महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-21, verse-32

मुसलानीव निष्पेतुः परिघा इव चेषवः ।
शतघ्न्य इव चाप्यन्ये वज्राण्युग्राणि वापरे ॥३२॥

32. musalānīva niṣpetuḥ parighā iva ceṣavaḥ ,
śataghnya iva cāpyanye vajrāṇyugrāṇi vāpare.

32. musalāni iva niṣpetuḥ parighāḥ iva ca iṣavaḥ
śataghnyaḥ iva ca api anye vajrāṇi ugrāṇi vā apare

32. iṣavaḥ musalāni iva niṣpetuḥ ca parighāḥ iva ca
api anye śataghnyaḥ iva vā apare ugrāṇi vajrāṇi

32. The arrows flew forth like maces, and some were like iron clubs. Others, again, were like *śataghnīs* (a type of weapon), and still others like terrible thunderbolts.

Words meanings summery:

• मुसलानि (musalāni) - maces, clubs, pestles

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• निष्पेतुः (niṣpetuḥ) - flew forth, fell down, shot out

• परिघाः (parighāḥ) - iron clubs, cross-bars, bolts

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• इषवः (iṣavaḥ) - arrows

• शतघ्न्यः (śataghnyaḥ) - śataghnīs (a kind of projectile weapon, literally 'killer of hundreds')

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, too, even

• अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

• वज्राणि (vajrāṇi) - thunderbolts, diamonds

• उग्राणि (ugrāṇi) - terrible, fierce, mighty

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• अपरे (apare) - others, other ones

Words meanings and morphology

मुसलानि (musalāni) - maces, clubs, pestles

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of musala

musala - mace, club, pestle

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

निष्पेतुः (niṣpetuḥ) - flew forth, fell down, shot out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √pat

Prefix: ni

Root: √pat (class 1)

परिघाः (parighāḥ) - iron clubs, cross-bars, bolts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parigha

parigha - iron club, cross-bar, bolt (of a gate)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इषवः (iṣavaḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of iṣu

iṣu - arrow

शतघ्न्यः (śataghnyaḥ) - śataghnīs (a kind of projectile weapon, literally 'killer of hundreds')

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śataghnya

śataghnya - a projectile weapon (e.g., a kind of javelin or dart), 'killer of hundreds'

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, too, even

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

वज्राणि (vajrāṇi) - thunderbolts, diamonds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt (Indra's weapon), diamond

उग्राणि (ugrāṇi) - terrible, fierce, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ugra

ugra - terrible, fierce, mighty, violent

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others, other ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior