महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-47

द्रोण उवाच ।
शीघ्रं भवन्तः सर्वे वै धनूंष्यादाय सत्वराः ।
भासमेतं समुद्दिश्य तिष्ठन्तां संहितेषवः ॥४७॥

47. droṇa uvāca ,
śīghraṁ bhavantaḥ sarve vai dhanūṁṣyādāya satvarāḥ ,
bhāsametaṁ samuddiśya tiṣṭhantāṁ saṁhiteṣavaḥ.

47. droṇaḥ uvāca | śīghraṃ bhavantaḥ sarve vai dhanūṃṣi ādāya
satvarāḥ | bhāsam etam samudiśya tiṣṭhantām saṃhiteṣavaḥ

47. Droṇa said: All of you, quickly and swiftly, take up your bows. Aim at this hawk and stand ready with your arrows nocked.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, honorific)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• धनूंषि (dhanūṁṣi) - bows

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking

• सत्वराः (satvarāḥ) - swift, quick, speedy

• भासम् (bhāsam) - hawk, vulture

• एतम् (etam) - this

• समुदिश्य (samudiśya) - having aimed at, pointing towards

• तिष्ठन्ताम् (tiṣṭhantām) - let them stand

• संहितेषवः (saṁhiteṣavaḥ) - with arrows nocked/fitted

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (proper name); a measure of grain

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect 3rd person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite form), your honor, being, existing

present active participle

Derived from √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

धनूंषि (dhanūṁṣi) - bows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dhanus

dhanus - bow, archer's bow

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from √dā (to give) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

सत्वराः (satvarāḥ) - swift, quick, speedy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satvara

satvara - quick, swift, speedy

From sa- (with) + tvarā (haste)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+tvarā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• tvarā – haste, speed
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tvar (class 1)

भासम् (bhāsam) - hawk, vulture

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāsa

bhāsa - hawk, vulture, eagle; light, splendor

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

समुदिश्य (samudiśya) - having aimed at, pointing towards

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from √diś (to point) with prefixes sam- and ud-

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: diś (class 6)

तिष्ठन्ताम् (tiṣṭhantām) - let them stand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

3rd person plural imperative of √sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

संहितेषवः (saṁhiteṣavaḥ) - with arrows nocked/fitted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃhiteṣu

saṁhiteṣu - one whose arrows are fixed/nocked

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃhita+iṣu)

• saṃhita – joined, united, fixed, put together, nocked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √dhā (to place) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)