महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-82, verse-5

ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रमुञ्चन्पाण्डवो युधि ।
भीष्मं संछादयामास यथा मेघो दिवाकरम् ॥५॥

5. tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi pramuñcanpāṇḍavo yudhi ,
bhīṣmaṁ saṁchādayāmāsa yathā megho divākaram.

5. tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi pramuñcan pāṇḍavaḥ yudhi
bhīṣmam saṃchādayāmāsa yathā meghaḥ divākaram

5. pāṇḍavaḥ yudhi śarasahasrāṇi pramuñcan tataḥ
bhīṣmam saṃchādayāmāsa yathā meghaḥ divākaram

5. Then, the son of Pāṇḍu, showering thousands of arrows in battle, covered Bhīṣma, just as a cloud covers the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - Then (then, thereafter, from that)

• शरसहस्राणि (śarasahasrāṇi) - thousands of arrows

• प्रमुञ्चन् (pramuñcan) - showering (arrows) (showering, releasing, discharging)

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu (Arjuna) (son of Pāṇḍu)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhīṣma

• संछादयामास (saṁchādayāmāsa) - covered (covered, obscured)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

• मेघः (meghaḥ) - a cloud (cloud)

• दिवाकरम् (divākaram) - the sun (the sun, day-maker)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - Then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

शरसहस्राणि (śarasahasrāṇi) - thousands of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarasahasra

śarasahasra - thousand arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+sahasra)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

प्रमुञ्चन् (pramuñcan) - showering (arrows) (showering, releasing, discharging)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramuñcat

pramuñcat - releasing, discharging, showering

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root muc (to release) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Adjective to Pāṇḍavaḥ.

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu (Arjuna) (son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Note: Refers to Arjuna in this context.

युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war, fight

Note: Root form is 'yudh' (f.).

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a character in the Mahābhārata)

Note: Object of the verb saṃchādayāmāsa.

संछादयामास (saṁchādayāmāsa) - covered (covered, obscured)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of saṃchādayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect

Derived from root chad (to cover) with prefix sam-, causative (chādaya) and periphrastic perfect suffix āmāsa.

Prefix: sam

Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Periphrastic perfect is used for verbs with more than one syllable, typically formed with a nominal form of the root + auxiliary verb 'as' (to be) or 'kṛ' (to do).

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

मेघः (meghaḥ) - a cloud (cloud)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud, rain-cloud

Note: Subject of the simile.

दिवाकरम् (divākaram) - the sun (the sun, day-maker)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of divākara

divākara - sun, day-maker

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, during the day
  indeclinable
• kara – making, causing, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of the simile.