महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-21

ते हन्यमानाश्च तथा नानालिङ्गैः शितैः शरैः ।
अभिपेतुस्तमेवाजौ शलभा इव पावकम् ॥२१॥

21. te hanyamānāśca tathā nānāliṅgaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
abhipetustamevājau śalabhā iva pāvakam.

21. te hanyamānāḥ ca tathā nānāliṅgaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
abhipeutuḥ tam eva ājau śalabhāḥ iva pāvakam

21. ca te tathā nānāliṅgaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ hanyamānāḥ
tam eva ājau śalabhāḥ iva pāvakam abhipeutuḥ

21. And they, even while being struck down by sharp arrows of various kinds, rushed towards him in battle, just as moths rush into a fire.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - the attacking warriors (they)

• हन्यमानाः (hanyamānāḥ) - being struck down, being killed

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - in that manner (of being struck down by Arjuna) (thus, in that manner, so)

• नानालिङ्गैः (nānāliṅgaiḥ) - with arrows of various kinds/forms (with various marks, of various kinds)

• शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp, keen

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• अभिपेउतुः (abhipeutuḥ) - rushed towards

• तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in combat

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, locusts

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - the attacking warriors (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'abhipeutuḥ'.

हन्यमानाः (hanyamānāḥ) - being struck down, being killed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hanyamāna

hanyamāna - being struck, being killed

Present Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects this action with the previous events.

तथा (tathā) - in that manner (of being struck down by Arjuna) (thus, in that manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of manner.

नानालिङ्गैः (nānāliṅgaiḥ) - with arrows of various kinds/forms (with various marks, of various kinds)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nānāliṅga

nānāliṅga - having various marks, of diverse forms

From 'nānā' (various) and 'liṅga' (mark, sign).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+liṅga)

• nānā – various, diverse
  indeclinable
• liṅga – mark, sign, characteristic, symbol
  noun (neuter)
  Root: liṅg (class 1)

शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp, keen

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharp, keen, sharpened

Past Passive Participle

From root śo (to sharpen).

Root: śo (class 4)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, dart

From root śṛ (to crush, tear).

Root: śṛ (class 9)

अभिपेउतुः (abhipeutuḥ) - rushed towards

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of abhipat

Perfect tense form of 'abhi' + root 'pat' (to fall, fly, come).

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of 'abhipeutuḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āji

āji - battle, combat, contest

Root: aj (class 1)

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, locusts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purified

From root pū (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)