महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-10, verse-22

भ्रमराणामिव व्राताः शलभानामिव व्रजाः ।
ह्रादिन्य इव मेघेभ्यः शल्यस्य न्यपतञ्शराः ॥२२॥

22. bhramarāṇāmiva vrātāḥ śalabhānāmiva vrajāḥ ,
hrādinya iva meghebhyaḥ śalyasya nyapatañśarāḥ.

22. bhramarāṇām iva vrātāḥ śalabhānām iva vrajāḥ
hrādinyaḥ iva meghebhyaḥ śalyasya nyapatan śarāḥ

22. śalyasya śarāḥ bhramarāṇām vrātāḥ iva,
śalabhānām vrajāḥ iva,
meghebhyaḥ hrādinyaḥ iva nyapatan

22. Śalya's arrows fell like swarms of bees, like multitudes of locusts, and like thunderclaps from the clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रमराणाम् (bhramarāṇām) - of bees

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• व्राताः (vrātāḥ) - swarms, multitudes

• शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of moths

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• व्रजाः (vrajāḥ) - multitudes, flocks, herds

• ह्रादिन्यः (hrādinyaḥ) - roars, thunderclaps

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• मेघेभ्यः (meghebhyaḥ) - from the clouds

• शल्यस्य (śalyasya) - of Śalya

• न्यपतन् (nyapatan) - they fell down

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रमराणाम् (bhramarāṇām) - of bees

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhramara

bhramara - bee, drone

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

व्राताः (vrātāḥ) - swarms, multitudes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vrāta

vrāta - swarm, flock, host, multitude, band

शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of moths

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - locust, grasshopper, moth, butterfly

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

व्रजाः (vrajāḥ) - multitudes, flocks, herds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vraja

vraja - multitude, herd, flock, troop

ह्रादिन्यः (hrādinyaḥ) - roars, thunderclaps

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hrādini

hrādini - a roar, a thunderclap, a loud sound

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

मेघेभ्यः (meghebhyaḥ) - from the clouds

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

शल्यस्य (śalyasya) - of Śalya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Śalya (name of a warrior, king of Madra)

न्यपतन् (nyapatan) - they fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Imperfect

3rd person plural, past imperfect tense, active voice, with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, water