महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-14, verse-36

तेषां बाणसहस्रौघैराकीर्णा वसुधाभवत् ।
अन्तरिक्षं च सहसा बाणभूतमभूत्तदा ॥३६॥

36. teṣāṁ bāṇasahasraughairākīrṇā vasudhābhavat ,
antarikṣaṁ ca sahasā bāṇabhūtamabhūttadā.

36. teṣām bāṇasahastraughaiḥ ākīrṇā vasudhā abhavat
antarikṣam ca sahasā bāṇabhūtam abhūt tadā

36. teṣām bāṇasahastraughaiḥ vasudhā ākīrṇā abhavat
ca tadā sahasā antarikṣam bāṇabhūtam abhūt

36. The earth became covered with a torrent of thousands of their arrows, and then suddenly the sky also became filled with arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• बाणसहस्त्रौघैः (bāṇasahastraughaiḥ) - by torrents of thousands of arrows

• आकीर्णा (ākīrṇā) - covered, filled, scattered over

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, ground

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened

• अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - sky, atmosphere, intermediate space

• च (ca) - and, also

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

• बाणभूतम् (bāṇabhūtam) - become arrows, having become arrows, filled with arrows

• अभूत् (abhūt) - became, happened

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Also feminine/neuter genitive plural. Context here suggests masculine (referring to warriors).

बाणसहस्त्रौघैः (bāṇasahastraughaiḥ) - by torrents of thousands of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇasahastraugha

bāṇasahastraugha - torrent of thousands of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+sahasra+ogha)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, torrent, multitude
  noun (masculine)

आकीर्णा (ākīrṇā) - covered, filled, scattered over

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ākīrṇa

ākīrṇa - covered, filled, scattered, strewed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root kṝ (to scatter) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: kṝ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies vasudhā.

वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, ground

Note: Subject of abhavat.

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - sky, atmosphere, intermediate space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - sky, atmosphere, intermediate space

Note: Subject of abhūt.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

(indeclinable)

Instrumental form of sahas (force) used as an adverb.

बाणभूतम् (bāṇabhūtam) - become arrows, having become arrows, filled with arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bāṇabhūta

bāṇabhūta - become arrows, having become arrows, filled with arrows

Past Passive Participle (secondary derivative)

Compound of bāṇa (arrow) and bhūta (become), referring to something that has become 'arrow-like' or 'made of arrows'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāṇa+bhūta)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, happened, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies antarikṣam.

अभूत् (abhūt) - became, happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Formed from tad (that) + suffix dā.