महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-59, verse-22

महता मेघघोषेण रथेनादित्यवर्चसा ।
छादयञ्शरवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ॥२२॥

22. mahatā meghaghoṣeṇa rathenādityavarcasā ,
chādayañśaravarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān.

22. mahatā meghaghoṣeṇa rathena ādityavarcasā
chādayan śaravarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

22. (saḥ) mahatā meghaghoṣeṇa ādityavarcasā rathena
śaravarṣeṇa chādayan parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

22. With his great chariot, which sounded like thunder (meghaghoṣa) and possessed the brilliance of the sun (ādityavarcas), he covered (the enemy) with a shower of arrows (śaravarṣa), just like Parjanya, the rain-god, showering rain.

Words meanings summery:

• महता (mahatā) - by a great, by a large, by a magnificent

• मेघघोषेण (meghaghoṣeṇa) - by the roar of a cloud, by a thunderous sound

• रथेन (rathena) - by a chariot

• आदित्यवर्चसा (ādityavarcasā) - by sun-like splendor, by the brilliance of the sun

• छादयन् (chādayan) - covering, overshadowing

• शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - by a rain of arrows, by an arrow shower

• पर्जन्य (parjanya) - Parjanya, the Vedic deity of rain and thunder (rain-cloud, god of rain)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• वृष्टिमान् (vṛṣṭimān) - raining, having rain, showering

Words meanings and morphology

महता (mahatā) - by a great, by a large, by a magnificent

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Modifies 'rathena'.

मेघघोषेण (meghaghoṣeṇa) - by the roar of a cloud, by a thunderous sound

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of meghaghoṣa

meghaghoṣa - the roar of a cloud, thunder

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (megha+ghoṣa)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• ghoṣa – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Used as an adjective modifying 'rathena', meaning 'whose sound is like a cloud's roar'.

रथेन (rathena) - by a chariot

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

आदित्यवर्चसा (ādityavarcasā) - by sun-like splendor, by the brilliance of the sun

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ādityavarcas

ādityavarcas - sun-like splendor, brilliance of the sun

Compound: 'splendor (varcas) like the sun's (āditya)'.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (āditya+varcas)

• āditya – the sun, sun-god
  noun (masculine)
• varcas – splendor, brilliance, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as an adjective modifying 'rathena', meaning 'whose brilliance is like the sun's'.

छादयन् (chādayan) - covering, overshadowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chādayat

chādayat - covering, obscuring, overshadowing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative of root chad (to cover).

Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Refers to the implied subject (Bhishma).

शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - by a rain of arrows, by an arrow shower

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - a shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower
  noun (neuter)

पर्जन्य (parjanya) - Parjanya, the Vedic deity of rain and thunder (rain-cloud, god of rain)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain-cloud, thundercloud, the god of rain and thunder

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

वृष्टिमान् (vṛṣṭimān) - raining, having rain, showering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣṭimat

vṛṣṭimat - having rain, rainy, showering

Derived from vṛṣṭi (rain) with matup suffix.

Note: Modifies 'parjanya'.