महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-11, verse-17

अपसव्यं ततश्चक्रे द्रौणिस्तत्र वृकोदरम् ।
किरञ्शरशतैरुग्रैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ॥१७॥

17. apasavyaṁ tataścakre drauṇistatra vṛkodaram ,
kirañśaraśatairugrairdhārābhiriva parvatam.

17. apasavyam tataḥ cakre drauṇiḥ tatra vṛkodaram
kiran śaraśataiḥ ugraiḥ dhārābhiḥ iva parvatam

17. tataḥ drauṇiḥ tatra vṛkodaram apasavyam cakre
ugraiḥ śaraśataiḥ kiran dhārābhiḥ iva parvatam

17. Then, Droṇi (Aśvatthāman) maneuvered to the left (apasavyam) against Vṛkodara (Bhīma) there, showering him with hundreds of fierce arrows, just as (rain) torrents deluge a mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• अपसव्यम् (apasavyam) - to the left, anti-clockwise

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• चक्रे (cakre) - he maneuvered (he made, he did, he performed)

• द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāman (Droni's son, Aśvatthāman)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhīma (Vṛkodara, Bhīma)

• किरन् (kiran) - showering, scattering, throwing

• शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows

• उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - with fierce, dreadful, potent (arrows)

• धाराभिः (dhārābhiḥ) - with streams, torrents, showers (of rain)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - a mountain

Words meanings and morphology

अपसव्यम् (apasavyam) - to the left, anti-clockwise

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apasavya

apasavya - left side, anti-clockwise, inauspicious

compound: 'apa' (away from) + 'savya' (right)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (apa+savya)

• apa – away, off, down
  indeclinable
  prefix
• savya – right, right hand, southern
  adjective (neuter)

Note: functions adverbially

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

adverbial, formed from 'tad' (that) + suffix 'taḥ'

चक्रे (cakre) - he maneuvered (he made, he did, he performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect Indicative

root 'kṛ', perfect form, active voice with middle endings (ātmanepada)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāman (Droni's son, Aśvatthāman)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drauṇi

drauṇi - son of Droṇa, Aśvatthāman

patronymic ('apātya') derived from 'droṇa'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

adverbial, formed from 'tad' (that) + suffix 'tra'

वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhīma (Vṛkodara, Bhīma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied (epithet of Bhīma), having a ravenous appetite

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'vṛka' (wolf) + 'udara' (belly)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

किरन् (kiran) - showering, scattering, throwing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kiran

kṛ - to scatter, to throw, to sprinkle

Present Active Participle

root 'kṛ', present participle form

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: modifies 'drauṇiḥ'

शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaraśata

śaraśata - hundreds of arrows, a multitude of arrows

compound of 'śara' and 'śata'

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+śata)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred, a multitude
  noun (neuter)

उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - with fierce, dreadful, potent (arrows)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, mighty, severe

Note: modifies 'śaraśataiḥ'

धाराभिः (dhārābhiḥ) - with streams, torrents, showers (of rain)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of dhārā

dhārā - stream, current, torrent, shower (of rain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - a mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill