महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-163, verse-49

शरजालैः समाकीर्णे मेघजालैरिवाम्बरे ।
न स्म संपतते कश्चिदन्तरिक्षचरस्तदा ॥४९॥

49. śarajālaiḥ samākīrṇe meghajālairivāmbare ,
na sma saṁpatate kaścidantarikṣacarastadā.

49. śarajālaiḥ samākīrṇe meghajālaiḥ iva ambare
| na sma saṃpatate kaścit antarikṣacaraḥ tadā

49. tadā ambare śarajālaiḥ meghajālaiḥ iva samākīrṇe [sati],
kaścit antarikṣacaraḥ na sma saṃpatate.

49. At that time, no aerial being (antarikṣacara) could fly down, as the sky was completely filled with showers of arrows, just as it would be by masses of clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• शरजालैः (śarajālaiḥ) - by showers of arrows, by networks of arrows

• समाकीर्णे (samākīrṇe) - covered, filled, strewn over, crowded

• मेघजालैः (meghajālaiḥ) - by masses of clouds, by networks of clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

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

• न (na) - not, no

• स्म (sma) - indeed, truly (converts present tense to past)

• संपतते (saṁpatate) - could fly down (negated by na sma) (flies down, falls down, approaches)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (aerial being) (anyone, someone, a certain one)

• अन्तरिक्षचरः (antarikṣacaraḥ) - aerial being (e.g., bird, god, celestial being) (sky-rover, aerial creature, moving in the atmosphere)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

शरजालैः (śarajālaiḥ) - by showers of arrows, by networks of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śarajāla

śarajāla - network of arrows, shower of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ
• jāla – net, web, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agent of samākīrṇe.

समाकीर्णे (samākīrṇe) - covered, filled, strewn over, crowded

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of samākīrṇa

samākīrṇa - covered, filled, strewn, confused, crowded

Past Passive Participle

Prefix sam + prefix ā + root kṛ (to scatter, strew) + ṇa (PPP suffix variant).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

मेघजालैः (meghajālaiḥ) - by masses of clouds, by networks of clouds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of meghajāla

meghajāla - mass of clouds, network of clouds

Compound type : tatpurusha (megha+jāla)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  From root megh (to sprinkle, urinate)
  Root: megh
• jāla – net, web, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used in a simile with iva.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing

Note: Refers to the 'sky' above the battlefield.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - indeed, truly (converts present tense to past)

(indeclinable)

Note: Transforms the present verb saṃpatate into a past continuous/habitual.

संपतते (saṁpatate) - could fly down (negated by na sma) (flies down, falls down, approaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pat

Present Active (ātmanepada)

Prefix sam + root pat (1st class) + te (3rd person singular middle ending).

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (aerial being) (anyone, someone, a certain one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone, a certain one

From ka (who) + cid (particle of indefiniteness)

Note: Subject of saṃpatate.

अन्तरिक्षचरः (antarikṣacaraḥ) - aerial being (e.g., bird, god, celestial being) (sky-rover, aerial creature, moving in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarikṣacara

antarikṣacara - moving in the atmosphere, sky-rover, aerial being, bird, celestial

Compound of antarikṣa (atmosphere) and cara (mover, goer).

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (antarikṣa+cara)

• antarikṣa – atmosphere, sky, interspace
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, a mover
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from verb root
  From root car (to move, wander) with suffix a.
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of saṃpatate.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) with dā suffix.