महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-8

ततो नागस्य तद्वर्म व्यधमत्पाकशासनिः ।
शरजालेन स बभौ व्यभ्रः पर्वतराडिव ॥८॥

8. tato nāgasya tadvarma vyadhamatpākaśāsaniḥ ,
śarajālena sa babhau vyabhraḥ parvatarāḍiva.

8. tataḥ nāgasya tat varma vyadhamat pākaśāsaniḥ
śarajālena saḥ babhau vyabhraḥ parvatarāṭ iva

8. tataḥ pākaśāsaniḥ śarajālena nāgasya tat varma
vyadhamat saḥ vyabhraḥ parvatarāṭ iva babhau

8. Then Arjuna, the son of Indra, shattered that elephant's armor with a volley of arrows. Stripped of its armor, the elephant shone like a cloudless mountain peak.

Words meanings summery:

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

• नागस्य (nāgasya) - of the elephant (of the elephant, of the snake)

• तत् (tat) - that (armor) (that, its)

• वर्म (varma) - armor (armor, shield)

• व्यधमत् (vyadhamat) - shattered (shattered, struck down, tore apart)

• पाकशासनिः (pākaśāsaniḥ) - Arjuna, son of Indra (son of Indra (Pākaśāsana))

• शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with a volley of arrows (by a net/multitude of arrows, by a volley of arrows)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the elephant) (he, that)

• बभौ (babhau) - shone (shone, appeared, became)

• व्यभ्रः (vyabhraḥ) - cloudless (without armor/covering) (cloudless, clear, uncovered)

• पर्वतराट् (parvatarāṭ) - mountain king (mountain king, lord of mountains)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

नागस्य (nāgasya) - of the elephant (of the elephant, of the snake)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - elephant, snake, mountain

तत् (tat) - that (armor) (that, its)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

वर्म (varma) - armor (armor, shield)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varman

varman - armor, shield

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

व्यधमत् (vyadhamat) - shattered (shattered, struck down, tore apart)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Third person singular active Imperfect form of root dhmā with prefixes vi-ā- (vyadham).

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhmā (class 1)

पाकशासनिः (pākaśāsaniḥ) - Arjuna, son of Indra (son of Indra (Pākaśāsana))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pākaśāsani

pākaśāsani - son of Indra

Patronymic derived from Pākaśāsana (Indra) with the 'iṇ' suffix.

शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with a volley of arrows (by a net/multitude of arrows, by a volley of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śṛ (class 1)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (the elephant) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, that

बभौ (babhau) - shone (shone, appeared, became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of bhā

Perfect

Third person singular active Perfect form of root bhā.

Root: bhā (class 2)

व्यभ्रः (vyabhraḥ) - cloudless (without armor/covering) (cloudless, clear, uncovered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyabhra

vyabhra - cloudless, without clouds

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'that in which there are no clouds'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+abhra)

• vi – without, apart, negative prefix
  indeclinable
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
  Root: abhr (class 1)

पर्वतराट् (parvatarāṭ) - mountain king (mountain king, lord of mountains)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvatarāj

parvatarāj - mountain king, Himālaya

Compound type : tatpurusha (parvata+rājan)

• parvata – mountain
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)