महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-121, verse-3

प्रसृतांस्तस्य गाण्डीवाच्छरव्रातान्महात्मनः ।
संग्रामे समपश्याम हंसपङ्क्तीरिवाम्बरे ॥३॥

3. prasṛtāṁstasya gāṇḍīvāccharavrātānmahātmanaḥ ,
saṁgrāme samapaśyāma haṁsapaṅktīrivāmbare.

3. prasṛtān tasya gāṇḍīvāt śaravrātān mahātmanaḥ
| saṃgrāme samapaśyāma haṃsapaṅktīḥ iva ambare

3. saṃgrāme tasyamahātmanaḥ gāṇḍīvāt prasṛtān
śaravrātān ambare haṃsapaṅktīḥ iva samapaśyāma

3. In battle, we observed the streams of arrows, released from the Gāṇḍīva bow of that great-souled one (Arjuna), resembling flocks of swans in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसृतान् (prasṛtān) - (arrows) issued forth or released (issued forth, released, flowing)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Arjuna) (his, of that)

• गाण्डीवात् (gāṇḍīvāt) - from the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna's bow) (from Gāṇḍīva)

• शरव्रातान् (śaravrātān) - multitudes of arrows, streams of arrows

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (Arjuna) (of the great-souled one, of the noble one)

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

• समपश्याम (samapaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

• हंसपङ्क्तीः (haṁsapaṅktīḥ) - rows of swans, flocks of swans

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसृतान् (prasṛtān) - (arrows) issued forth or released (issued forth, released, flowing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prasṛta

prasṛta - issued forth, released, spread out, flowed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛ (to flow, to move) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Arjuna) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गाण्डीवात् (gāṇḍīvāt) - from the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna's bow) (from Gāṇḍīva)

(proper noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - Gāṇḍīva (the name of Arjuna's bow)

शरव्रातान् (śaravrātān) - multitudes of arrows, streams of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śaravrāta

śaravrāta - multitude of arrows, host of arrows

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śara+vrāta)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vrāta – multitude, collection, flock, host
  noun (masculine)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (Arjuna) (of the great-souled one, of the noble one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous; a great person

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – soul (ātman), self, spirit
  noun (masculine)

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, combat

समपश्याम (samapaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root dṛś, takes 'paśya' as substitute in certain tenses. Imperfect form with prefixes.

Prefixes: sam+apa

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हंसपङ्क्तीः (haṁsapaṅktīḥ) - rows of swans, flocks of swans

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of haṃsapaṅkti

haṁsapaṅkti - row of swans, flock of geese/swans

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (haṃsa+paṅkti)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkti – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment