महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-25, verse-22

तयोस्तत्र शरैर्मुक्तैर्यमदण्डनिभैः शुभैः ।
समाच्छन्ना धरा सर्वा खं च सर्वा दिशस्तथा ॥२२॥

22. tayostatra śarairmuktairyamadaṇḍanibhaiḥ śubhaiḥ ,
samācchannā dharā sarvā khaṁ ca sarvā diśastathā.

22. tayoḥ tatra śaraiḥ muktaiḥ yama-daṇḍa-nibhaiḥ śubhaiḥ
samācchannā dharā sarvā khaṃ ca sarvā diśaḥ tathā

22. tatra tayoḥ muktaiḥ śubhaiḥ yama-daṇḍa-nibhaiḥ śaraiḥ
sarvā dharā ca khaṃ sarvāḥ diśaḥ ca samācchannā

22. There, the entire earth, the sky, and all the directions were completely covered by the auspicious arrows released by the two of them, which resembled the staff of Yama.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Bhima and Śrutarvā (of those two, between those two)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• मुक्तैः (muktaiḥ) - released, discharged, shot

• यम-दण्ड-निभैः (yama-daṇḍa-nibhaiḥ) - resembling the staff of Yama

• शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - auspicious, bright, beautiful

• समाच्छन्ना (samācchannā) - completely covered, enveloped

• धरा (dharā) - earth, ground

• सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire, whole

• खं (khaṁ) - sky, ether, space

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

• तथा (tathā) - thus, and so, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Bhima and Śrutarvā (of those two, between those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

मुक्तैः (muktaiḥ) - released, discharged, shot

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - released, freed, discharged

Past Passive Participle

from root muc

Root: muc (class 6)

यम-दण्ड-निभैः (yama-daṇḍa-nibhaiḥ) - resembling the staff of Yama

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yama-daṇḍa-nibha

yama-daṇḍa-nibha - resembling the staff of Yama

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yama+daṇḍa+nibha)

• yama – Yama (lord of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)

शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - auspicious, bright, beautiful

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śubha

śubha - auspicious, bright, pure

समाच्छन्ना (samācchannā) - completely covered, enveloped

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samācchanna

samācchanna - covered completely

Past Passive Participle

from sam + ā + chad

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: chad (class 10)

धरा (dharā) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharā

dharā - earth, ground, supporting female

सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every

खं (khaṁ) - sky, ether, space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter

तथा (tathā) - thus, and so, likewise

(indeclinable)

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