महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-91, verse-27

चापं च रुक्मविकृतं विधुन्वन्गजमूर्धनि ।
अशोभत महाराज सविद्युदिव तोयदः ॥२७॥

27. cāpaṁ ca rukmavikṛtaṁ vidhunvangajamūrdhani ,
aśobhata mahārāja savidyudiva toyadaḥ.

27. cāpam ca rukmavikṛtam vidhunvan gajamūrdhani
aśobhata mahārāja savidyut iva toyadaḥ

27. mahārāja gajamūrdhani rukmavikṛtam cāpam ca
vidhunvan saḥ savidyut iva toyadaḥ aśobhata

27. O great king, brandishing a gold-adorned bow while on the elephant's head, he shone like a cloud accompanied by lightning.

Words meanings summery:

• चापम् (cāpam) - bow

• च (ca) - and, also

• रुक्मविकृतम् (rukmavikṛtam) - adorned with gold, decorated with gold

• विधुन्वन् (vidhunvan) - shaking, brandishing, agitating

• गजमूर्धनि (gajamūrdhani) - on the elephant's head

• अशोभत (aśobhata) - he shone, he was radiant, he looked splendid

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• सविद्युत् (savidyut) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning, lightning-laden

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - cloud (giver of water)

Words meanings and morphology

चापम् (cāpam) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāpa

cāpa - bow, arc

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रुक्मविकृतम् (rukmavikṛtam) - adorned with gold, decorated with gold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rukmavikṛta

rukmavikṛta - adorned with gold, decorated with gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rukma+vikṛta)

• rukma – gold, golden ornament
  noun (neuter)
• vikṛta – changed, altered, adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√kṛ (to change, alter, adorn)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying 'cāpam'.

विधुन्वन् (vidhunvan) - shaking, brandishing, agitating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhunvat

vidhunvat - shaking, brandishing, agitating

Present Active Participle

From vi-√dhū (to shake, agitate)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Masculine nominative singular form of the present participle.

गजमूर्धनि (gajamūrdhani) - on the elephant's head

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gajamūrdhan

gajamūrdhan - elephant's head

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+mūrdhan)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• mūrdhan – head, top, summit
  noun (masculine)

अशोभत (aśobhata) - he shone, he was radiant, he looked splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of śubh

imperfect

Third person singular, middle voice, imperfect (laṅ)

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: The initial 'a' is the augment for past tense.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

सविद्युत् (savidyut) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning, lightning-laden

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savidyut

savidyut - with lightning, lightning-laden

From sa- (with) + vidyut (lightning)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vidyut)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• vidyut – lightning
  noun (feminine)

Note: This is an adjective and in 'savidyut iva toyadaḥ', it acts as a masculine nominative singular adjective modifying 'toyadaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - cloud (giver of water)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of toyada

toyada - cloud (lit. water-giver)

From toya (water) + da (giver)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (toya+da)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  From √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 1)

Note: The subject of the comparison.