महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-9

समुत्पतन्ति वल्मीकाद्यथा क्रुद्धा महोरगाः ।
तथा द्रोणरथाद्राजन्नुत्पतन्ति तनुच्छिदः ॥९॥

9. samutpatanti valmīkādyathā kruddhā mahoragāḥ ,
tathā droṇarathādrājannutpatanti tanucchidaḥ.

9. samutpatanti valmīkāt yathā kruddhāḥ mahoragāḥ
tathā droṇarathāt rājan utpatanti tanucchidaḥ

9. rājan yathā kruddhāḥ mahoragāḥ valmīkāt samutpatanti
tathā tanucchidaḥ droṇarathāt utpatanti

9. Just as furious, great snakes emerge from an anthill, so too, O king, do the body-piercing arrows fly forth from Drona's chariot.

Words meanings summery:

• समुत्पतन्ति (samutpatanti) - they fly up, they emerge, they spring forth

• वल्मीकात् (valmīkāt) - from an anthill, from a molehill

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged, angry, furious

• महोरगाः (mahoragāḥ) - great snakes

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• द्रोणरथात् (droṇarathāt) - from Drona's chariot

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they fly up, they emerge, they spring forth

• तनुच्छिदः (tanucchidaḥ) - body-piercing arrows (body-piercing (arrows), body-cutters)

Words meanings and morphology

समुत्पतन्ति (samutpatanti) - they fly up, they emerge, they spring forth

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sam-ud-pat

root pat (class 1) with prefixes sam-ud-, present (laṭ), 3rd person plural active

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: pat (class 1)

वल्मीकात् (valmīkāt) - from an anthill, from a molehill

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of valmīka

valmīka - anthill, molehill

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged, angry, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry

past passive participle

from root krudh (class 4), past passive participle

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with mahoragāḥ.

महोरगाः (mahoragāḥ) - great snakes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahoraga

mahoraga - great snake, python

compound of mahā (great) and uraga (snake)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+uraga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• uraga – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

द्रोणरथात् (droṇarathāt) - from Drona's chariot

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of droṇaratha

droṇaratha - Drona's chariot

compound of Droṇa (proper noun) and ratha (chariot)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (droṇa+ratha)

• droṇa – Drona (a famous teacher of warfare)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they fly up, they emerge, they spring forth

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ud-pat

root pat (class 1) with prefix ud-, present (laṭ), 3rd person plural active

Prefix: ud

Root: pat (class 1)

तनुच्छिदः (tanucchidaḥ) - body-piercing arrows (body-piercing (arrows), body-cutters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanucchid

tanucchid - body-piercer, body-cutter

compound of tanu (body) and chid (cutting, breaking)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (tanu+chid)

• tanu – body, limb, person
  noun (feminine)
• chid – cutting, breaking, piercing
  noun (feminine)
  from root chid (class 7)
  Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Implied to be arrows.