महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-45, verse-22

ततस्तत्कुञ्जरानीकं व्यधमद्धृष्टमार्जुनिः ।
यथा विवान्नित्यगतिर्जलदाञ्शतशोऽम्बरे ॥२२॥

22. tatastatkuñjarānīkaṁ vyadhamaddhṛṣṭamārjuniḥ ,
yathā vivānnityagatirjaladāñśataśo'mbare.

22. tataḥ tat kuñjarānīkam vyadhamat dhṛṣṭaḥ ārjuniḥ
yathā vivān nityagatiḥ jaladān śataśaḥ ambare

22. tataḥ dhṛṣṭaḥ ārjuniḥ tat kuñjarānīkam vyadhamat
yathā nityagatiḥ vivān ambare śataśaḥ jaladān

22. Then, the bold Abhimanyu dispersed that elephant army, just as the ever-moving wind scatters hundreds of clouds in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• तत् (tat) - that specific elephant army (that, its)

• कुञ्जरानीकम् (kuñjarānīkam) - elephant army

• व्यधमत् (vyadhamat) - he dispersed, scattered, destroyed

• धृष्टः (dhṛṣṭaḥ) - bold, daring, impetuous

• आर्जुनिः (ārjuniḥ) - Abhimanyu (son of Arjuna, Abhimanyu)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• विवान् (vivān) - wind, air

• नित्यगतिः (nityagatiḥ) - the ever-moving wind (ever-moving, constant mover)

• जलदान् (jaladān) - clouds

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that specific elephant army (that, its)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुञ्जरानीकम् (kuñjarānīkam) - elephant army

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuñjarānīka

kuñjarānīka - elephant army

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuñjara+anīka)

• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of vyadhamat.

व्यधमत् (vyadhamat) - he dispersed, scattered, destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vi-dham

Imperfect

3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Prefix: vi

Root: dham (class 1)

धृष्टः (dhṛṣṭaḥ) - bold, daring, impetuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭa

dhṛṣṭa - bold, daring, impetuous, confident

Past Passive Participle

From root dhṛṣ (to be bold, to dare) + kta

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

आर्जुनिः (ārjuniḥ) - Abhimanyu (son of Arjuna, Abhimanyu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārjuni

ārjuni - son of Arjuna

Patronymic aṇ suffix applied to arjuna

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

विवान् (vivān) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivā

vivā - wind, air, breath

Derived from root vā (to blow); vivān is a classical form for wind.

Root: vā (class 2)

नित्यगतिः (nityagatiḥ) - the ever-moving wind (ever-moving, constant mover)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nityagati

nityagati - ever-moving, constant motion, perpetual movement

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nitya+gati)

• nitya – constant, eternal, perpetual
  adjective (masculine)
• gati – movement, course, way, going
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vivān.

जलदान् (jaladān) - clouds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jalada

jalada - cloud (lit. 'water-giver')

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (jala+da)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root dā 'to give'
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Object of the implied verb 'scatters'.

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

(indeclinable)

Formed with śas suffix indicating distribution or manner

Note: Adverbial usage.

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing