महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-15, verse-36

ततो विस्फार्य नयने धनुर्ज्यामवमृज्य च ।
तलशब्दं महत्कृत्वा द्रोणस्तं समुपाद्रवत् ॥३६॥

36. tato visphārya nayane dhanurjyāmavamṛjya ca ,
talaśabdaṁ mahatkṛtvā droṇastaṁ samupādravat.

36. tatas visphārya nayane dhanurjyām avamṛjya ca
talaśabdam mahat kṛtvā droṇaḥ tam samupādravat

36. tatas droṇaḥ nayane visphārya ca dhanurjyām
avamṛjya mahat talaśabdam kṛtvā tam samupādravat

36. Then Droṇa, having widened his eyes, twanged his bowstring, and made a great (loud) hand-clap, before rushing towards him.

Words meanings summery:

• ततस् (tatas) - at that point, thereupon (then, thence)

• विस्फार्य (visphārya) - having widened his eyes (having widened, having expanded)

• नयने (nayane) - two eyes

• धनुर्ज्याम् (dhanurjyām) - bowstring

• अवमृज्य (avamṛjya) - having twanged the bowstring (having rubbed, having touched, having twanged)

• च (ca) - and

• तलशब्दम् (talaśabdam) - a hand-clap sound

• महत् (mahat) - a great/loud hand-clap (great, loud)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made a loud sound (having done, having made)

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - the preceptor Droṇa (Drona)

• तम् (tam) - Siṃhasena (from previous verse) (him)

• समुपाद्रवत् (samupādravat) - he rushed towards, he ran to

Words meanings and morphology

ततस् (tatas) - at that point, thereupon (then, thence)

(indeclinable)

विस्फार्य (visphārya) - having widened his eyes (having widened, having expanded)

(indeclinable)

Prefix: vi

Root: sphā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive/Gerund from root sphā with upasarga vi

नयने (nayane) - two eyes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of nayana

nayana - eye; leading, guiding

from root nī (to lead)

Root: nī (class 1)

धनुर्ज्याम् (dhanurjyām) - bowstring

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhanurjyā

dhanurjyā - bowstring

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhanus+jyā)

• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• jyā – bowstring; earth
  noun (feminine)

अवमृज्य (avamṛjya) - having twanged the bowstring (having rubbed, having touched, having twanged)

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ava

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Absolutive/Gerund from root mṛj with upasarga ava

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तलशब्दम् (talaśabdam) - a hand-clap sound

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of talaśabda

talaśabda - sound of the palm (hand-clap)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tala+śabda)

• tala – palm of the hand
  noun (neuter)
• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)

महत् (mahat) - a great/loud hand-clap (great, loud)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, loud

Note: Agrees with talaśabdam

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made a loud sound (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Absolutive/Gerund from root kṛ

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - the preceptor Droṇa (Drona)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (proper name of a teacher)

तम् (tam) - Siṃhasena (from previous verse) (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समुपाद्रवत् (samupādravat) - he rushed towards, he ran to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dru

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: From root dru with upasargas sam, upa, and ā