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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-9, verse-11

केकयौ सात्यकिं युद्धे शरवर्षेण भास्वता ।
सात्यकिः केकयौ चैव छादयामास भारत ॥११॥
11. kekayau sātyakiṁ yuddhe śaravarṣeṇa bhāsvatā ,
sātyakiḥ kekayau caiva chādayāmāsa bhārata.
11. kekayau sātyakim yuddhe śaravarṣeṇa bhāsvatā
sātyakiḥ kekayau ca eva chādayāmāsa bhārata
11. bhārata kekayau yuddhe bhāsvatā śaravarṣeṇa
sātyakim ca eva sātyakiḥ kekayau chādayāmāsa
11. O Bhārata, the two Kekaya warriors, with a brilliant shower of arrows, [attacked] Sātyaki in battle; and Sātyaki, in turn, indeed covered the two Kekayas (with his arrows).

Words meanings summery:

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  • केकयौ (kekayau) - The two Kekaya warriors (the two Kekayas)
  • सात्यकिम् (sātyakim) - Sātyaki, a Vṛṣṇi warrior and general of the Yādavas, allied with the Pāṇḍavas (Sātyaki)
  • युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in war, on the battlefield)
  • शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows
  • भास्वता (bhāsvatā) - brilliant (describing the shower of arrows) (shining, brilliant, radiant)
  • सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki, a Vṛṣṇi warrior (Sātyaki)
  • केकयौ (kekayau) - The two Kekaya warriors (the two Kekayas)
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, just, only, certainly)
  • छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, overwhelmed (with arrows) (covered, concealed, overwhelmed)
  • भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

केकयौ (kekayau) - The two Kekaya warriors (the two Kekayas)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of kekaya
kekaya - name of a country or its king/people, often referring to a specific group of warriors
Note: Subject of implied action.
सात्यकिम् (sātyakim) - Sātyaki, a Vṛṣṇi warrior and general of the Yādavas, allied with the Pāṇḍavas (Sātyaki)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of sātyaki
sātyaki - Sātyaki (proper name), a celebrated Yadava hero
Derived from Satyak.
Note: Object of implied action.
युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in war, on the battlefield)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha
yuddha - battle, fight, war, combat
Derived from root yudh (to fight).
Root: yudh (class 4)
शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of śaravarṣa
śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, hail of arrows
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)
  • śara – arrow
    noun (masculine)
    Root: śṛ (class 9)
  • varṣa – rain, shower, year
    noun (neuter)
    Derived from root vṛṣ (to rain).
    Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
Note: Means of action.
भास्वता (bhāsvatā) - brilliant (describing the shower of arrows) (shining, brilliant, radiant)
(adjective)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhāsvat
bhāsvat - shining, brilliant, radiant, luminous
Derived from root bhās (to shine) with vatup suffix.
Root: bhās (class 1)
Note: Qualifies śaravarṣeṇa.
सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki, a Vṛṣṇi warrior (Sātyaki)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sātyaki
sātyaki - Sātyaki (proper name), a celebrated Yadava hero
Note: Subject of chādayāmāsa.
केकयौ (kekayau) - The two Kekaya warriors (the two Kekayas)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, dual of kekaya
kekaya - name of a country or its king/people, often referring to a specific group of warriors
Note: Object of chādayāmāsa.
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, just, only, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes ca.
छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered, overwhelmed (with arrows) (covered, concealed, overwhelmed)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of chāday
Causative
Third person singular, Perfect tense, Active voice. Root chad (to cover), causal stem chādaya. āmāsa is the augment for periphrastic perfect with causal verbs.
Root: chad (class 10)
Note: Action performed by Sātyaki.
भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, a resident of Bhāratavarṣa
Root: bhṛ (class 1)
Note: Standard address in the Mahābhārata.