महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-40, verse-18

बाणभूते ततस्तस्मिन्संछन्ने च नभस्तले ।
यमाभ्यां ददृशे रूपं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥१८॥

18. bāṇabhūte tatastasminsaṁchanne ca nabhastale ,
yamābhyāṁ dadṛśe rūpaṁ kālāntakayamopamam.

18. bāṇabhūte tataḥ tasmin saṃchanne ca nabhastale
| yamābhyām dadṛśe rūpaṃ kālāntakayamopamam

18. tataḥ tasmin nabhastale bāṇabhūte ca saṃchanne,
yamābhyām kālāntakayamopamam rūpaṃ dadṛśe.

18. Then, when that sky became covered and transformed into (filled with) arrows, the two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva) saw a form resembling Yama, the destroyer of time (Kālāntaka).

Words meanings summery:

• बाणभूते (bāṇabhūte) - having become arrows, filled with arrows

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• संछन्ने (saṁchanne) - covered, completely hidden

• च (ca) - and, also

• नभस्तले (nabhastale) - in the sky, in the region of the sky

• यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) - by the two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva) (by the two Yamas, by the two controllers)

• ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen

• रूपं (rūpaṁ) - a form, an appearance, a shape

• कालान्तकयमोपमम् (kālāntakayamopamam) - resembling Yama, the destroyer of time (Kālāntaka)

Words meanings and morphology

बाणभूते (bāṇabhūte) - having become arrows, filled with arrows

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bāṇabhūta

bāṇabhūta - become arrows, transformed into arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+bhūta)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, happened, being
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: adjective modifying 'nabhastale'

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: adverb of time

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: modifying 'nabhastale'

संछन्ने (saṁchanne) - covered, completely hidden

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃchanna

saṁchanna - covered, hidden, veiled

Past Passive Participle

root chad (to cover) with saṃ

Prefix: sam

Root: chad (class 1)

Note: adjective modifying 'nabhastale'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नभस्तले (nabhastale) - in the sky, in the region of the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhastala

nabhastala - sky-surface, the sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+tala)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, heaven
  noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) - by the two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva) (by the two Yamas, by the two controllers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of yama

yama - controller, twin, restraint, god of death (Yama)

ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रूपं (rūpaṁ) - a form, an appearance, a shape

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, beauty, shape

कालान्तकयमोपमम् (kālāntakayamopamam) - resembling Yama, the destroyer of time (Kālāntaka)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kālāntakayamopama

kālāntakayamopama - comparable to Yama who is Kālāntaka (destroyer of time)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāla+antaka+yama+upama)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• antaka – ender, destroyer; death
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root ant (to end)
  Root: ant
• yama – restraint, twin, god of death (Yama)
  noun (masculine)
• upama – likeness, comparison, resembling, similar
  adjective (neuter)

Note: adjective modifying 'rūpaṃ'