महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-162, verse-36

यतमानाः पराक्रान्ताः परस्परजिगीषवः ।
जीमूता इव घर्मान्ते शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥३६॥

36. yatamānāḥ parākrāntāḥ parasparajigīṣavaḥ ,
jīmūtā iva gharmānte śaravarṣairavākiran.

36. yatamanāḥ parākrāntāḥ parasparajigīṣavaḥ
jīmūtāḥ iva gharmānte śaravarṣaiḥ avākirann

36. yatamanāḥ parākrāntāḥ parasparajigīṣavaḥ
gharmānte jīmūtāḥ iva śaravarṣaiḥ avākirann

36. Striving and valorous, eager to conquer each other, they showered arrows just like clouds pour down rain at the end of the hot season.

Words meanings summery:

• यतमनाः (yatamanāḥ) - striving (warriors) (striving, endeavoring, making effort)

• पराक्रान्ताः (parākrāntāḥ) - valorous (warriors) (valorous, mighty, powerful, overcome, attacked)

• परस्परजिगीषवः (parasparajigīṣavaḥ) - eager to conquer each other (desirous of conquering each other, eager for mutual victory)

• जीमूताः (jīmūtāḥ) - clouds

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

• घर्मान्ते (gharmānte) - at the end of the hot season (at the end of summer, at the end of the hot season)

• शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows (by showers of arrows, with a rain of arrows)

• अवाकिरन्न् (avākirann) - they showered down (they scattered, they poured down, they showered)

Words meanings and morphology

यतमनाः (yatamanāḥ) - striving (warriors) (striving, endeavoring, making effort)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yatamanā

yat - to strive, to endeavor, to make an effort

Present Active Participle (ātmanepada)

Derived from root yat, used adjectivally

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (warriors)

पराक्रान्ताः (parākrāntāḥ) - valorous (warriors) (valorous, mighty, powerful, overcome, attacked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parākrānta

parākrānta - valorous, mighty, powerful, attacked, overcome

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kram (to step, go) with upasarga parā

Prefix: parā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (warriors)

परस्परजिगीषवः (parasparajigīṣavaḥ) - eager to conquer each other (desirous of conquering each other, eager for mutual victory)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parasparajigīṣu

parasparajigīṣu - desirous of conquering each other, wishing to overcome one another

Compound type : descriptive compound (paraspara+jigīṣu)

• paraspara – each other, mutual, reciprocal
  pronoun (neuter)
• jigīṣu – desirous of conquering, wishing for victory
  adjective (masculine)
  desiderative adjective
  Desiderative form of root ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (warriors)

जीमूताः (jīmūtāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīmūta

jīmūta - cloud

Note: Used in simile with 'iva'

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

घर्मान्ते (gharmānte) - at the end of the hot season (at the end of summer, at the end of the hot season)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gharmānta

gharmānta - end of summer, end of the hot season

Compound type : tatpurusha (gharma+anta)

• gharma – heat, summer, warm season
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit, vicinity
  noun (masculine)

शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows (by showers of arrows, with a rain of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, rain of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)

Note: Means of action for 'avākirann'

अवाकिरन्न् (avākirann) - they showered down (they scattered, they poured down, they showered)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of avakiran

Imperfect 3rd plural active, root kṛ, with upasarga ava

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)