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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-67, verse-11

क्षरन्निव महामेघो वारिधाराः सहस्रशः ।
द्रोणमेघः पार्थशैलं ववर्ष शरवृष्टिभिः ॥११॥
11. kṣaranniva mahāmegho vāridhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ ,
droṇameghaḥ pārthaśailaṁ vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ.
11. kṣaran iva mahāmeghaḥ vāridhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ
droṇameghaḥ pārthaśailam vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ
11. droṇameghaḥ mahāmeghaḥ vāridhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ
kṣaran iva pārthaśailam śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ vavarṣa
11. Just as a great cloud showers thousands of streams of water, the cloud Drona rained torrents of arrows upon Arjuna, who stood like a mountain.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • क्षरन् (kṣaran) - showering (water) (showering, flowing, dripping, oozing)
  • इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, as)
  • महामेघः (mahāmeghaḥ) - mighty cloud (great cloud, mighty cloud)
  • वारिधाराः (vāridhārāḥ) - streams of water (streams of water, showers of water)
  • सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands of (by thousands, in thousands, thousands of)
  • द्रोणमेघः (droṇameghaḥ) - Drona, who is like a cloud (Drona, the cloud)
  • पार्थशैलम् (pārthaśailam) - Arjuna, who stood like a mountain (Arjuna-mountain, mountain-like Arjuna)
  • ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - rained, showered
  • शरवृष्टिभिः (śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ) - with torrents of arrows (with showers of arrows, by torrents of arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षरन् (kṣaran) - showering (water) (showering, flowing, dripping, oozing)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣarat
kṣarat - showering, flowing, dripping, oozing (present participle active)
Present Active Participle
Derived from root kṣar (1st conjugation, Parasmaipada)
Root: kṣar (class 1)
इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, as)
(indeclinable)
महामेघः (mahāmeghaḥ) - mighty cloud (great cloud, mighty cloud)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmegha
mahāmegha - great cloud, mighty cloud
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+megha)
  • mahat – great, mighty, large
    adjective (neuter)
  • megha – cloud
    noun (masculine)
    Root: megh
वारिधाराः (vāridhārāḥ) - streams of water (streams of water, showers of water)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of vāridhārā
vāridhārā - stream of water, current of water
Compound type : tatpurusha (vāri+dhārā)
  • vāri – water
    noun (neuter)
  • dhārā – stream, current, torrent, shower
    noun (feminine)
    From root dhṛ
    Root: dhṛ
Note: object of "showering" implicit in kṣaran
सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands of (by thousands, in thousands, thousands of)
(indeclinable)
Suffix -śas
Note: Adverbial use
द्रोणमेघः (droṇameghaḥ) - Drona, who is like a cloud (Drona, the cloud)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇamegha
droṇamegha - Drona, the cloud (as a metaphor for Drona)
Compound type : karmadhāraya (Droṇa+megha)
  • Droṇa – Drona (name of the teacher)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • megha – cloud
    noun (masculine)
    Root: megh
Note: Subject of the sentence
पार्थशैलम् (pārthaśailam) - Arjuna, who stood like a mountain (Arjuna-mountain, mountain-like Arjuna)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of pārthaśaila
pārthaśaila - Arjuna-mountain, mountain-like Arjuna
Compound type : karmadhāraya (Pārtha+śaila)
  • Pārtha – son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna
    proper noun (masculine)
    Derived from Pṛthā + aṇ
  • śaila – mountain, rock
    noun (masculine)
Note: Object of the verb vavarṣa
ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - rained, showered
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vṛṣ
Perfect Active
Root vṛṣ, Perfect tense form
Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
शरवृष्टिभिः (śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ) - with torrents of arrows (with showers of arrows, by torrents of arrows)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, plural of śaravṛṣṭi
śaravṛṣṭi - shower of arrows, torrent of arrows
Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+vṛṣṭi)
  • śara – arrow
    noun (masculine)
  • vṛṣṭi – rain, shower, torrent
    noun (feminine)
    From root vṛṣ + ktin
    Root: vṛṣ
Note: Means by which Drona rained