महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-10

वज्राशनिसमा घोराः परकायावभेदिनः ।
शराः कुर्वन्ति ते नार्थं पार्थ काद्य विडम्बना ॥१०॥

10. vajrāśanisamā ghorāḥ parakāyāvabhedinaḥ ,
śarāḥ kurvanti te nārthaṁ pārtha kādya viḍambanā.

10. vajrāśanisamāḥ ghorāḥ parakāyāvabhedinaḥ śarāḥ
kurvanti te na arthaṃ pārtha kā adya viḍambanā

10. pārtha vajrāśanisamāḥ ghorāḥ parakāyāvabhedinaḥ
te śarāḥ arthaṃ na kurvanti adya kā viḍambanā

10. O Pārtha, your terrible arrows, which are like thunderbolts and lightning and pierce other bodies, are not achieving their purpose. What kind of humiliation (viḍambanā) is this today?

Words meanings summery:

• वज्राशनिसमाः (vajrāśanisamāḥ) - like thunderbolts and lightning

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• परकायावभेदिनः (parakāyāvabhedinaḥ) - piercing other bodies

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they are achieving (they do, they make, they perform)

• ते (te) - your

• न (na) - not, no

• अर्थं (arthaṁ) - purpose, aim, meaning, use

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

• का (kā) - what, which, what kind of

• अद्य (adya) - today

• विडम्बना (viḍambanā) - mockery, humiliation, frustration, imitation

Words meanings and morphology

वज्राशनिसमाः (vajrāśanisamāḥ) - like thunderbolts and lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajrāśanisama

vajrāśanisama - resembling thunderbolts and lightning

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vajra+aśani+sama)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
• aśani – lightning, thunderbolt
  noun (feminine)
• sama – like, equal, similar
  adjective (masculine)

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful, fierce

परकायावभेदिनः (parakāyāvabhedinaḥ) - piercing other bodies

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parakāyāvabhedin

parakāyāvabhedin - piercing the bodies of others

Agent Noun/Adjective

Compound formed with 'para-kāya' and 'avabhedin' (from ava-√bhid 'to pierce')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+kāya+avabhedin)

• para – other, another, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• kāya – body
  noun (masculine)
• avabhedin – breaking, piercing, splitting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from root √bhid (to split, pierce) with prefix ava-
  Prefix: ava
  Root: bhid (class 7)

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they are achieving (they do, they make, they perform)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अर्थं (arthaṁ) - purpose, aim, meaning, use

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, object, meaning, wealth

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); a name for Arjuna

Patronymic from Pṛthā

का (kā) - what, which, what kind of

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

विडम्बना (viḍambanā) - mockery, humiliation, frustration, imitation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viḍambanā

viḍambanā - mockery, ridicule, humiliation, frustration, imitation

From √viḍamb (to mock, imitate)

Root: viḍamb (class 10)