महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-61

ततो बाणमयं जालं विततं पाण्डवोरसि ।
अपश्याम महाराज मेघजालमिवोद्गतम् ॥६१॥

61. tato bāṇamayaṁ jālaṁ vitataṁ pāṇḍavorasi ,
apaśyāma mahārāja meghajālamivodgatam.

61. tataḥ bāṇamayam jālam vitatam pāṇḍava urasi
apaśyāma mahārāja meghajālam iva udgatam

61. mahārāja tataḥ pāṇḍava urasi vitatam bāṇamayam
jālam meghajālam iva udgatam apaśyāma

61. Then, O great king, we saw a net of arrows, spread out upon the Pāṇḍava's chest, just like a rising multitude of clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, after that

• बाणमयम् (bāṇamayam) - made of arrows, consisting of arrows

• जालम् (jālam) - net, multitude, network

• विततम् (vitatam) - spread, extended, stretched

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - of Yudhiṣṭhira (of Pāṇḍava, related to Pāṇḍava)

• उरसि (urasi) - on the chest

• अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

• मेघजालम् (meghajālam) - multitude of clouds, cloud-net

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• उद्गतम् (udgatam) - risen, appeared, sprung up

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, after that

(indeclinable)

बाणमयम् (bāṇamayam) - made of arrows, consisting of arrows

(adjective)

neuter, singular of bāṇamaya

bāṇamaya - made of arrows, consisting of arrows

Suffix -maya (made of, consisting of) added to bāṇa.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+maya)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (neuter)

जालम् (jālam) - net, multitude, network

(noun)

neuter, singular of jāla

jāla - net, snare, multitude, collection, web

विततम् (vitatam) - spread, extended, stretched

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vitata

vitata - spread, extended, stretched, wide, vast

Past Passive Participle

From root √tan (to stretch) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - of Yudhiṣṭhira (of Pāṇḍava, related to Pāṇḍava)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Note: Used as a possessive modifier to 'urasi'.

उरसि (urasi) - on the chest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uras

uras - chest, breast, heart, front

अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Root dṛś forms present/imperfect stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor, sovereign

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

मेघजालम् (meghajālam) - multitude of clouds, cloud-net

(noun)

neuter, singular of meghajāla

meghajāla - multitude of clouds, mass of clouds, cloud-net

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+jāla)

• megha – cloud, rain-cloud
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

उद्गतम् (udgatam) - risen, appeared, sprung up

(adjective)

neuter, singular of udgata

udgata - risen, appeared, emerged, sprung up, proceeded

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: gam (class 1)