महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-17

यदेको वारयामास मारुतोऽभ्रगणानिव ।
कर्मणा तेन पार्थस्य तुतुषुर्देवदानवाः ॥१७॥

17. yadeko vārayāmāsa māruto'bhragaṇāniva ,
karmaṇā tena pārthasya tutuṣurdevadānavāḥ.

17. yat ekaḥ vārayāmāsa mārutaḥ abhragaṇān iva
karmaṇā tena pārthasya tutuṣuḥ deva dānavāḥ

17. ekaḥ yat vārayāmāsa mārutaḥ abhragaṇān iva
tena karmaṇā pārthasya deva dānavāḥ tutuṣuḥ

17. He alone warded off that (shower of weapons), just as the wind (Māruta) disperses masses of clouds. By that deed (karma) of Arjuna (Pārtha), both gods (devas) and demons (dānavas) were pleased.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the weapon shower) (which, that which)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - he alone (Arjuna) (one, alone, singular)

• वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - he warded off (he warded off, he prevented, he checked)

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind (the wind, wind-god)

• अभ्रगणान् (abhragaṇān) - masses of clouds (masses of clouds, groups of clouds)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by that deed (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual (karma))

• तेन (tena) - by that (deed) (by that, by him)

• पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna (Pārtha) (of Pārtha)

• तुतुषुः (tutuṣuḥ) - they were pleased (they were pleased, they were satisfied)

• देव (deva) - gods (gods, deities)

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons (demons, sons of Danu)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the weapon shower) (which, that which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

Note: Refers to the shower of weapons (śastravṛṣṭim) implicitly.

एकः (ekaḥ) - he alone (Arjuna) (one, alone, singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, alone, single, unique

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - he warded off (he warded off, he prevented, he checked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vāra

Periphrastic Perfect

Causative stem 'vāraya' + 'ām' + root 'as' (to be) in Perfect, 3rd person singular.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind (the wind, wind-god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, the god of wind (Vāyu)

अभ्रगणान् (abhragaṇān) - masses of clouds (masses of clouds, groups of clouds)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhragaṇa

abhragaṇa - mass of clouds, collection of clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhra+gaṇa)

• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, host
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by that deed (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual (karma))

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, destiny (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तेन (tena) - by that (deed) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā'.

पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna (Pārtha) (of Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), a name for Arjuna

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī) by adding the 'aṇ' suffix, meaning 'descendant of Pṛthā'.

तुतुषुः (tutuṣuḥ) - they were pleased (they were pleased, they were satisfied)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of tuṣ

Perfect (Lit), 3rd person plural, active voice. Reduplicated form.

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

देव (deva) - gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons (demons, sons of Danu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - demon, son of Danu

Derived from 'Danu' (a primordial goddess, mother of demons)