महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-2, verse-19

तस्येषुधाराः शतशः प्रादुरासञ्शरासनात् ।
अग्रे पुङ्खे च संसक्ता यथा भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः ॥१९॥

19. tasyeṣudhārāḥ śataśaḥ prādurāsañśarāsanāt ,
agre puṅkhe ca saṁsaktā yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ.

19. tasya iṣudhārāḥ śataśaḥ prādurāsan śarāsanāt
agre puṅkhe ca saṃsaktāḥ yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ

19. tasya śarāsanāt śataśaḥ iṣudhārāḥ agre ca puṅkhe
yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ saṃsaktāḥ prādurāsan

19. Hundreds of streams of arrows appeared from his bow, connecting at the front and at the feather-end, just like rows of bees.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its

• इषुधाराः (iṣudhārāḥ) - streams of arrows, volleys of arrows

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• प्रादुरासन् (prādurāsan) - appeared, manifested

• शरासनात् (śarāsanāt) - from the bow

• अग्रे (agre) - at the front, in front, at the tip

• पुङ्खे (puṅkhe) - at the feather-end, at the shaft

• च (ca) - and

• संसक्ताः (saṁsaktāḥ) - joined, connected, attached

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः (bhramarapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of bees, swarms of bees

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इषुधाराः (iṣudhārāḥ) - streams of arrows, volleys of arrows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of iṣudhārā

iṣudhārā - stream of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṣu+dhārā)

• iṣu – arrow, dart
  noun (masculine)
• dhārā – stream, current, flow
  noun (feminine)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

suffix 'śas' indicating 'by hundreds'

प्रादुरासन् (prādurāsan) - appeared, manifested

(verb)

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

Compound verb from indeclinable 'prādus' and root 'bhū'

Prefix: prādus

Root: bhū (class 1)

शरासनात् (śarāsanāt) - from the bow

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śarāsana

śarāsana - bow (weapon)

अग्रे (agre) - at the front, in front, at the tip

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of agra

agra - front, tip, top, leading part

पुङ्खे (puṅkhe) - at the feather-end, at the shaft

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of puṅkha

puṅkha - feathered end of an arrow, shaft of an arrow

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संसक्ताः (saṁsaktāḥ) - joined, connected, attached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃsakta

saṁsakta - joined, attached, clinging to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sañj' with prefix 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: The Devanagari 'संसक्ता' lacks the expected visarga for nominative plural feminine ('संसक्ताः'). Grammatically it should be 'saṃsaktāḥ' to agree with 'iṣudhārāḥ'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः (bhramarapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of bees, swarms of bees

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhramarapaṅkti

bhramarapaṅkti - row of bees, swarm of bees

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhramara+paṅkti)

• bhramara – bee
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkti – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)