महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-57

स गाण्डिवाभ्यायतपूर्णमण्डलस्तपन्रिपूनर्जुनभास्करो बभौ ।
शरोग्ररश्मिः शुचिशुक्रमध्यगो यथैव सूर्यः परिवेषगस्तथा ॥५७॥

57. sa gāṇḍivābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍala;stapanripūnarjunabhāskaro babhau ,
śarograraśmiḥ śuciśukramadhyago; yathaiva sūryaḥ pariveṣagastathā.

57. sa gāṇḍīvābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalastapanripūnarjunabhāskaro
babhau
śarograrasmiḥ śuciśukramadhyago
yathaiva sūryaḥ pariveṣagastathā

57. saḥ arjuna-bhāskaraḥ gāṇḍīva-abhyāyata-pūrṇa-maṇḍalaḥ ripūn tapan,
śara-ugra-raśmiḥ śuci-śukra-madhyagaḥ pariveṣagaḥ sūryaḥ yathā,
tathā babhau.

57. Drawing his Gāṇḍīva bow into a full circle, Arjuna shone like the sun, scorching his enemies with his fierce rays of arrows, just like the sun positioned in the pure constellation of Śukra, surrounded by a halo.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• गाण्डीवाभ्यायतपूर्णमण्डलः (gāṇḍīvābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ) - having the Gāṇḍīva bow drawn into a full circle

• तपन् (tapan) - scorching, burning, shining

• रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies, foes

• अर्जुनभास्करः (arjunabhāskaraḥ) - Arjuna who is a sun

• बभौ (babhau) - shone, beamed, appeared beautiful

• शरोग्ररस्मिः (śarograrasmiḥ) - having fierce rays consisting of arrows

• शुचिशुक्रमध्यगः (śuciśukramadhyagaḥ) - situated in the middle of pure Śukra (Venus or bright constellation)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

• परिवेषगः (pariveṣagaḥ) - surrounded by a halo or circle

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गाण्डीवाभ्यायतपूर्णमण्डलः (gāṇḍīvābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ) - having the Gāṇḍīva bow drawn into a full circle

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāṇḍīvābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍala

gāṇḍīvābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍala - having the Gāṇḍīva bow drawn into a full circle

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gāṇḍīva+abhyāyata+pūrṇa+maṇḍala)

• gāṇḍīva – the Gāṇḍīva bow
  proper noun (neuter)
• abhyāyata – stretched, drawn
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  abhi + ā + yam
  Prefixes: abhi+ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• pūrṇa – full, complete
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  pṛ
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• maṇḍala – circle, orb, disk
  noun (neuter)

तपन् (tapan) - scorching, burning, shining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapant

tapant - burning, scorching, shining

Present Active Participle

tap

Root: tap (class 1)

रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies, foes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe

अर्जुनभास्करः (arjunabhāskaraḥ) - Arjuna who is a sun

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjunabhāskara

arjunabhāskara - Arjuna who is a sun

karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (arjuna+bhāskara)

• arjuna – Arjuna
  proper noun (masculine)
• bhāskara – sun, light-maker
  noun (masculine)
  bhās + kara
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

बभौ (babhau) - shone, beamed, appeared beautiful

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

शरोग्ररस्मिः (śarograrasmiḥ) - having fierce rays consisting of arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarograrasmi

śarograrasmi - having fierce rays consisting of arrows

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+ugra+rasmi)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• ugra – fierce, terrible
  adjective (masculine)
• raśmi – ray, rein
  noun (masculine)

शुचिशुक्रमध्यगः (śuciśukramadhyagaḥ) - situated in the middle of pure Śukra (Venus or bright constellation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuciśukramadhyaga

śuciśukramadhyaga - situated in the middle of pure Śukra

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śuci+śukra+madhyaga)

• śuci – pure, bright, clean
  adjective (masculine)
• śukra – bright, radiant, planet Venus, name of a month or constellation
  noun (masculine)
• madhyaga – going to or situated in the middle
  adjective (masculine)
  madhya + ga
  Root: gam (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun

परिवेषगः (pariveṣagaḥ) - surrounded by a halo or circle

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pariveṣaga

pariveṣaga - surrounded by a halo

pariveṣa + ga

Compound type : upapada (pariveṣa+ga)

• pariveṣa – halo around the sun or moon
  noun (masculine)
  pari + viṣ
  Prefix: pari
  Root: viṣ (class 6)
• ga – going, moving, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

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