महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-23, verse-55

असज्जन्तस्तनुत्रेषु शरौघाः प्रापतन्भुवि ।
इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शा गाण्डीवप्रेषिताः शराः ॥५५॥

55. asajjantastanutreṣu śaraughāḥ prāpatanbhuvi ,
indrāśanisamasparśā gāṇḍīvapreṣitāḥ śarāḥ.

55. asajjantaḥ tanutreṣu śara oghāḥ prāpatan bhuvi
indra aśani sama sparśāḥ gāṇḍīva preṣitāḥ śarāḥ

55. gāṇḍīvapreṣitāḥ indra aśani sama sparśāḥ śarāḥ
tanutreṣu asajjantaḥ śara oghāḥ bhuvi prāpatan

55. The arrows, launched from the Gaṇḍīva bow, whose impact was like Indra's thunderbolt, did not get stuck in armors but fell to the ground in torrents.

Words meanings summery:

• असज्जन्तः (asajjantaḥ) - not sticking, not clinging, not getting stuck

• तनुत्रेषु (tanutreṣu) - in armors, on body-guards

• शर (śara) - arrow

• ओघाः (oghāḥ) - streams, torrents, floods

• प्रापतन् (prāpatan) - they fell down, they alighted

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

• इन्द्र (indra) - Indra (king of gods)

• अशनि (aśani) - thunderbolt, lightning

• सम (sama) - equal, similar, like

• स्पर्शाः (sparśāḥ) - touches, impacts

• गाण्डीव (gāṇḍīva) - the Gaṇḍīva bow (Arjuna's bow)

• प्रेषिताः (preṣitāḥ) - dispatched, sent forth, hurled

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

Words meanings and morphology

असज्जन्तः (asajjantaḥ) - not sticking, not clinging, not getting stuck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asajjat

asajjat - not sticking, not clinging, not getting stuck

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √sañj (to cling, stick) with negative prefix 'a-'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sajjat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• sajjat – sticking, clinging, getting stuck
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √sañj (to cling, stick).
  Root: sañj (class 1)

तनुत्रेषु (tanutreṣu) - in armors, on body-guards

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tanutra

tanutra - armor, body-guard, shield

शर (śara) - arrow

(noun)

masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow

Root: śṛ (class 6)

Note: First part of the compound "śaraugha".

ओघाः (oghāḥ) - streams, torrents, floods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ogha

ogha - stream, torrent, flood, multitude

Note: Second part of the compound "śaraugha".

प्रापतन् (prāpatan) - they fell down, they alighted

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Imperfect, 3rd person plural, active voice. The 'ā' in 'prā' is an augment for the past tense.

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

इन्द्र (indra) - Indra (king of gods)

(proper noun)

masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra, the king of the gods

Note: First part of the compound "indrāśanisamasparśa".

अशनि (aśani) - thunderbolt, lightning

(noun)

feminine, singular of aśani

aśani - thunderbolt, lightning, an arrow

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: Second part of the compound "indrāśanisamasparśa".

सम (sama) - equal, similar, like

(adjective)

of sama

sama - equal, same, similar, like

Note: Third part of the compound "indrāśanisamasparśa".

स्पर्शाः (sparśāḥ) - touches, impacts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sparśa

sparśa - touch, contact, impact, sensation

From √spṛś (to touch).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Final part of the compound "indrāśanisamasparśa".

गाण्डीव (gāṇḍīva) - the Gaṇḍīva bow (Arjuna's bow)

(proper noun)

neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - Gaṇḍīva (the famous bow of Arjuna)

Note: First part of the compound "gāṇḍīvapreṣita".

प्रेषिताः (preṣitāḥ) - dispatched, sent forth, hurled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of preṣita

preṣita - dispatched, sent forth, propelled, hurled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √iṣ (to send) with prefix 'pra-'.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Second part of the compound "gāṇḍīvapreṣita".

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Root: śṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of the sentence.