महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-106, verse-49

स कर्णं पञ्चविंशत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत् ।
महीधरमिव श्वेतं गूढपादैर्विषोल्बणैः ॥४९॥

49. sa karṇaṁ pañcaviṁśatyā nārācānāṁ samārpayat ,
mahīdharamiva śvetaṁ gūḍhapādairviṣolbaṇaiḥ.

49. saḥ karṇaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat
mahīdharam iva śvetaṃ gūḍhapādaiḥ viṣolbaṇaiḥ

49. saḥ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ karṇaṃ samārpayat
śvetaṃ mahīdharam iva gūḍhapādaiḥ viṣolbaṇaiḥ

49. He struck Karṇa with twenty-five iron arrows, just as one would strike a white mountain with exceedingly venomous serpents possessing hidden feet.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Bhīma (implied subject from previous verse) (he, that)

• कर्णं (karṇaṁ) - Karṇa

• पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṁśatyā) - with twenty-five

• नाराचानां (nārācānāṁ) - twenty-five iron arrows (of iron arrows, among iron arrows)

• समार्पयत् (samārpayat) - he discharged, he struck, he aimed

• महीधरम् (mahīdharam) - a mountain, earth-bearer

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• श्वेतं (śvetaṁ) - white, pure

• गूढपादैः (gūḍhapādaiḥ) - (serpents) with hidden feet (implying subtle movement or legless nature) (with hidden feet/roots/base)

• विषोल्बणैः (viṣolbaṇaiḥ) - (serpents) that are exceedingly venomous (with exceedingly venomous, very fierce)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Bhīma (implied subject from previous verse) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कर्णं (karṇaṁ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (proper noun), ear

पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṁśatyā) - with twenty-five

(numeral)

• pañca – five
  numeral
• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Number 25 itself is a feminine noun.

नाराचानां (nārācānāṁ) - twenty-five iron arrows (of iron arrows, among iron arrows)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - iron arrow, metal arrow

Note: Genitive plural is often used with numerals for "of X many Y".

समार्पयत् (samārpayat) - he discharged, he struck, he aimed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of sam-arp

Imperfect Active Causative

3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, from root ṛp (causative arpayati) with prefix sam. 'a' is augment for past tense.

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛp (class 1)

महीधरम् (mahīdharam) - a mountain, earth-bearer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīdhara

mahīdhara - mountain, earth-bearer (epithet for a mountain)

Compound type : upapada (mahī+dhara)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• dhara – bearing, holding, supporting; one who bears/holds
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix
  Agent noun from √dhṛ (to hold, bear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

श्वेतं (śvetaṁ) - white, pure

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śveta

śveta - white, bright, clean, pure

Root: śvit (class 1)

गूढपादैः (gūḍhapādaiḥ) - (serpents) with hidden feet (implying subtle movement or legless nature) (with hidden feet/roots/base)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gūḍhapāda

gūḍhapāda - having hidden feet/roots, whose movement is concealed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gūḍha+pāda)

• gūḍha – hidden, concealed, secret
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √guh (to hide, conceal)
  Root: guh (class 1)
• pāda – foot, leg, root, ray
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here to describe the 'serpents' implicitly, which are likened to arrows.

विषोल्बणैः (viṣolbaṇaiḥ) - (serpents) that are exceedingly venomous (with exceedingly venomous, very fierce)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viṣolbaṇa

viṣolbaṇa - exceedingly venomous, full of poison, very fierce

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣa+ulbaṇa)

• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• ulbaṇa – excessive, abundant, fierce, prominent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used here to describe the 'serpents' implicitly, which are likened to arrows.