महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-58, verse-16

महागिरौ वेणुवनं निशि प्रज्वलितं यथा ।
तथा तव महत्सैन्यं प्रास्फुरच्छरपीडितम् ॥१६॥

16. mahāgirau veṇuvanaṁ niśi prajvalitaṁ yathā ,
tathā tava mahatsainyaṁ prāsphuraccharapīḍitam.

16. mahāgirau veṇuvanam niśi prajvalitam yathā
tathā tava mahatsainyam prāsphurat śarapīḍitam

16. yathā niśi mahāgirau veṇuvanam prajvalitam
tathā tava mahatsainyam śarapīḍitam prāsphurat

16. Just as a bamboo forest blazes on a great mountain at night, so too your vast army throbbed and quivered, afflicted by arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• महागिरौ (mahāgirau) - on a great mountain

• वेणुवनम् (veṇuvanam) - a bamboo forest (bamboo forest, bamboo grove)

• निशि (niśi) - at night (at night, in the night)

• प्रज्वलितम् (prajvalitam) - ablaze (ablaze, burning, ignited)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that way)

• तव (tava) - your

• महत्सैन्यम् (mahatsainyam) - your vast army (great army, vast army)

• प्रास्फुरत् (prāsphurat) - throbbed and quivered (throbbed, quivered, trembled, vibrated)

• शरपीडितम् (śarapīḍitam) - afflicted by arrows (tormented by arrows, afflicted by arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

महागिरौ (mahāgirau) - on a great mountain

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāgiri

mahāgiri - great mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+giri)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

वेणुवनम् (veṇuvanam) - a bamboo forest (bamboo forest, bamboo grove)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of veṇuvana

veṇuvana - bamboo forest, bamboo grove

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veṇu+vana)

• veṇu – bamboo, flute
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'prajvalitam' (implied verb).

निशि (niśi) - at night (at night, in the night)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

प्रज्वलितम् (prajvalitam) - ablaze (ablaze, burning, ignited)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prajvalita

prajvalita - ablaze, burning, lighted, inflamed

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root 'jval' (to burn, shine) with upasarga 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Used here predicatively, implying 'is blazing'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

महत्सैन्यम् (mahatsainyam) - your vast army (great army, vast army)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahatsainya

mahatsainya - great army, mighty host

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+sainya)

• mahat – great, large, vast, mighty
  adjective
• sainya – army, host
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'prāsphurat'.

प्रास्फुरत् (prāsphurat) - throbbed and quivered (throbbed, quivered, trembled, vibrated)

(verb)

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

Imperfect, Active Voice, 3rd Person Singular

Root 'sphur' (class 6) with upasarga 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: sphur (class 6)

शरपीडितम् (śarapīḍitam) - afflicted by arrows (tormented by arrows, afflicted by arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarapīḍita

śarapīḍita - tormented/afflicted by arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+pīḍita)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• pīḍita – tormented, afflicted, oppressed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'pīḍ' (to torment, distress).
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'mahatsainyam'.