महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-73, verse-48

अस्त्रे ते वारुणाग्नेये ताभ्यां बाणसमाहिते ।
न तावदभिषज्येते व्यावर्तदथ भास्करः ॥४८॥

48. astre te vāruṇāgneye tābhyāṁ bāṇasamāhite ,
na tāvadabhiṣajyete vyāvartadatha bhāskaraḥ.

48. astre te vāruṇāgneye tābhyām bāṇasamāhite na
tāvat abhiṣajyete vyāvartat atha bhāskaraḥ

48. te vāruṇāgneye astre tābhyām bāṇasamāhite na tāvat abhiṣajyete.
atha bhāskaraḥ vyāvartat.

48. Those two weapons, the watery and the fiery, released by those two (wielders) with arrows, did not immediately collide (or neutralize each other). Thereupon, the sun withdrew.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्त्रे (astre) - two weapons

• ते (te) - those two (neuter)

• वारुणाग्नेये (vāruṇāgneye) - watery and fiery

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by the two wielders (of weapons, from previous verse) (by those two (masculine/neuter dual instrumental))

• बाणसमाहिते (bāṇasamāhite) - the weapons having been released/set with arrows (equipped/joined by arrows, directed by arrows)

• न (na) - not

• तावत् (tāvat) - immediately (before the sun's withdrawal) (so long, so much, then, immediately)

• अभिषज्येते (abhiṣajyete) - they two joined, they two came into contact, they two collided

• व्यावर्तत् (vyāvartat) - turned away, receded, withdrew, revolved

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and so

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

Words meanings and morphology

अस्त्रे (astre) - two weapons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of astra

astra - weapon, missile

Root: as (class 4)

ते (te) - those two (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: agrees with 'astre'

वारुणाग्नेये (vāruṇāgneye) - watery and fiery

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of vāruṇāgneya

vāruṇāgneya - watery and fiery, related to Varuna and Agni

Compound type : dvandva (vāruṇa+āgneya)

• vāruṇa – watery, relating to Varuna
  adjective
• āgneya – fiery, relating to Agni
  adjective

Note: agrees with 'astre'

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by the two wielders (of weapons, from previous verse) (by those two (masculine/neuter dual instrumental))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

बाणसमाहिते (bāṇasamāhite) - the weapons having been released/set with arrows (equipped/joined by arrows, directed by arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of bāṇasamāhita

bāṇasamāhita - equipped/joined by arrows, aimed with arrows, concentrated on arrows

Past Passive Participle

from 'sam-ā-dhā' with 'kta' suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+samāhita)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• samāhita – placed, joined, concentrated, composed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'dhā' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: agrees with 'astre'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - immediately (before the sun's withdrawal) (so long, so much, then, immediately)

(indeclinable)

अभिषज्येते (abhiṣajyete) - they two joined, they two came into contact, they two collided

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present (lat) of abhi-sañj

from root 'sañj' with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: sañj (class 7)

व्यावर्तत् (vyāvartat) - turned away, receded, withdrew, revolved

(verb)

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

from root 'vṛt' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā'

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and so

(indeclinable)

भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun, sun-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - the sun, sun-maker

from 'bhās' (light) and 'kara' (maker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, splendor
  noun (feminine)
• kara – making, causing, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root kṛ
  from root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'vyāvartat'