महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-96, verse-7

तान्यनीकानि सौभद्रो द्रावयन्बह्वशोभत ।
तूलराशिमिवाधूय मारुतः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥७॥

7. tānyanīkāni saubhadro drāvayanbahvaśobhata ,
tūlarāśimivādhūya mārutaḥ sarvatodiśam.

7. tāni anīkāni saubhadraḥ drāvayan bahu aśobhata
tūlarāśim iva ādhūya marutaḥ sarvatodiśam

7. saubhadraḥ tāni anīkāni drāvayan bahu aśobhata
marutaḥ tūlarāśim iva sarvatodiśam ādhūya

7. Saubhadra (Abhimanyu), dispersing those armies, shone greatly, just as the wind (Maruta) scatters a pile of cotton in all directions.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those

• अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, troops

• सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - son of Subhadra, Abhimanyu

• द्रावयन् (drāvayan) - causing to flee, dispersing, putting to flight

• बहु (bahu) - greatly, much, very

• अशोभत (aśobhata) - he shone, appeared splendid, was radiant

• तूलराशिम् (tūlarāśim) - a pile of cotton

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आधूय (ādhūya) - having shaken, having scattered, having agitated

• मरुतः (marutaḥ) - the wind (the wind, Maruta (Vedic deity))

• सर्वतोदिशम् (sarvatodiśam) - in all directions

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, troops

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, array, battle-front

Note: Object of the action implied by drāvayan.

सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - son of Subhadra, Abhimanyu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saubhadra

saubhadra - son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu)

Patronymic from Subhadra.

द्रावयन् (drāvayan) - causing to flee, dispersing, putting to flight

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drāvayat

drāvayat - causing to flee, dispersing

Present Active Participle (causative)

From causative stem drāvaya of root dru (to run, flee) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: dru (class 1)

बहु (bahu) - greatly, much, very

(indeclinable)

अशोभत (aśobhata) - he shone, appeared splendid, was radiant

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (Laṅ) of śubh

Imperfect Middle

Imperfect tense (aorist-like past), middle voice, 3rd person singular. From root śubh (to shine).

Root: śubh (class 1)

तूलराशिम् (tūlarāśim) - a pile of cotton

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tūlarāśi

tūlarāśi - pile of cotton, heap of wadding

Compound type : tatpurusha (tūla+rāśi)

• tūla – cotton, wadding
  noun (neuter)
• rāśi – heap, pile, quantity, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of ādhūya.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

आधूय (ādhūya) - having shaken, having scattered, having agitated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from ā- (prefix) + root dhū (to shake) + -ya suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: dhū (class 6)

मरुतः (marutaḥ) - the wind (the wind, Maruta (Vedic deity))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of marut

marut - wind, air, the Maruts (Vedic storm gods)

From root mṛ (to die), or related to mā (to measure).

Root: mṛ

Note: Subject of the simile.

सर्वतोदिशम् (sarvatodiśam) - in all directions

(indeclinable)

From sarvataḥ (from all sides) + diś (direction).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (sarvataḥ+diś)

• sarvataḥ – from all sides, everywhere
  indeclinable
• diś – direction, quarter
  noun (feminine)