महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-37, verse-21

शरान्विचित्रान्महतो रुक्मपुङ्खाञ्शिलाशितान् ।
मुमोच शतशः क्रुद्धो गभस्तीनिव भास्करः ॥२१॥

21. śarānvicitrānmahato rukmapuṅkhāñśilāśitān ,
mumoca śataśaḥ kruddho gabhastīniva bhāskaraḥ.

21. śarān vicitrān mahataḥ rukmapuṅkhān śilāśitān
mumoca śataśaḥ kruddhaḥ gabhastīn iva bhāskaraḥ

21. kruddhaḥ saḥ śilāśitān vicitrān mahataḥ rukmapuṅkhān
śarān śataśaḥ mumoca bhāskaraḥ gabhastīn iva

21. Enraged, he released hundreds of varied, mighty, gold-shafted arrows, sharpened on stone, just as the sun emits its rays.

Words meanings summery:

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• विचित्रान् (vicitrān) - varied (arrows) (various, variegated, diverse)

• महतः (mahataḥ) - mighty (arrows) (great, mighty, large)

• रुक्मपुङ्खान् (rukmapuṅkhān) - gold-shafted (arrows) (gold-feathered, having golden shafts)

• शिलाशितान् (śilāśitān) - sharpened on stone (arrows) (sharpened on stone)

• मुमोच (mumoca) - he released (arrows) (he released, he let go, he shot)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds of (arrows) (by hundreds, hundreds of)

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (angry, enraged, furious)

• गभस्तीन् (gabhastīn) - rays (of the sun) (rays (of light), arms, hands)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun (the sun (light-maker))

Words meanings and morphology

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 9)

Note: Object of 'mumoca'.

विचित्रान् (vicitrān) - varied (arrows) (various, variegated, diverse)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange, various

From 'vi' (diverse) and 'citra' (bright, clear, picture).

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarān'.

महतः (mahataḥ) - mighty (arrows) (great, mighty, large)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Root 'mah' (to be great) with suffix -at.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarān'.

रुक्मपुङ्खान् (rukmapuṅkhān) - gold-shafted (arrows) (gold-feathered, having golden shafts)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rukmapuṅkha

rukmapuṅkha - having a gold-feathered shaft (of an arrow), gold-tipped

Compound of 'rukma' (gold) and 'puṅkha' (feather, shaft of an arrow).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rukma+puṅkha)

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

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarān'.

शिलाशितान् (śilāśitān) - sharpened on stone (arrows) (sharpened on stone)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śilāśita

śilāśita - sharpened on stone, whetted by a stone

Past Passive Participle compound

Compound of 'śilā' (stone) and 'śita' (sharpened, from root 'śo' or 'śā').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+śita)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• śita – sharpened, whetted, acute
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śo' or 'śā' (to sharpen) with suffix -ta.
  Root: śo/śā (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarān'.

मुमोच (mumoca) - he released (arrows) (he released, he let go, he shot)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, active voice

Reduplicated perfect form of the root muc.

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds of (arrows) (by hundreds, hundreds of)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'śata' (hundred) with suffix -śaḥ.

Note: Indicates quantity or manner.

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (angry, enraged, furious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, furious, wrathful

Past Passive Participle

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

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Functions as a predicate or epithet for the subject.

गभस्तीन् (gabhastīn) - rays (of the sun) (rays (of light), arms, hands)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gabhasti

gabhasti - ray of light, hand, arm

Note: Object of comparison, implied verb 'emits'.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun (the sun (light-maker))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - the sun (literally 'light-maker'), brilliant, illuminating

Compound of 'bhās' (light) and 'kara' (maker, from root 'kṛ').

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, splendor, lustre
  noun (neuter)
• kara – maker, doer, causing
  adjective
  agent noun
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with a kṛt affix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agent of comparison, implied verb 'emits'.