महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-99, verse-3

स तु दुःशासनं वीरः सायकैरावृणोद्भृशम् ।
मशकं समनुप्राप्तमूर्णनाभिरिवोर्णया ॥३॥

3. sa tu duḥśāsanaṁ vīraḥ sāyakairāvṛṇodbhṛśam ,
maśakaṁ samanuprāptamūrṇanābhirivorṇayā.

3. sa tu duḥśāsanam vīraḥ sāyakaiḥ āvṛṇot bhṛśam
| maśakam samanuprāptam ūrṇanābhiḥ iva ūrṇayā

3. tu sa vīraḥ sāyakaiḥ bhṛśam duḥśāsanam āvṛṇot
ūrṇanābhiḥ ūrṇayā samanuprāptam maśakam iva

3. But that hero (Satyaki) intensely covered Duḥśāsana with arrows, just as a spider covers a fly it has caught with its web.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• दुःशासनम् (duḥśāsanam) - Duḥśāsana

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero Satyaki (hero, brave man)

• सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows

• आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - he covered, he surrounded

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, very much

• मशकम् (maśakam) - mosquito, fly

• समनुप्राप्तम् (samanuprāptam) - having been fully obtained, having been caught

• ऊर्णनाभिः (ūrṇanābhiḥ) - spider

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

• ऊर्णया (ūrṇayā) - by a web, by threads

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

दुःशासनम् (duḥśāsanam) - Duḥśāsana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duḥśāsana

duḥśāsana - Duḥśāsana (name of a Kaurava prince, one of Duryodhana's brothers)

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero Satyaki (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, dart

आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - he covered, he surrounded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Past Imperfect (laṅ) of √vṛ

Prefix: ā

Root: √vṛ (class 5)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, very much

(indeclinable)

मशकम् (maśakam) - mosquito, fly

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of maśaka

maśaka - mosquito, gnat, fly

समनुप्राप्तम् (samanuprāptam) - having been fully obtained, having been caught

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samanuprāpta

samanuprāpta - obtained, reached, fully acquired, caught

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root √āp (to obtain, reach) with prefixes sam-, anu-, pra-.

Prefixes: sam+anu+pra

Root: √āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'maśakam'.

ऊर्णनाभिः (ūrṇanābhiḥ) - spider

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrṇanābhi

ūrṇanābhi - spider (lit. 'wool-navelled' or 'thread-from-navel')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrṇā+nābhi)

• ūrṇā – wool, thread, spider-web
  noun (feminine)
• nābhi – navel, centre, hub
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)

ऊर्णया (ūrṇayā) - by a web, by threads

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ūrṇā

ūrṇā - wool, thread, spider-web