महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-27, verse-7

ताभ्यां शरशतैश्छन्नं तद्बलं तव भारत ।
अन्धकारमिवाकाशमभवत्तत्र तत्र ह ॥७॥

7. tābhyāṁ śaraśataiśchannaṁ tadbalaṁ tava bhārata ,
andhakāramivākāśamabhavattatra tatra ha.

7. tābhyām śaraśataiḥ channam tat balam tava bhārata
andhakāram iva ākāśam abhavat tatra tatra ha

7. bhārata,
tābhyām śaraśataiḥ channam tat tava balam tatra tatra ākāśam andhakāram iva abhavat ha

7. O Bhārata, covered by the hundreds of arrows shot by those two, your army became everywhere like the sky filled with darkness.

Words meanings summery:

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two warriors (Bhīma and Sahadeva) (by those two, from those two)

• शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows

• छन्नम् (channam) - covered, veiled, obscured

• तत् (tat) - that

• बलम् (balam) - army (army, force, strength)

• तव (tava) - your, of yours

• भारत (bhārata) - O king Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

• अन्धकारम् (andhakāram) - darkness, dark

• इव (iva) - like, as

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - everywhere (repeated for emphasis) (there, in that place)

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two warriors (Bhīma and Sahadeva) (by those two, from those two)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaraśata

śaraśata - hundreds of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+śata)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

छन्नम् (channam) - covered, veiled, obscured

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of channa

channa - covered, concealed

Past Passive Participle

from root chad

Root: chad (class 10)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बलम् (balam) - army (army, force, strength)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, army

तव (tava) - your, of yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

भारत (bhārata) - O king Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, Bhārata

अन्धकारम् (andhakāram) - darkness, dark

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of andhakāra

andhakāra - darkness

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - everywhere (repeated for emphasis) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

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