महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-141, verse-18

शरवृष्टिं तु तां प्राप्तां शरैराशीविषोपमैः ।
शातयामास समरे तरसा द्रौणिरुत्स्मयन् ॥१८॥

18. śaravṛṣṭiṁ tu tāṁ prāptāṁ śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ ,
śātayāmāsa samare tarasā drauṇirutsmayan.

18. śaravṛṣṭim tu tām prāptām śaraiḥ āśīviṣopamaiḥ
śātayāmāsa samare tarasā drauṇiḥ utsmayan

18. tu samare drauṇiḥ utsmayan tarasā tām prāptām
śaravṛṣṭim āśīviṣopamaiḥ śaraiḥ śātayāmāsa

18. But Drona's son (Ashvatthama), in that battle, smiling contemptuously, swiftly cut down that incoming shower of arrows with his own arrows, which were like venomous serpents.

Words meanings summery:

• शरवृष्टिम् (śaravṛṣṭim) - shower of arrows

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

• प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - having arrived, having reached, incoming

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• आशीविषोपमैः (āśīviṣopamaiḥ) - like venomous serpents, comparable to venomous snakes

• शातयामास (śātayāmāsa) - he destroyed, he cut down

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• तरसा (tarasā) - with speed, with force, swiftly

• द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son, Ashvatthama

• उत्स्मयन् (utsmayan) - smiling, sneering, smiling contemptuously

Words meanings and morphology

शरवृष्टिम् (śaravṛṣṭim) - shower of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śaravṛṣṭi

śaravṛṣṭi - shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+vṛṣṭi)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - having arrived, having reached, incoming

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

formed from root āp- (to obtain) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

आशीविषोपमैः (āśīviṣopamaiḥ) - like venomous serpents, comparable to venomous snakes

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āśīviṣopama

āśīviṣopama - like venomous serpents, comparable to venomous snakes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśīviṣa+upama)

• āśīviṣa – venomous serpent, snake whose poison is in its fangs
  noun (masculine)
• upama – similar, comparable
  adjective (masculine)

शातयामास (śātayāmāsa) - he destroyed, he cut down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of śātayāmāsa

perfect

causative of root śad (to fall, to cut off)

Root: śad (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, conflict, war

तरसा (tarasā) - with speed, with force, swiftly

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of taras

taras - speed, force, energy

Note: Used adverbially here.

द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son, Ashvatthama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drauṇi

drauṇi - Drona's son, Ashvatthama

patronymic of Droṇa

उत्स्मयन् (utsmayan) - smiling, sneering, smiling contemptuously

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utsmayat

utsmayat - smiling, sneering

Present Active Participle

formed from root smi- (to smile) with prefix ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: smi (class 1)