महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-98, verse-32

निहत्य तान्बाणगणान्द्रोणो राजन्समन्ततः ।
महाजलधरान्व्योम्नि मातरिश्वा विवानिव ॥३२॥

32. nihatya tānbāṇagaṇāndroṇo rājansamantataḥ ,
mahājaladharānvyomni mātariśvā vivāniva.

32. nihatya tān bāṇagaṇān droṇaḥ rājan samantataḥ
mahājaladharān vyomni mātariśvā vi vān iva

32. rājan droṇaḥ samantataḥ tān bāṇagaṇān
nihatya vyomni mātariśvā vi vān iva

32. O King, Droṇa struck down those multitudes of arrows from all sides, just as the wind (mātariśvā) disperses great rain clouds in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down (having struck down, having destroyed)

• तान् (tān) - those

• बाणगणान् (bāṇagaṇān) - multitudes of arrows (multitudes of arrows, groups of arrows)

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - the warrior Droṇa (Droṇa (proper noun))

• राजन् (rājan) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied speaker is Sañjaya) (O king)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides (from all sides, all around, completely)

• महाजलधरान् (mahājaladharān) - great rain clouds

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

• मातरिश्वा (mātariśvā) - the wind (the wind, Vayu)

• वि (vi) - (indicating separation or dispersion) (apart, away, asunder (prefix/indeclinable particle))

• वान् (vān) - blowing (as if) (blowing, moving, (one who blows/moves))

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down (having struck down, having destroyed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from prefix `ni` + root `han` + suffix `-tvā/ya` for absolutives. Here `ya` because of prefix.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

बाणगणान् (bāṇagaṇān) - multitudes of arrows (multitudes of arrows, groups of arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇagaṇa

bāṇagaṇa - multitude of arrows, group of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+gaṇa)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, troop
  noun (masculine)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - the warrior Droṇa (Droṇa (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a teacher of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas)

राजन् (rājan) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied speaker is Sañjaya) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides (from all sides, all around, completely)

(indeclinable)

Suffix `tas` indicating 'from/on all sides'.

महाजलधरान् (mahājaladharān) - great rain clouds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahājaladhara

mahājaladhara - great cloud, large rain-bearer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+jaladhara)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• jaladhara – cloud (lit. 'water-bearer')
  noun (masculine)
  From `jala` (water) + `dhara` (bearer, from root `dhṛ` to hold).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

मातरिश्वा (mātariśvā) - the wind (the wind, Vayu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātariśvan

mātariśvan - the wind, Vayu (lit. 'moving in the air')

Compound of `mātari` (locative of `mātṛ` meaning 'in the mother' or 'in the sky/atmosphere') + `śvan` (moving, from root `śvas`).

Root: śvas (class 2)

वि (vi) - (indicating separation or dispersion) (apart, away, asunder (prefix/indeclinable particle))

(indeclinable)

This is an adverbial particle or prefix. Here it acts adverbially, describing the manner of `mātariśvā`.

वान् (vān) - blowing (as if) (blowing, moving, (one who blows/moves))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāt

vāt - blowing, moving, animating (present active participle of `√vā`)

Present Active Participle

From root `vā` (to blow) + `śatṛ` suffix, masculine nominative singular. `vān` is the nominative singular form of `vāt`.

Root: vā (class 2)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.