महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-11, verse-6

ललाटस्थं ततो बाणं धारयामास पाण्डवः ।
यथा शृङ्गं वने दृप्तः खड्गो धारयते नृप ॥६॥

6. lalāṭasthaṁ tato bāṇaṁ dhārayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ ,
yathā śṛṅgaṁ vane dṛptaḥ khaḍgo dhārayate nṛpa.

6. lalāṭastham tataḥ bāṇam dhārayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ
yathā śṛṅgam vane dṛptaḥ khaḍgaḥ dhārayate nṛpa

6. nṛpa tataḥ pāṇḍavaḥ lalāṭastham bāṇam dhārayāmāsa
yathā vane dṛptaḥ khaḍgaḥ śṛṅgam dhārayate

6. O king, the Pandava (Bhima) then bore that arrow fixed on his forehead, just as a proud rhinoceros carries its horn in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• ललाटस्थम् (lalāṭastham) - situated on the forehead, fixed on the forehead

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

• बाणम् (bāṇam) - arrow

• धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - held, bore

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhima (the son of Pandu)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, according to

• शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - horn

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• दृप्तः (dṛptaḥ) - proud, arrogant

• खड्गः (khaḍgaḥ) - rhinoceros (rhinoceros, sword)

• धारयते (dhārayate) - bears, carries

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

ललाटस्थम् (lalāṭastham) - situated on the forehead, fixed on the forehead

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lalāṭastha

lalāṭastha - situated on the forehead

Compound formed with -stha (from sthā 'to stand, situated')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lalāṭa+stha)

• lalāṭa – forehead, brow
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective (neuter)
  kṛt affix -ṣṭha
  Root: sthā

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

बाणम् (bāṇam) - arrow

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - held, bore

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dhṛ

Causal Perfect

Periphrastic perfect form of the causal root dhārayati

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhima (the son of Pandu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, a Pandava

यथा (yathā) - just as, according to

(indeclinable)

शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - horn

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit, pinnacle

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

दृप्तः (dṛptaḥ) - proud, arrogant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛpta

dṛpta - proud, arrogant, haughty, inflamed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of dṛp

Root: dṛp (class 4)

खड्गः (khaḍgaḥ) - rhinoceros (rhinoceros, sword)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaḍga

khaḍga - rhinoceros, sword

धारयते (dhārayate) - bears, carries

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhṛ

Causal Present

Present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular of the causal root dhārayati

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler