महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-42, verse-9

ते वर्म हेमविकृतं भित्त्वा तस्य महात्मनः ।
शोणिताक्ता व्यराजन्त शक्रगोपा इवानघ ॥९॥

9. te varma hemavikṛtaṁ bhittvā tasya mahātmanaḥ ,
śoṇitāktā vyarājanta śakragopā ivānagha.

9. te varma hemavikṛtam bhittvā tasya mahātmanaḥ
śoṇitāktā vyarājanta śakragopā iva anagha

9. anagha te mahātmanaḥ hemavikṛtam varma
bhittvā śoṇitāktāḥ śakragopā iva vyarājanta

9. O sinless one, those [arrows], having pierced the gold-adorned armor of that great-souled [Karna] (mahātman), shone forth, covered in blood, like red cochineal insects.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those [arrows] (they, those)

• वर्म (varma) - armor, mail, shield

• हेमविकृतम् (hemavikṛtam) - gold-adorned, made of gold, embellished with gold

• भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced, having broken, having split

• तस्य (tasya) - of him [Karna] (of him, of that)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled [Karna] (of the great-souled one, of the noble one)

• शोणिताक्ता (śoṇitāktā) - stained with blood, covered in blood

• व्यराजन्त (vyarājanta) - they shone forth, they appeared splendid

• शक्रगोपा (śakragopā) - red cochineal insects, indragopas

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अनघ (anagha) - O blameless one (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O sinless one, O blameless one)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those [arrows] (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to arrows, implied by context.

वर्म (varma) - armor, mail, shield

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varman

varman - armor, mail, shield

हेमविकृतम् (hemavikṛtam) - gold-adorned, made of gold, embellished with gold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hemavikṛta

hemavikṛta - gold-adorned, made of gold, transformed into gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (heman+vikṛta)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• vikṛta – transformed, altered, modified, made
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'varma'.

भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced, having broken, having split

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root bhid (to break, pierce) with -tvā suffix.

Root: bhid (class 7)

तस्य (tasya) - of him [Karna] (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Karna.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled [Karna] (of the great-souled one, of the noble one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Karna.

शोणिताक्ता (śoṇitāktā) - stained with blood, covered in blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śoṇitākta

śoṇitākta - stained with blood, covered in blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoṇita+ākta)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• ākta – touched, smeared, stained, covered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root añj (to anoint, smear).
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (arrows).

व्यराजन्त (vyarājanta) - they shone forth, they appeared splendid

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vyarājanta

Imperfect (Laṅ)

3rd person plural, middle voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

शक्रगोपा (śakragopā) - red cochineal insects, indragopas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakragopa

śakragopa - red cochineal insect (literally 'Indra's cowherd')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śakra+gopa)

• śakra – Indra (name of a deity), powerful
  proper noun (masculine)
• gopa – cowherd, protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the simile, compared to the arrows.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अनघ (anagha) - O blameless one (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O sinless one, O blameless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, blameless, faultless

Note: Used to address King Dhritarashtra.