महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-80, verse-26

तामापतन्तीं विमलामश्मगर्भां महागदाम् ।
शरैरनेकसाहस्रैर्वारयामास गौतमः ॥२६॥

26. tāmāpatantīṁ vimalāmaśmagarbhāṁ mahāgadām ,
śarairanekasāhasrairvārayāmāsa gautamaḥ.

26. tām āpatantīm vimalām aśmagarbhām mahāgadām
śaraiḥ aneka-sāhasraiḥ vārayāmāsa Gautamaḥ

26. Gautamaḥ āpatantīm vimalām aśmagarbhām tām
mahāgadām aneka-sāhasraiḥ śaraiḥ vārayāmāsa

26. With many thousands of arrows, Gautama warded off that great mace, which was gleaming, approaching, and made of stone.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the mace) (that (feminine, accusative singular))

• आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - approaching (approaching, falling towards, coming)

• विमलाम् (vimalām) - gleaming (spotless, pure, gleaming, bright)

• अश्मगर्भाम् (aśmagarbhām) - made of stone (having stone in its interior, made of stone)

• महागदाम् (mahāgadām) - great mace

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• अनेक-साहस्रैः (aneka-sāhasraiḥ) - with many thousands (of arrows) (by many thousands)

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

• गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the mace) (that (feminine, accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - approaching (approaching, falling towards, coming)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpatant

āpatant - falling towards, approaching

Present Active Participle

from root 'pat' (to fall) with prefix 'ā', feminine accusative singular

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

विमलाम् (vimalām) - gleaming (spotless, pure, gleaming, bright)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vimala

vimala - spotless, pure, clean, bright

Prefix: vi

Root: mala

अश्मगर्भाम् (aśmagarbhām) - made of stone (having stone in its interior, made of stone)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aśmagarbhā

aśmagarbhā - having stone inside, stone-centered

compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (aśman+garbha)

• aśman – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• garbha – interior, womb, core
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛbh

महागदाम् (mahāgadām) - great mace

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāgadā

mahāgadā - great mace

compound

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+gadā)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the mace from the previous verse.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ

अनेक-साहस्रैः (aneka-sāhasraiḥ) - with many thousands (of arrows) (by many thousands)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aneka-sāhasra

aneka-sāhasra - consisting of many thousands

compound

Compound type : karmadharaya (aneka+sāhasra)

• aneka – many, numerous, not one
  adjective (masculine)
  Formed from 'an' (not) and 'eka' (one)
  Prefix: an
• sāhasra – relating to a thousand, consisting of a thousand
  adjective (masculine)
  from 'sahasra' (thousand) + 'a' suffix

Note: Agrees with 'śaraiḥ' (arrows)

वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - warded off (warded off, restrained, prevented)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vṛ

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, causal form from root vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Causal perfect form.

गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Gautama

Gautama - Gautama (a sage's name, or descendant of Gotama)