महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-4

संपातं चान्वपश्याम संग्रामे भृशदारुणे ।
शलभा इव संपेतुः समन्ताच्छरवृष्टयः ॥४॥

4. saṁpātaṁ cānvapaśyāma saṁgrāme bhṛśadāruṇe ,
śalabhā iva saṁpetuḥ samantāccharavṛṣṭayaḥ.

4. saṃpātam ca anvapaśyāma saṃgrāme bhṛśadāruṇe
śalabhāḥ iva saṃpetuḥ samantāt śaravṛṣṭayaḥ

4. saṃgrāme bhṛśadāruṇe saṃpātam ca anvapaśyāma
śaravṛṣṭayaḥ śalabhāḥ iva samantāt saṃpetuḥ

4. We observed the conflict in that exceedingly dreadful battle, where showers of arrows fell from all sides like locusts.

Words meanings summery:

• संपातम् (saṁpātam) - collision, encounter, fall

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्वपश्याम (anvapaśyāma) - we observed, we saw, we perceived

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in the battle, in the war

• भृशदारुणे (bhṛśadāruṇe) - in the exceedingly dreadful, in the very terrible

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - locusts, moths

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• संपेतुः (saṁpetuḥ) - they fell, they rushed down

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

• शरवृष्टयः (śaravṛṣṭayaḥ) - showers of arrows

Words meanings and morphology

संपातम् (saṁpātam) - collision, encounter, fall

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃpāta

saṁpāta - collision, encounter, falling together, falling down, flight, assault

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्वपश्याम (anvapaśyāma) - we observed, we saw, we perceived

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in the battle, in the war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, conflict, encounter

भृशदारुणे (bhṛśadāruṇe) - in the exceedingly dreadful, in the very terrible

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhṛśadāruṇa

bhṛśadāruṇa - exceedingly dreadful, very terrible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+dāruṇa)

• bhṛśa – intense, excessive, very (used as adverb)
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, fierce, cruel
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'saṃgrāme'

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - locusts, moths

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - locust, moth, grasshopper

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

संपेतुः (saṁpetuḥ) - they fell, they rushed down

(verb)

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

Root: pat (class 1)

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

(indeclinable)

ablative of samanta

शरवृष्टयः (śaravṛṣṭayaḥ) - showers of arrows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śaravṛṣṭi

śaravṛṣṭi - shower of arrows

Compound type : şaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+vṛṣṭi)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower, downpour
  noun (feminine)