महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-185, verse-13

यथा हि लक्ष्यं निहतं धनुश्च सज्यं कृतं तेन तथा प्रसह्य ।
यथा च भाषन्ति परस्परं ते छन्ना ध्रुवं ते प्रचरन्ति पार्थाः ॥१३॥

13. yathā hi lakṣyaṁ nihataṁ dhanuśca; sajyaṁ kṛtaṁ tena tathā prasahya ,
yathā ca bhāṣanti parasparaṁ te; channā dhruvaṁ te pracaranti pārthāḥ.

13. yathā hi lakṣyam nihatam dhanuḥ ca
sajyam kṛtam tena tathā prasahya
| yathā ca bhāṣanti parasparam te
channāḥ dhruvam te pracaranti pārthāḥ

13. Indeed, it is as if the target was struck and the bow was strung by him with great force. And just as they speak among themselves, it is certain that these Pārthas are moving about in disguise.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• लक्ष्यम् (lakṣyam) - target, mark

• निहतम् (nihatam) - struck, hit, killed

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• च (ca) - and

• सज्यम् (sajyam) - strung (with a bowstring)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

• तेन (tena) - by him

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcefully, violently, by force

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• च (ca) - and

• भाषन्ति (bhāṣanti) - they speak, they say

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - among themselves, to each other

• ते (te) - they, those

• छन्नाः (channāḥ) - hidden, covered, disguised

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• ते (te) - they, those

• प्रचरन्ति (pracaranti) - they move about, they roam, they wander

• पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्यम् (lakṣyam) - target, mark

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lakṣya

lakṣya - target, mark, aim

gerundive/future passive participle

from root lakṣ (to perceive, to mark)

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of a passive construction.

निहतम् (nihatam) - struck, hit, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nihata

nihata - struck, hit, killed, destroyed

past passive participle

from root ni-han (to strike down, to kill)

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सज्यम् (sajyam) - strung (with a bowstring)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sajya

sajya - strung, furnished with a bowstring

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+jyā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• jyā – bowstring, chord
  noun (feminine)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

past passive participle

from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तेन (tena) - by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcefully, violently, by force

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive from pra-sah (to endure, to overcome)

Prefix: pra

Root: sah (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भाषन्ति (bhāṣanti) - they speak, they say

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - among themselves, to each other

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paraspara

paraspara - mutual, reciprocal, each other

Note: Used adverbially.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

छन्नाः (channāḥ) - hidden, covered, disguised

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of channa

channa - covered, veiled, hidden, disguised

past passive participle

from root chad (to cover)

Root: chad (class 1)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, constant, certain, sure

Note: Used adverbially.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रचरन्ति (pracaranti) - they move about, they roam, they wander

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pracar

Prefix: pra

Root: car (class 1)

पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), a name for Arjuna and other Pāṇḍavas

Taddhita (descendant) from Pṛthā