महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-16, verse-71

चापमार्गबलोद्धूतान्मार्गणान्वृष्णिसिंहयोः ।
आकाशे समपश्याम पतंगानिव शीघ्रगान् ॥७१॥

71. cāpamārgabaloddhūtānmārgaṇānvṛṣṇisiṁhayoḥ ,
ākāśe samapaśyāma pataṁgāniva śīghragān.

71. cāpamārgabaloddhūtān mārgaṇān vṛṣṇisiṃhayoḥ
ākāśe sam apaśyāma pataṅgān iva śīghragān

71. वृष्णिसिंहयोः cāpamārgabaloddhūtān śīghragān
mārgaṇān pataṅgān iva ākāśe sam apaśyāma

71. In the sky, we saw the swift-moving arrows of the two Vṛṣṇi-lions, propelled by the force of their bows' paths, like birds.

Words meanings summery:

• चापमार्गबलोद्धूतान् (cāpamārgabaloddhūtān) - propelled by the force of the bow's path/trajectory

• मार्गणान् (mārgaṇān) - arrows

• वृष्णिसिंहयोः (vṛṣṇisiṁhayoḥ) - of the two Vṛṣṇi-lions

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

• सम् (sam) - together, completely, well

• अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

• पतङ्गान् (pataṅgān) - birds, insects

• इव (iva) - like, as

• शीघ्रगान् (śīghragān) - swift-moving, fast-flying

Words meanings and morphology

चापमार्गबलोद्धूतान् (cāpamārgabaloddhūtān) - propelled by the force of the bow's path/trajectory

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of cāpamārgabaloddhūta

cāpamārgabaloddhūta - propelled by the force of the bow's path

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (cāpa+mārga+bala+uddhūta)

• cāpa – bow
  noun (masculine)
• mārga – path, road, trajectory
  noun (masculine)
• bala – force, strength, power
  noun (neuter)
• uddhūta – thrown up, propelled, shaken
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhū' with prefix 'ud'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhū (class 5)

मार्गणान् (mārgaṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mārgaṇa

mārgaṇa - arrow

वृष्णिसिंहयोः (vṛṣṇisiṁhayoḥ) - of the two Vṛṣṇi-lions

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of vṛṣṇisiṃha

vṛṣṇisiṁha - a lion among the Vṛṣṇis, a Vṛṣṇi-lion

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vṛṣṇi+siṃha)

• vṛṣṇi – Vṛṣṇi (name of an ancient clan or individual)
  proper noun (masculine)
• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space

सम् (sam) - together, completely, well

(indeclinable)

Prefix

अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

(verb)

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

Imperfect

1st person plural active imperfect of root 'dṛś' (using 'paś' stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पतङ्गान् (pataṅgān) - birds, insects

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pataṅga

pataṅga - bird, insect, moth, sun

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

शीघ्रगान् (śīghragān) - swift-moving, fast-flying

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śīghraga

śīghraga - swift-moving, fast-going

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śīghra+ga)

• śīghra – swift, quick, rapid
  adjective
• ga – going, moving
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root 'gam'
  Root: gam (class 1)