महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-89, verse-4

अथैनं शरवर्षेण समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ।
पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः शरदीव बलाहकाः ॥४॥

4. athainaṁ śaravarṣeṇa samantātparyavārayan ,
parvataṁ vāridhārābhiḥ śaradīva balāhakāḥ.

4. atha enam śaravarṣeṇa samantāt paryavārayan
parvatam vāridhārābhiḥ śaradi iva balāhakāḥ

4. atha enam śaravarṣeṇa samantāt paryavārayan
balāhakāḥ śaradi iva vāridhārābhiḥ parvatam

4. Then, they surrounded him from all sides with a shower of arrows, just as clouds cover a mountain with torrents of rain in autumn.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• एनम् (enam) - Ghaṭotkaca (him, this (person))

• शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows, with a rain of arrows

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

• पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - they surrounded (Ghaṭotkaca) (they surrounded, they enveloped, they warded off)

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - (compared to Ghaṭotkaca) (mountain, hill)

• वारिधाराभिः (vāridhārābhiḥ) - with streams of water, with rain-showers

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बलाहकाः (balāhakāḥ) - clouds

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Particle.

एनम् (enam) - Ghaṭotkaca (him, this (person))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

Pronoun.

Note: Object of paryavārayan.

शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows, with a rain of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, rain of arrows

Compound noun.

Compound type : śaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ (class 1)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)
  From root vṛṣ (to rain).
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Means by means of a shower of arrows.

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form derived from samanta (all-sided, whole).

Note: Adverb.

पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - they surrounded (Ghaṭotkaca) (they surrounded, they enveloped, they warded off)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paryāvaraya

imperfect tense active

3rd person plural imperfect tense, causative form of root vṛ (to cover) with prefixes pari and ava. The 'a-' is the augment for imperfect.

Prefixes: pari+ava

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: The 'y' in paryavārayan is due to sandhi of pari-ava.

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - (compared to Ghaṭotkaca) (mountain, hill)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Used in the simile to denote Ghaṭotkaca's vastness/steadfastness.

वारिधाराभिः (vāridhārābhiḥ) - with streams of water, with rain-showers

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vāridhārā

vāridhārā - stream of water, torrent of rain

Compound noun.

Compound type : śaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (vāri+dhārā)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
  i-stem neuter noun.
• dhārā – stream, flow, current, shower
  noun (feminine)
  From root dhṛ (to hold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Instrument of the clouds' action.

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn

D-stem feminine noun.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

Note: Marks the simile.

बलाहकाः (balāhakāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balāhaka

balāhaka - a cloud, a kind of snake