महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-39, verse-5

बाणजालं दिविष्ठं तत्स्वर्णजालविभूषितम् ।
शुशुभे भरतश्रेष्ठ वितानमिव विष्ठितम् ॥५॥

5. bāṇajālaṁ diviṣṭhaṁ tatsvarṇajālavibhūṣitam ,
śuśubhe bharataśreṣṭha vitānamiva viṣṭhitam.

5. bāṇajālam diviṣṭham tat svarṇajālavibhūṣitam
śuśubhe bharataśreṣṭha vitānam iva viṣṭhitam

5. bharataśreṣṭha tat diviṣṭham svarṇajālavibhūṣitam
bāṇajālam viṣṭhitam vitānam iva śuśubhe

5. O best of Bharatas, that network of arrows, situated in the sky and adorned with golden nets, shone beautifully like a canopy spread out.

Words meanings summery:

• बाणजालम् (bāṇajālam) - network of arrows

• दिविष्ठम् (diviṣṭham) - situated in the sky, celestial

• तत् (tat) - that

• स्वर्णजालविभूषितम् (svarṇajālavibhūṣitam) - adorned with a network of gold

• शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone, appeared beautiful

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (O best of Bharatas)

• वितानम् (vitānam) - canopy, awning, cover

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• विष्ठितम् (viṣṭhitam) - spread out, extended

Words meanings and morphology

बाणजालम् (bāṇajālam) - network of arrows

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bāṇajāla

bāṇajāla - network of arrows

Compound of `bāṇa` (arrow) and `jāla` (net, network).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+jāla)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: baṇ (class 1)
• jāla – net, network, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'śuśubhe'.

दिविष्ठम् (diviṣṭham) - situated in the sky, celestial

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of diviṣṭha

diviṣṭha - standing/situated in the sky

Compound of `divi` (locative of `div`, sky) + `sthā` (to stand), with `ṣṭha` from `sthā` due to retroflexion.

Compound type : aluk-samāsa (div+sthā)

• div – sky, heaven, day
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular form 'divi' used in compound.
  Root: div (class 4)
• sthā – standing, situated, being
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from root `sthā`
  From root `sthā` (to stand) with `ka` suffix.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bāṇajālam'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to 'bāṇajālam'.

स्वर्णजालविभूषितम् (svarṇajālavibhūṣitam) - adorned with a network of gold

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svarṇajālavibhūṣita

svarṇajālavibhūṣita - adorned/decorated with a network of gold

Compound of `svarṇajāla` (gold net) and `vibhūṣita` (adorned). `vibhūṣita` is past passive participle of √bhūṣ with `vi`.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarṇa+jāla+vibhūṣita)

• svarṇa – gold
  noun (neuter)
  Root: svṛ (class 1)
• jāla – net, network, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal (class 1)
• vibhūṣita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhūṣ (to adorn) with prefix `vi`.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'bāṇajālam'.

शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone, appeared beautiful

(verb)

3rd person , singular, Middle, Perfect (liṭ) of śubh

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice.

Root: śubh (class 1)

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (O best of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best among the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a king
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, superior
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of `praśasya` (excellent).
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: An address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

वितानम् (vitānam) - canopy, awning, cover

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitāna

vitāna - canopy, awning, expanse, spread

From root `tan` (to stretch) with prefix `vi`.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Comparison object in the simile ('iva').

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

विष्ठितम् (viṣṭhitam) - spread out, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣṭhita

viṣṭhita - spread out, extended, arranged

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix `vi`, where `sthā` becomes `ṣṭhā` then `ṣṭhita` due to retroflexion.

Prefix: vi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vitānam'.