महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-17, verse-18

तैः किरीटी किरीटस्थैर्हेमपुङ्खैरजिह्मगैः ।
शातकुम्भमयापीडो बभौ यूप इवोच्छ्रितः ॥१८॥

18. taiḥ kirīṭī kirīṭasthairhemapuṅkhairajihmagaiḥ ,
śātakumbhamayāpīḍo babhau yūpa ivocchritaḥ.

18. taiḥ kirīṭī kirīṭasthaiḥ hemapuṅkhaiḥ ajihmagaiḥ
śātakuṃbhamayāpīḍaḥ babhau yūpaḥ iva ucchritaḥ

18. taiḥ kirīṭasthaiḥ hemapuṅkhaiḥ ajihmagaiḥ
śātakuṃbhamayāpīḍaḥ kirīṭī ucchritaḥ yūpaḥ iva babhau

18. With those straight-flying arrows, which had golden shafts and were lodged in his helmet, Arjuna (the crowned one) appeared like an elevated sacrificial post (yūpa) adorned with a golden pinnacle.

Words meanings summery:

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those, with those

• किरीटी (kirīṭī) - Arjuna (the crowned one (Arjuna))

• किरीटस्थैः (kirīṭasthaiḥ) - lodged in the helmet, staying in the crown

• हेमपुङ्खैः (hemapuṅkhaiḥ) - with golden shafts/feathers

• अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - straight-going, unerring (arrows)

• शातकुंभमयापीडः (śātakuṁbhamayāpīḍaḥ) - having a golden pinnacle/crown (made of pure gold)

• बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared

• यूपः (yūpaḥ) - sacrificial post

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• उच्छ्रितः (ucchritaḥ) - elevated, raised, tall

Words meanings and morphology

तैः (taiḥ) - by those, with those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the arrows mentioned in the previous verse.

किरीटी (kirīṭī) - Arjuna (the crowned one (Arjuna))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kirīṭin

kirīṭin - crowned, wearing a diadem; a king (epithet of Arjuna)

Derived with the taddhita suffix '-in' from 'kirīṭa'

Note: Used as an epithet for Arjuna.

किरीटस्थैः (kirīṭasthaiḥ) - lodged in the helmet, staying in the crown

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kirīṭastha

kirīṭastha - standing/located in the helmet

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (kirīṭa+stha)

• kirīṭa – helmet, diadem, crown
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, located in
  adjective
  Agent noun/suffix
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'arrows' (implied by 'taiḥ').

हेमपुङ्खैः (hemapuṅkhaiḥ) - with golden shafts/feathers

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hemapuṅkha

hemapuṅkha - having a golden shaft/feather (of an arrow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hema+puṅkha)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• puṅkha – feather, shaft (of an arrow)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'arrows'.

अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - straight-going, unerring (arrows)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ajihmaga

ajihmaga - not crooked, straight-going, direct

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa / upapada-tatpuruṣa (a+jihmaga)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• jihmaga – going crookedly, crooked-moving
  adjective
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'arrows'.

शातकुंभमयापीडः (śātakuṁbhamayāpīḍaḥ) - having a golden pinnacle/crown (made of pure gold)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śātakuṃbhamayāpīḍa

śātakuṁbhamayāpīḍa - having a crest/diadem made of pure gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śātakuṃbhamaya+āpīḍa)

• śātakuṃbhamaya – made of pure gold
  adjective
  Derived with the taddhita suffix '-maya' from 'śātakuṃbha'
• āpīḍa – crest, garland, head-ornament, pinnacle
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Qualifies 'Arjuna' (kirīṭī).

बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

यूपः (yūpaḥ) - sacrificial post

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yūpa

yūpa - sacrificial post, pillar, column

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

उच्छ्रितः (ucchritaḥ) - elevated, raised, tall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ucchrita

ucchrita - raised, elevated, high, tall

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śri' (to resort to, serve) with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'yūpaḥ'.