महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-10

तप्तहेममयैः शुभ्रैर्बभूव भयवर्धनी ।
अग्निज्वालैरिवाविद्धा पट्टैः शल्यस्य सा गदा ॥१०॥

10. taptahemamayaiḥ śubhrairbabhūva bhayavardhanī ,
agnijvālairivāviddhā paṭṭaiḥ śalyasya sā gadā.

10. taptahemamayaiḥ śubhraiḥ babhūva bhayavardhanī
agnijvālaiḥ iva āviddhā paṭṭaiḥ śalyasya sā gadā

10. sā gadā śalyasya śubhraiḥ paṭṭaiḥ taptahemamayaiḥ
iva agnijvālaiḥ āviddhā babhūva bhayavardhanī

10. That mace (gadā) of Shalya, adorned with brilliant, molten gold plates and appearing as if pierced by flames of fire, became a terrifying sight.

Words meanings summery:

• तप्तहेममयैः (taptahemamayaiḥ) - made of molten gold

• शुभ्रैः (śubhraiḥ) - brilliant, shining

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• भयवर्धनी (bhayavardhanī) - fear-increasing, terror-inspiring

• अग्निज्वालैः (agnijvālaiḥ) - by flames of fire

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• आविद्धा (āviddhā) - pierced, studded, adorned

• पट्टैः (paṭṭaiḥ) - by plates, by strips

• शल्यस्य (śalyasya) - of Shalya

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• गदा (gadā) - mace

Words meanings and morphology

तप्तहेममयैः (taptahemamayaiḥ) - made of molten gold

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of taptahemamaya

taptahemamaya - made of molten gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taptaheman+maya)

• tapta – heated, molten, burnt
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tap
  Root: tap (class 1)
• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'paṭṭaiḥ'.

शुभ्रैः (śubhraiḥ) - brilliant, shining

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śubhra

śubhra - bright, shining, white

Note: Agrees with 'paṭṭaiḥ'.

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

भयवर्धनी (bhayavardhanī) - fear-increasing, terror-inspiring

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhayavardhanī

bhayavardhanī - increasing fear, causing terror

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+vardhanī)

• bhaya – fear, terror
  noun (neuter)
• vardhanī – increasing, causing to grow
  noun/adjective (feminine)
  agent noun/feminine form of present participle
  from root vṛdh
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'gadā'.

अग्निज्वालैः (agnijvālaiḥ) - by flames of fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of agnijvāla

agnijvāla - flame of fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+jvāla)

• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)
• jvāla – flame, blaze
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

आविद्धा (āviddhā) - pierced, studded, adorned

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āviddha

āviddha - pierced, struck, studded, adorned

Past Passive Participle

from root vyadh with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vyadh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'gadā'.

पट्टैः (paṭṭaiḥ) - by plates, by strips

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paṭṭa

paṭṭa - strip, plate, tablet, band

शल्यस्य (śalyasya) - of Shalya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Shalya (name of a king)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'gadā'.

गदा (gadā) - mace

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club