महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-15, verse-27

अथारेर्लाघवं दृष्ट्वा मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः ।
प्रास्यद्द्रोणसुतो बाणान्वृष्टिं पूषानुजो यथा ॥२७॥

27. athārerlāghavaṁ dṛṣṭvā maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ ,
prāsyaddroṇasuto bāṇānvṛṣṭiṁ pūṣānujo yathā.

27. atha areḥ lāghavam dṛṣṭvā maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ
prāsyat droṇasutaḥ bāṇān vṛṣṭim pūṣānujaḥ yathā

27. atha droṇasutaḥ areḥ lāghavam dṛṣṭvā
maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ yathā pūṣānujaḥ bāṇān vṛṣṭim prāsyat

27. Then, having witnessed the enemy's swiftness, Droṇa's son, with his bow drawn into a circle, shot a shower of arrows, just as the younger brother of Pūṣan (Indra) sends forth rain.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• अरेः (areḥ) - of the enemy

• लाघवम् (lāghavam) - swiftness, lightness, dexterity

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

• मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः (maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ) - Droṇa's son, with his bow drawn into a circular shape (fully drawn) (whose bow was made circular, having made his bow circular)

• प्रास्यत् (prāsyat) - he shot, he hurled

• द्रोणसुतः (droṇasutaḥ) - Aśvatthāman (son of Droṇa)

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• वृष्टिम् (vṛṣṭim) - a shower (of arrows) (a shower, rain)

• पूषानुजः (pūṣānujaḥ) - the younger brother of Pūṣan (referring to Indra or Parjanya, a rain deity) (the younger brother of Pūṣan)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

अरेः (areḥ) - of the enemy

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ari

ari - enemy, foe, rival

लाघवम् (lāghavam) - swiftness, lightness, dexterity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lāghava

lāghava - lightness, swiftness, agility, dexterity

Derived from laghu (light, quick).

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √dṛś (to see) with suffix ktvā.

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः (maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ) - Droṇa's son, with his bow drawn into a circular shape (fully drawn) (whose bow was made circular, having made his bow circular)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇḍalīkṛtakārmuka

maṇḍalīkṛtakārmuka - whose bow is made circular (drawn fully)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (maṇḍalīkṛta+kārmuka)

• maṇḍalīkṛta – made into a circle, rounded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle (secondary derivative)
  Formed from maṇḍala + kṛta (done/made).
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)
• kārmuka – bow
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to Droṇa's son.

प्रास्यत् (prāsyat) - he shot, he hurled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of praas

Imperfect Active

Derived from root √as (to throw, to hurl) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: √as (class 4)

द्रोणसुतः (droṇasutaḥ) - Aśvatthāman (son of Droṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇasuta

droṇasuta - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (droṇa+suta)

• droṇa – Droṇa (a name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son, child
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (derived from √sū to beget)
  Root: √sū (class 2)

Note: The subject of the verb 'prāsyat'.

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Direct object of 'prāsyat'.

वृष्टिम् (vṛṣṭim) - a shower (of arrows) (a shower, rain)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛṣṭi

vṛṣṭi - rain, shower, pouring down

Derived from root √vṛṣ (to rain, pour).

Root: √vṛṣ (class 1)

पूषानुजः (pūṣānujaḥ) - the younger brother of Pūṣan (referring to Indra or Parjanya, a rain deity) (the younger brother of Pūṣan)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūṣānuja

pūṣānuja - younger brother of Pūṣan (an epithet of Indra or Parjanya)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūṣan+anuja)

• pūṣan – Pūṣan (Vedic solar deity, one of the Ādityas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• anuja – younger brother
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from anu- + √jan (to be born).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: √jan (class 4)

Note: Used in comparison to describe the abundant showering of arrows.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.