महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-40, verse-27

स पञ्चदश नाराचाञ्श्वसतः पन्नगानिव ।
जिघांसुर्भरतश्रेष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यवासृजत् ॥२७॥

27. sa pañcadaśa nārācāñśvasataḥ pannagāniva ,
jighāṁsurbharataśreṣṭhaṁ dhṛṣṭadyumno vyavāsṛjat.

27. sa pañcadaśa nārācān śvasataḥ pannagān iva
jighāṃsuḥ bharataśreṣṭham dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ vi avāsṛjat

27. dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ sa bharataśreṣṭham jighāṃsuḥ
pañcadaśa nārācān śvasataḥ pannagān iva vi avāsṛjat

27. Dhṛṣṭadyumna, intent on killing the best of the Bharatas (Bhīṣma), unleashed fifteen arrows that resembled hissing snakes.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he

• पञ्चदश (pañcadaśa) - fifteen

• नाराचान् (nārācān) - arrows

• श्वसतः (śvasataḥ) - hissing, breathing

• पन्नगान् (pannagān) - snakes

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• जिघांसुः (jighāṁsuḥ) - desirous of killing, murderous

• भरतश्रेष्ठम् (bharataśreṣṭham) - Referring to Bhīṣma. (the best of the Bharatas)

• धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna

• वि (vi) - Serves as a verbal prefix (upasarga) to 'asṛjat'. (apart, asunder, intensely, specifically)

• अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - discharged, released, let loose

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

पञ्चदश (pañcadaśa) - fifteen

(numeral)

नाराचान् (nārācān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - an iron arrow, a particular kind of arrow

श्वसतः (śvasataḥ) - hissing, breathing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śvasat

śvasat - hissing, breathing, sighing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root śvas (to hiss, breathe).

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'pannagān'

पन्नगान् (pannagān) - snakes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - snake, reptile (lit. 'moving on its belly')

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

जिघांसुः (jighāṁsuḥ) - desirous of killing, murderous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jighāṃsu

jighāṁsu - desirous of killing, murderous

Desiderative Participle

Desiderative stem of root han (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies Dhṛṣṭadyumna.

भरतश्रेष्ठम् (bharataśreṣṭham) - Referring to Bhīṣma. (the best of the Bharatas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - the best of the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – Bharata (name of an ancient king, or his descendants, a designation for Indians)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective
  Root: śrī

धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭadyumna

dhṛṣṭadyumna - Dhṛṣṭadyumna (name of a Pāñcāla prince, son of Drupada)

वि (vi) - Serves as a verbal prefix (upasarga) to 'asṛjat'. (apart, asunder, intensely, specifically)

(indeclinable)

Preposition or verbal prefix (upasarga).

अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - discharged, released, let loose

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sṛj

Imperfect tense, active voice. The 'a' is the augment for the imperfect. The verb is 'visṛj' (vi + sṛj).

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)