महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-114, verse-7

ते ललाटं समासाद्य सूतपुत्रस्य मारिष ।
विविशुश्चोदितास्तेन वल्मीकमिव पन्नगाः ॥७॥

7. te lalāṭaṁ samāsādya sūtaputrasya māriṣa ,
viviśuścoditāstena valmīkamiva pannagāḥ.

7. te lalāṭam samāsādya sūtaputrasya māriṣa
viviśuḥ coditāḥ tena valmīkam iva pannagāḥ

7. māriṣa! tena coditāḥ te (nārācāḥ) sūtaputrasya
lalāṭam samāsādya valmīkam iva pannagāḥ (iva) viviśuḥ

7. O venerable one, those arrows, propelled by Bhima, having reached the forehead of the son of Suta (Karna), entered it just like serpents entering an anthill.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (arrows) (they, those)

• ललाटम् (lalāṭam) - forehead

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached (having reached, having approached, having attained)

• सूतपुत्रस्य (sūtaputrasya) - of Karna (of the son of a charioteer)

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O venerable one (O venerable one, O respected one)

• विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered (they entered)

• चोदिताः (coditāḥ) - propelled (impelled, urged, propelled, commanded)

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

• वल्मीकम् (valmīkam) - an anthill (ant-hill, termitary)

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

• पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - serpents (serpents, snakes)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (arrows) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the arrows mentioned in the previous verse.

ललाटम् (lalāṭam) - forehead

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lalāṭa

lalāṭa - forehead, brow

Note: Object of samāsādya.

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached (having reached, having approached, having attained)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Root sad with prefixes sam- and ā-, absolutive suffix -ya

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Gerund, meaning 'after reaching'.

सूतपुत्रस्य (sūtaputrasya) - of Karna (of the son of a charioteer)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer, charioteer's son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer, bard
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, 'forehead of Sūtaputra'.

मारिष (māriṣa) - O venerable one (O venerable one, O respected one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - a respectful address, 'O venerable one', 'O respected one'

विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered (they entered)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of viś

perfect active

Root viś, perfect 3rd person plural active

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: The subject is 'te' (the arrows).

चोदिताः (coditāḥ) - propelled (impelled, urged, propelled, commanded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cud

cud - to urge, to impel, to incite, to send

past passive participle

Root cud, past passive participle, masculine nominative plural

Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (the arrows).

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

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agent for 'coditāḥ'.

वल्मीकम् (valmīkam) - an anthill (ant-hill, termitary)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of valmīka

valmīka - ant-hill, termitary, mound of earth

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - serpents (serpents, snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake (lit. 'moving with feet/wings')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (panna+ga)

• panna – fallen, descended, gone
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Root pad 'to go, fall' + kta
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ga – going, moving, moving on/by
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix -ga from root gam 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of comparison.