महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-90, verse-2

प्रगृह्य सुमहच्चापमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम् ।
महता शरवर्षेण पाण्डवं समवाकिरत् ॥२॥

2. pragṛhya sumahaccāpamindrāśanisamasvanam ,
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavaṁ samavākirat.

2. pragṛhya sumahat cāpam indrāśanisamasvanam
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavam samavākirat

2. pragṛhya indrāśanisamasvanam sumahat cāpam,
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavam samavākirat

2. Seizing a mighty bow whose sound resembled Indra's thunderbolt, he showered the Pāṇḍava (Bhīmasena) with a great volley of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - seizing (having grasped, having taken up)

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - mighty (very great, exceedingly large)

• चापम् (cāpam) - bow

• इन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम् (indrāśanisamasvanam) - whose sound resembled Indra's thunderbolt (having a sound like Indra's thunderbolt)

• महता (mahatā) - by great, by large

• शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - by a great volley of arrows (by a shower of arrows, by a rain of arrows)

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - the Pāṇḍava (Bhīmasena) (the Pāṇḍava, descendant of Pāṇḍu)

• समवाकिरत् (samavākirat) - he showered upon, covered with, scattered upon

Words meanings and morphology

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - seizing (having grasped, having taken up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from pra + grah (to seize) with lyap suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Action performed by Duryodhana.

सुमहत् (sumahat) - mighty (very great, exceedingly large)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, extremely large, immense

Compound of su (very, exceedingly) and mahat (great).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, extensive, mighty
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with cāpam.

चापम् (cāpam) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāpa

cāpa - bow, arc

Note: Object of pragṛhya.

इन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम् (indrāśanisamasvanam) - whose sound resembled Indra's thunderbolt (having a sound like Indra's thunderbolt)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of indrāśanisamasvana

indrāśanisamasvana - having a sound like Indra's thunderbolt

Compound of Indra (Indra), aśani (thunderbolt), sama (like, equal), and svana (sound).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (indra+aśani+sama+svana)

• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
  noun (feminine)
• sama – like, similar, equal
  adjective (masculine)
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Agrees with cāpam.

महता (mahatā) - by great, by large

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, mighty

Note: Agrees with śaravarṣeṇa.

शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - by a great volley of arrows (by a shower of arrows, by a rain of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - rain of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound of śara (arrow) and varṣa (rain).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, showering, year
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Instrument by which the action is performed.

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - the Pāṇḍava (Bhīmasena) (the Pāṇḍava, descendant of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu, descendant of Pāṇḍu

Taddhita derivative from Pāṇḍu.

Note: Object of samavākirat, referring to Bhīmasena.

समवाकिरत् (samavākirat) - he showered upon, covered with, scattered upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of sam-ava-kīr

Imperfect Tense

Imperfect tense 3rd person singular active of root kṛ with upasargas sam and ava.

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject is implicit (Duryodhana).