महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-44, verse-18

धारयंस्तु स तान्बाणाञ्शिखण्डी बह्वशोभत ।
राजतः पर्वतो यद्वत्त्रिभिः शृङ्गैः समन्वितः ॥१८॥

18. dhārayaṁstu sa tānbāṇāñśikhaṇḍī bahvaśobhata ,
rājataḥ parvato yadvattribhiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ samanvitaḥ.

18. dhārayan tu saḥ tān bāṇān śikhaṇḍī bahu aśobhata
rajataḥ parvataḥ yadvat tribhiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ samanvitaḥ

18. śikhaṇḍī tān bāṇān dhārayan tu saḥ bahu aśobhata
yadvat rajataḥ parvataḥ tribhiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ samanvitaḥ

18. Shikhaṇḍī, holding those arrows, appeared very splendid, just like a silver mountain endowed with three peaks.

Words meanings summery:

• धारयन् (dhārayan) - holding, bearing, supporting

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, and

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तान् (tān) - those

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhaṇḍī

• बहु (bahu) - much, greatly, many

• अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone, appeared splendid

• रजतः (rajataḥ) - of silver, silvery

• पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, like, as

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

• शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - by peaks, by horns

• समन्वितः (samanvitaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by

Words meanings and morphology

धारयन् (dhārayan) - holding, bearing, supporting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārayat

dhārayat - holding, bearing, supporting

Present Active Participle (Causative)

From the causative stem of dhṛ, meaning 'to hold'.

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, and

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhaṇḍī

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhaṇḍī (a warrior in the Mahabharata)

बहु (bahu) - much, greatly, many

(indeclinable)

अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone, appeared splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of śobh

Root: śubh (class 1)

रजतः (rajataḥ) - of silver, silvery

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rajata

rajata - silver, made of silver, silvery

Note: Agrees with 'parvataḥ'.

पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

(numeral)

Note: Gender agrees with the noun it qualifies, 'śṛṅgaiḥ'.

शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - by peaks, by horns

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit, top

समन्वितः (samanvitaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samanvita

samanvita - endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'i' (to go) with prefixes 'sam' and 'anu'.

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'parvataḥ'.