महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-82, verse-7

तथैव शरजालानि भीष्मेणास्तानि मारिष ।
आकाशे समदृश्यन्त खगमानां व्रजा इव ॥७॥

7. tathaiva śarajālāni bhīṣmeṇāstāni māriṣa ,
ākāśe samadṛśyanta khagamānāṁ vrajā iva.

7. tathā eva śarajālāni bhīṣmeṇa astāni māriṣa
ākāśe samadṛśyanta khagamānām vrajāḥ iva

7. māriṣa tathā eva bhīṣmeṇa astāni śarajālāni
ākāśe khagamānām vrajāḥ iva samadṛśyanta

7. O respected one, similarly, the volleys of arrows released by Bhīṣma appeared in the sky like flocks of birds.

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizing 'similarly') (only, indeed, just, certainly)

• शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - volleys of arrows (networks of arrows, volleys of arrows)

• भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma

• अस्तानि (astāni) - released (by Bhīṣma) (discharged, thrown, cast)

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O respected one, O venerable one)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

• समदृश्यन्त (samadṛśyanta) - appeared (appeared, were seen, became visible)

• खगमानाम् (khagamānām) - of birds (of birds, of those moving in the sky)

• व्रजाः (vrajāḥ) - flocks (flocks, herds, multitudes)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizing 'similarly') (only, indeed, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - volleys of arrows (networks of arrows, volleys of arrows)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śarajāla

śarajāla - network of arrows, volley of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, network, mass, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the verb samadṛśyanta.

भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma

Note: Agent of the passive participle `astāni`.

अस्तानि (astāni) - released (by Bhīṣma) (discharged, thrown, cast)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asta

asta - thrown, cast, discharged, set (as the sun)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root as (to throw)

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Adjective to `śarajālāni`.

मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected one (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O respected one, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - respected sir, venerable one, master

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

समदृश्यन्त (samadṛśyanta) - appeared (appeared, were seen, became visible)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (Laṅ) of samadṛśyanta

Imperfect

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with prefix sam-, in passive voice (dṛśya), 3rd person plural imperfect.

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Verb for `śarajālāni`.

खगमानाम् (khagamānām) - of birds (of birds, of those moving in the sky)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of khagama

khagama - bird, one who moves in the sky

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kha+gama)

• kha – sky, space
  noun (neuter)
• gama – going, moving, a goer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

व्रजाः (vrajāḥ) - flocks (flocks, herds, multitudes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vraja

vraja - herd, flock, multitude, path, journey

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)