महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-39, verse-2

किरन्निषुगणान्घोरान्स्वर्णपुङ्खाञ्शिलाशितान् ।
दर्शयन्विविधान्मार्गाञ्शिक्षार्थं लघुहस्तवत् ॥२॥

2. kiranniṣugaṇānghorānsvarṇapuṅkhāñśilāśitān ,
darśayanvividhānmārgāñśikṣārthaṁ laghuhastavat.

2. kiran iṣugaṇān ghorān svarṇapuṅkhān śilāśitān
darśayan vividhān mārgān śikṣārtham laghuhastavat

2. kiran ghorān svarṇapuṅkhān śilāśitān iṣugaṇān
darśayan vividhān mārgān śikṣārtham laghuhastavat

2. Scattering terrible, gold-shafted arrows sharpened on stone, and demonstrating various techniques as if for the purpose of instruction, with the swiftness of hand (laghuhastavat).

Words meanings summery:

• किरन् (kiran) - scattering, showering, throwing

• इषुगणान् (iṣugaṇān) - hosts of arrows, multitudes of arrows

• घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

• स्वर्णपुङ्खान् (svarṇapuṅkhān) - gold-shafted, having golden feathers

• शिलाशितान् (śilāśitān) - sharpened on stone

• दर्शयन् (darśayan) - showing, displaying

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse

• मार्गान् (mārgān) - ways, paths, techniques

• शिक्षार्थम् (śikṣārtham) - for the sake of instruction, for teaching

• लघुहस्तवत् (laghuhastavat) - like one with light hands, with swift hands, skillfully

Words meanings and morphology

किरन् (kiran) - scattering, showering, throwing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kirat

kirat - scattering, throwing, strewing

Present Active Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to scatter) + 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 6)

इषुगणान् (iṣugaṇān) - hosts of arrows, multitudes of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of iṣugaṇa

iṣugaṇa - multitude of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (iṣu+gaṇa)

• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – multitude, host, troop
  noun (masculine)

घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, awful

स्वर्णपुङ्खान् (svarṇapuṅkhān) - gold-shafted, having golden feathers

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of svarṇapuṅkha

svarṇapuṅkha - having a golden shaft/feather (of an arrow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svarṇa+puṅkha)

• svarṇa – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• puṅkha – shaft of an arrow, feather of an arrow
  noun (masculine)

शिलाशितान् (śilāśitān) - sharpened on stone

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śilāśita

śilāśita - sharpened on a stone

Compound type : tatpurusha (śilā+śita)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• śita – sharpened, keen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śo' or 'śi' (to sharpen) + 'kta' suffix.
  Root: śi (class 2)

दर्शयन् (darśayan) - showing, displaying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of darśayat

darśayat - showing, displaying, causing to see

Present Active Participle (causative)

From causative of root 'dṛś' (to see) + 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

मार्गान् (mārgān) - ways, paths, techniques

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, method, technique

शिक्षार्थम् (śikṣārtham) - for the sake of instruction, for teaching

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śikṣā+artha)

• śikṣā – instruction, learning, teaching
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

लघुहस्तवत् (laghuhastavat) - like one with light hands, with swift hands, skillfully

(indeclinable)

From the compound 'laghuhasta' (light-handed, skillful) + 'vat' suffix (like, as if, adverbial).