महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-170, verse-16

प्रादुरासंस्ततो बाणा दीप्ताग्राः खे सहस्रशः ।
पाण्डवान्भक्षयिष्यन्तो दीप्तास्या इव पन्नगाः ॥१६॥

16. prādurāsaṁstato bāṇā dīptāgrāḥ khe sahasraśaḥ ,
pāṇḍavānbhakṣayiṣyanto dīptāsyā iva pannagāḥ.

16. prāduḥ āsan tataḥ bāṇāḥ dīptāgrāḥ khe sahasraśaḥ
pāṇḍavān bhakṣayiṣyantaḥ dīptāsyāḥ iva pannagāḥ

16. tataḥ sahasraśaḥ dīptāgrāḥ bāṇāḥ khe prāduḥ āsan,
pāṇḍavān bhakṣayiṣyantaḥ dīptāsyāḥ pannagāḥ iva

16. Then, thousands of arrows with blazing tips appeared in the sky, like serpents with fiery mouths, ready to devour the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रादुः (prāduḥ) - to become visible, to appear (forth, manifest, visible)

• आसन् (āsan) - appeared (were, existed, appeared)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, thereafter, from that)

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• दीप्ताग्राः (dīptāgrāḥ) - with blazing tips (having blazing tips, fiery-tipped)

• खे (khe) - in the sky (in the sky, in the air)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands (by thousands, in thousands)

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

• भक्षयिष्यन्तः (bhakṣayiṣyantaḥ) - ready to devour, intending to devour (those who will devour, intending to devour, about to devour)

• दीप्तास्याः (dīptāsyāḥ) - with fiery mouths (having blazing mouths, fiery-mouthed)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - serpents (serpents, snakes)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रादुः (prāduḥ) - to become visible, to appear (forth, manifest, visible)

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - appeared (were, existed, appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of as

imperfect tense

3rd person plural imperfect of √as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

An adverbial use of the ablative suffix -tas.

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Subject of 'āsan'.

दीप्ताग्राः (dīptāgrāḥ) - with blazing tips (having blazing tips, fiery-tipped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīptāgra

dīptāgra - having blazing tips, fiery-tipped

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīpta+agra)

• dīpta – blazing, shining, ignited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √dīp (to shine, blaze)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• agra – tip, point, front, summit
  noun (neuter)

खे (khe) - in the sky (in the sky, in the air)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, air, ether, hole, zero

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands (by thousands, in thousands)

(indeclinable)

Formed from sahasra (thousand) + suffix -śas.

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu.

Note: Object of 'bhakṣayiṣyantaḥ'.

भक्षयिष्यन्तः (bhakṣayiṣyantaḥ) - ready to devour, intending to devour (those who will devour, intending to devour, about to devour)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhakṣayiṣyat

bhakṣayiṣyat - about to devour, wishing to eat

Future Active Participle

From causative stem of √bhakṣ (to eat, devour) + future suffix -iṣya + present participle suffix -at.

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

दीप्तास्याः (dīptāsyāḥ) - with fiery mouths (having blazing mouths, fiery-mouthed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīptāsya

dīptāsya - having blazing mouths, fiery-mouthed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīpta+āsya)

• dīpta – blazing, shining, ignited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √dīp (to shine, blaze)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• āsya – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - serpents (serpents, snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake (lit. 'creeping with feet')

Compound type : tatpurusha (pana+ga)

• pana – walking, creeping
  noun (masculine)
  From √pat (to move, go)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• ga – going, moving, one who goes
  noun (masculine)
  From √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)