महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-69

तैर्विमुक्तैः शरशतैश्छादितं गगनं तदा ।
शलभानां यथा व्रातैस्तद्वदासीत्समाकुलम् ॥६९॥

69. tairvimuktaiḥ śaraśataiśchāditaṁ gaganaṁ tadā ,
śalabhānāṁ yathā vrātaistadvadāsītsamākulam.

69. taiḥ vimuktaiḥ śara-śataiḥ chāditam gaganam tadā
śalabhānām yathā vrātaiḥ tadvat āsīt samākulam

69. tadā taiḥ vimuktaiḥ śara-śataiḥ chāditam gaganam,
yathā śalabhānām vrātaiḥ tadvat samākulam āsīt

69. At that time, the sky was completely covered by the hundreds of arrows released by them, just as it would be crowded and obscured by swarms of locusts.

Words meanings summery:

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

• विमुक्तैः (vimuktaiḥ) - by those released, by those discharged

• शर-शतैः (śara-śataiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows

• छादितम् (chāditam) - covered, veiled

• गगनम् (gaganam) - sky, atmosphere

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• व्रातैः (vrātaiḥ) - by swarms, by multitudes

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - like that, similarly

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, it was

• समाकुलम् (samākulam) - crowded, filled, agitated

Words meanings and morphology

तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can also be neuter plural instrumental.

विमुक्तैः (vimuktaiḥ) - by those released, by those discharged

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vimukta

vimukta - released, liberated, discharged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muc with upasarga vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'taiḥ' and 'śaraśataiḥ'. Can also be neuter plural instrumental.

शर-शतैः (śara-śataiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaraśata

śaraśata - hundred arrows, a hundred arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+śata)

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

छादितम् (chāditam) - covered, veiled

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chādita

chādita - covered, concealed, hidden, veiled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the causative root of chad.

Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'gaganam'.

गगनम् (gaganam) - sky, atmosphere

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, firmament, atmosphere

Note: Subject of 'āsīt'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - locust, grasshopper, moth

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

व्रातैः (vrātaiḥ) - by swarms, by multitudes

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vrāta

vrāta - swarm, multitude, host, collection

तद्वत् (tadvat) - like that, similarly

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, it was

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

समाकुलम् (samākulam) - crowded, filled, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samākula

samākula - crowded, filled, confused, agitated, overcome

Note: Agrees with 'gaganam'.