महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-70

ते शरा हेमविकृताः संपतन्तो मुहुर्मुहुः ।
श्रेणीकृता अभासन्त हंसाः श्रेणीगता इव ॥७०॥

70. te śarā hemavikṛtāḥ saṁpatanto muhurmuhuḥ ,
śreṇīkṛtā abhāsanta haṁsāḥ śreṇīgatā iva.

70. te śarāḥ hema-vikṛtāḥ sampatantaḥ muhuḥ muhuḥ
śreṇī-kṛtāḥ abhāsanta haṃsāḥ śreṇī-gatāḥ iva

70. te hema-vikṛtāḥ śarāḥ muhuḥ muhuḥ sampatantaḥ śreṇī-kṛtāḥ abhāsanta,
iva śreṇī-gatāḥ haṃsāḥ

70. Those golden-decorated arrows, falling repeatedly, shone in formations, appearing like swans arranged in rows.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

• हेम-विकृताः (hema-vikṛtāḥ) - decorated with gold, made golden

• सम्पतन्तः (sampatantaḥ) - falling, flying down, descending

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• श्रेणी-कृताः (śreṇī-kṛtāḥ) - formed into lines, arranged in rows

• अभासन्त (abhāsanta) - they shone, they appeared

• हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans

• श्रेणी-गताः (śreṇī-gatāḥ) - going in rows, moving in lines

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

हेम-विकृताः (hema-vikṛtāḥ) - decorated with gold, made golden

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hemavikṛta

hemavikṛta - gold-transformed, gold-decorated, made of gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hema+vikṛta)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• vikṛta – transformed, modified, decorated, artificial
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ with upasarga vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

सम्पतन्तः (sampatantaḥ) - falling, flying down, descending

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sampatat

sampatat - falling, flying down, descending

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat with upasarga sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis: 'muhuḥ muhuḥ'.

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis: 'muhuḥ muhuḥ'.

श्रेणी-कृताः (śreṇī-kṛtāḥ) - formed into lines, arranged in rows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śreṇīkṛta

śreṇīkṛta - made into lines, formed into rows, arrayed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śreṇī+kṛta)

• śreṇī – line, row, series, array
  noun (feminine)
• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

अभासन्त (abhāsanta) - they shone, they appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhās

Root: bhās (class 1)

हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a type of mythical bird

श्रेणी-गताः (śreṇī-gatāḥ) - going in rows, moving in lines

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śreṇīgata

śreṇīgata - gone in a line, arranged in a row

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śreṇī+gata)

• śreṇī – line, row, series, array
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, moved, attained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'haṃsāḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)