महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-137, verse-6

विमुञ्चञ्शरवर्षाणि पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ।
छादयामास शैनेयं जलदो भास्करं यथा ॥६॥

6. vimuñcañśaravarṣāṇi parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān ,
chādayāmāsa śaineyaṁ jalado bhāskaraṁ yathā.

6. vimuñcan śaravarṣāṇi parjanyaḥ iva vṛṣṭimān
chādayāmāsa śaineyam jaladaḥ bhāskaram yathā

6. vṛṣṭimān parjanyaḥ iva śaravarṣāṇi vimuñcan,
jaladaḥ bhāskaram yathā,
śaineyam chādayāmāsa

6. Showering forth arrows like a rain-bearing cloud, he obscured Shainya, just as a cloud covers the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• विमुञ्चन् (vimuñcan) - showering arrows (releasing, discharging, letting loose, showering)

• शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, torrents of arrows

• पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - rain-cloud, god of rain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वृष्टिमान् (vṛṣṭimān) - rainy, showering, possessing rain

• छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, obscured, veiled

• शैनेयम् (śaineyam) - referring to Satyaki (Yuyudhāna) (Shainya, descendant of Śini)

• जलदः (jaladaḥ) - cloud, rain-giver

• भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - the sun, light-maker

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

विमुञ्चन् (vimuñcan) - showering arrows (releasing, discharging, letting loose, showering)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimuñcat

vimuñcat - releasing, letting loose, discharging

Present Active Participle

from prefix vi- and root √muc (to release, let loose)

Prefix: vi

Root: √muc (class 6)

Note: Action performed by Somadatta.

शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, torrents of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - a shower of arrows

Compound of 'śara' (arrow) and 'varṣa' (shower).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)
  from √vṛṣ (to rain)
  Root: √vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vimuñcan'.

पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - rain-cloud, god of rain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain-cloud, cloud, god of rain

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वृष्टिमान् (vṛṣṭimān) - rainy, showering, possessing rain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣṭimat

vṛṣṭimat - rainy, showering, possessing rain, rain-bearing

derived from 'vṛṣṭi' (rain) with possessive suffix -mat

Note: Qualifies 'parjanyaḥ'.

छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, obscured, veiled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √chad

Perfect active third person singular (causative stem)

Intensive/Causative stem 'chādaya-' from root √chad (class 1), perfect tense, third person singular, active voice. The 'āmāsa' is a periphrastic perfect formation.

Root: √chad (class 1)

Note: Subject is Somadatta (implied).

शैनेयम् (śaineyam) - referring to Satyaki (Yuyudhāna) (Shainya, descendant of Śini)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaineya

śaineya - descendant of Śini, an epithet for Satyaki

derived from 'Śini' by adding patronymic suffix

Note: Object of 'chādayāmāsa'.

जलदः (jaladaḥ) - cloud, rain-giver

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jalada

jalada - giver of water, cloud

Compound of 'jala' (water) and 'da' (giver, from √dā)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jala+da)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix
  derived from √dā (to give)
  Root: √dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the comparison clause (implicit verb).

भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - the sun, light-maker

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - maker of light, the sun

Compound of 'bhās' (light) and 'kara' (maker, from √kṛ)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, luster, splendor
  noun (feminine)
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix
  derived from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)