महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-35

ताभ्यां मुक्ता व्यकाशन्त कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः ।
पङ्क्त्यः शरदि मत्तानां सारसानामिवाम्बरे ॥३५॥

35. tābhyāṁ muktā vyakāśanta kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ ,
paṅktyaḥ śaradi mattānāṁ sārasānāmivāmbare.

35. tābhyām muktāḥ vyakāśanta kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ
paṅktyaḥ śaradi mattānām sārasānām iva ambare

35. tābhyām muktāḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ paṅktyaḥ
ambare śaradi mattānām sārasānām iva vyakāśanta

35. The rows of arrows released by those two, adorned with the feathers of kites and peacocks, shone forth like lines of excited cranes in the autumn sky.

Words meanings summery:

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two

• मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - released, set free

• व्यकाशन्त (vyakāśanta) - they shone forth, they appeared brightly

• कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः (kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ) - having feathers of kites and peacocks

• पङ्क्त्यः (paṅktyaḥ) - rows of arrows (rows, lines, series)

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

• मत्तानाम् (mattānām) - of excited, of intoxicated

• सारसानाम् (sārasānām) - of cranes

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

Words meanings and morphology

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - released, set free

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - released, freed, discharged, thrown

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √muc (to release, free).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to the arrows (paṅktyaḥ).

व्यकाशन्त (vyakāśanta) - they shone forth, they appeared brightly

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of √kāś

Imperfect (laṅ) middle voice

3rd person plural, imperfect tense, middle voice from the root √kāś with prefixes vi- and ā-.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः (kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ) - having feathers of kites and peacocks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṅkabarhiṇavāsas

kaṅkabarhiṇavāsas - having the feathers of kites and peacocks

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kaṅka+barhiṇa+vāsas)

• kaṅka – kite (a bird of prey)
  noun (masculine)
• barhiṇa – peacock
  noun (masculine)
• vāsas – garment, covering, feather, wing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'paṅktyaḥ' (rows of arrows often had different feathers).

पङ्क्त्यः (paṅktyaḥ) - rows of arrows (rows, lines, series)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of paṅkti

paṅkti - row, line, series, class

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn

मत्तानाम् (mattānām) - of excited, of intoxicated

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, excited, passionate, joyful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √mad (to be glad, intoxicated, excited).

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'sārasānām'.

सारसानाम् (sārasānām) - of cranes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sārasa

sārasa - crane (a type of bird)

Related to 'saras' (lake), as cranes frequent lakes.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment