महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-24, verse-6

तं बाणैरवतस्तार क्रुद्धो मृत्युमिवाहवे ।
तं च भीमोऽतुदद्बाणैस्तदासीत्तुमुलं महत् ॥६॥

6. taṁ bāṇairavatastāra kruddho mṛtyumivāhave ,
taṁ ca bhīmo'tudadbāṇaistadāsīttumulaṁ mahat.

6. tam bāṇaiḥ avatastāra kruddhaḥ mṛtyum iva āhave
tam ca Bhīmaḥ atudat bāṇaiḥ tad āsīt tumulam mahat

6. kruddhaḥ saḥ tam āhave mṛtyum iva bāṇaiḥ avatastāra
ca Bhīmaḥ tam bāṇaiḥ atudat tad tumulam mahat āsīt

6. Enraged, he (Durmarṣaṇa) covered him (Bhīma) with arrows in battle, like Death itself. And Bhīma, in turn, struck him (Durmarṣaṇa) with arrows. That (exchange) was indeed a great and tumultuous one.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Bhīma (first instance) (him, that)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• अवतस्तार (avatastāra) - he showered (with arrows) (he covered, he spread over, he showered)

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry, furious

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - Death personified (death)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in war

• तम् (tam) - Durmarṣaṇa (him, that)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (proper noun)

• अतुदत् (atudat) - he pierced, he struck, he pushed

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• तद् (tad) - that (situation/exchange) (that, therefore)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, existed

• तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous, noisy, dreadful

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Bhīma (first instance) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

Note: Refers to Bhīma.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

अवतस्तार (avatastāra) - he showered (with arrows) (he covered, he spread over, he showered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of avatṛ

Perfect Third Person Singular

From root 'stṛ' (to spread) with prefix 'ava', forming perfect tense with reduplication 'ta-stāra'.

Prefix: ava

Root: stṛ (class 5)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

From root 'krudh' (to be angry) + suffix 'ta'.

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Functions as an epithet for the subject.

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - Death personified (death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise, Death (personified)

From root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, war, encounter

From prefix 'ā' + root 'hu' (to call, invoke).

Prefix: ā

Root: hu (class 3)

तम् (tam) - Durmarṣaṇa (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

Note: Refers to Durmarṣaṇa.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Bhīma

Bhīma - Bhīma (name of one of the Pāṇḍavas, 'terrible, formidable')

Root: bhī (class 3)

अतुदत् (atudat) - he pierced, he struck, he pushed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of tud

Imperfect Third Person Singular

From root 'tud' (to strike, pierce) in imperfect tense.

Root: tud (class 6)

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

तद् (tad) - that (situation/exchange) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, therefore

Neuter nominative/accusative singular. Often used as an emphatic particle or adverb.

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Third Person Singular

From root 'as' (to be) in imperfect tense.

Root: as (class 2)

तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous, noisy, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, noisy, dreadful, chaotic

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Present Active Participle (substantivized)

From root 'mah' (to be great) or 'mahi'.

Root: mah (class 1)