sons of Mādrī)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• मातुलम् (mātulam) - Śalya (maternal uncle)

• मातृनन्दनौ (mātṛnandanau) - delighting their mother, causing joy to their mother

• छादयेताम् (chādayetām) - they covered, they concealed

• शरव्राताइः (śaravrātāiḥ) - with volleys of arrows, with multitudes of arrows

• तत् (tat) - this act of covering (that)

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing, marvelous

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it became

Words meanings and morphology

माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (the two sons of Mādrī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mādrīputra

mādrīputra - son of Mādrī

Compound type : tatpurusha (mādrī+putra)

• mādrī – Mādrī (name of the mother of Nakula and Sahadeva)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subjects of `chādayetām`.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

मातुलम् (mātulam) - Śalya (maternal uncle)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātula

mātula - maternal uncle

Note: Refers to Śalya.

मातृनन्दनौ (mātṛnandanau) - delighting their mother, causing joy to their mother

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mātṛnandana

mātṛnandana - delighting one's mother

From mātṛ (mother) and nandana (delighting).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mātṛ+nandana)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• nandana – gladdening, delighting
  adjective (masculine)
  From root nand 'to rejoice'.
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Epithet for Nakula and Sahadeva.

छादयेताम् (chādayetām) - they covered, they concealed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of chad

Imperfect 3rd dual middle

Causal of root chad. Imperfect middle, 3rd person dual.

Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Causal form.

शरव्राताइः (śaravrātāiḥ) - with volleys of arrows, with multitudes of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaravrāta

śaravrāta - collection of arrows, volley of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+vrāta)

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

Note: Instrument of covering.

तत् (tat) - this act of covering (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the action described.

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing, marvelous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, marvelous, astonishing

Note: Predicative adjective for `abhavat`.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Root bhū, 1st class. Imperfect active, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)