महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-70, verse-16

यथैव शरवर्षाणि द्रोणो वर्षति पार्षते ।
तथैव शरवर्षाणि धृष्टद्युम्नोऽभ्यवर्षत ॥१६॥

16. yathaiva śaravarṣāṇi droṇo varṣati pārṣate ,
tathaiva śaravarṣāṇi dhṛṣṭadyumno'bhyavarṣata.

16. yathā eva śaravarṣāṇi droṇaḥ varṣati pārṣate
tathā eva śaravarṣāṇi dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ abhyavarṣata

16. yathā eva droṇaḥ pārṣate śaravarṣāṇi varṣati
tathā eva dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śaravarṣāṇi abhyavarṣata

16. Just as Droṇa showered barrages of arrows upon Dhṛṣṭadyumna (pārṣate), so too Dhṛṣṭadyumna showered barrages of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

• शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, barrages of arrows

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

• वर्षति (varṣati) - rains, showers, pours down

• पार्षते (pārṣate) - upon Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner, likewise

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

• शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, barrages of arrows

• धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna

• अभ्यवर्षत (abhyavarṣata) - showered upon, rained down, poured over

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, barrages of arrows

(noun)

neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, rain of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a preceptor)

वर्षति (varṣati) - rains, showers, pours down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vṛṣ

Present Active

Root vṛṣ, present tense, third person singular

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

पार्षते (pārṣate) - upon Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pārṣata

pārṣata - son of Pṛṣata (an epithet for Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

Derived from Pṛṣata (ancestor) with a patronymic suffix

तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner, likewise

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, barrages of arrows

(noun)

neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, rain of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭadyumna

dhṛṣṭadyumna - Dhṛṣṭadyumna (name of a warrior)

अभ्यवर्षत (abhyavarṣata) - showered upon, rained down, poured over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of abhi-vṛṣ

Imperfect Active

Root vṛṣ with prefix abhi, imperfect tense, third person singular

Prefix: abhi

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)