महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-38, verse-10

तमापतन्तं सहसा शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ।
छादयामास समरे तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥१०॥

10. tamāpatantaṁ sahasā śaraiḥ saṁnataparvabhiḥ ,
chādayāmāsa samare tadadbhutamivābhavat.

10. tam āpatantam sahasā śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
chādayāmāsa samare tat adbhutam iva abhavat

10. tam āpatantam sahasā saṃnataparvabhiḥ śaraiḥ
samare chādayāmāsa tat adbhutam iva abhavat

10. He swiftly covered that approaching person with well-jointed arrows in battle. That was truly astounding.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching, falling upon

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, swiftly, by force

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with well-formed (arrows) (with well-jointed nodes, with bent joints)

• छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, enveloped

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• तत् (tat) - that

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing, wonderful, marvelous

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching, falling upon

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpatat

āpatat - approaching, falling, descending

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root pat with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, swiftly, by force

(indeclinable)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with well-formed (arrows) (with well-jointed nodes, with bent joints)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of saṃnataparvan

saṁnataparvan - having bent nodes or joints, well-jointed (referring to arrows)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (saṃnata+parvan)

• saṃnata – bent, bowed, humble, well-joined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root nam with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – knot, joint, section, limb
  noun (neuter)

छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, enveloped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of chādayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect (Causative)

Periphrastic perfect of the causative stem 'chādaya' derived from root 'chad'

Root: chad (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, combat, war

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing, wonderful, marvelous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, prodigious, strange

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)