महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-218, verse-22

तांश्चकर्त शरैः पार्थः सरोषान्दृश्य खेचरान् ।
विवशाश्चापतन्दीप्तं देहाभावाय पावकम् ॥२२॥

22. tāṁścakarta śaraiḥ pārthaḥ saroṣāndṛśya khecarān ,
vivaśāścāpatandīptaṁ dehābhāvāya pāvakam.

22. tān cakarta śaraiḥ pārthaḥ saroṣān dṛśya khecarān
vivaśāḥ ca āpatan dīptaṃ dehābhāvāya pāvakam

22. Seeing those enraged sky-dwellers (the Garudas and serpents), Arjuna cut them down with his arrows. Helpless, they then fell into the blazing fire, resulting in the annihilation of their bodies.

22. בן פְּרִיתָה (אַרְג׳וּנַה) ראה אותם, יצורים טסים מלאי זעם, וחתך אותם בחיצים, והם נפלו חסרי אונים אל האש הלוהטת, למען כליון גופם.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those (Garudas and serpents) (them (masculine plural))

• चकर्त (cakarta) - he cut down, he killed (he cut, he pierced)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by means of arrows (with arrows)

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

• सरोषान् (saroṣān) - who were enraged (enraged, with anger)

• दृश्य (dṛśya) - after seeing (having seen, having perceived)

• खेचरान् (khecarān) - the Garudas and serpents (who were attacking from the sky) (sky-dwellers, those moving in the sky)

• विवशाः (vivaśāḥ) - rendered powerless (helpless, powerless, dependent)

• च (ca) - and

• आपतन् (āpatan) - they plummeted (they fell down)

• दीप्तं (dīptaṁ) - intensely burning (blazing, burning, shining)

• देहाभावाय (dehābhāvāya) - leading to the annihilation of their physical forms (for the non-existence of bodies, for destruction of bodies)

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - into the fire (fire, purifier)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those (Garudas and serpents) (them (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

चकर्त (cakarta) - he cut down, he killed (he cut, he pierced)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛt (class 6)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by means of arrows (with arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna

सरोषान् (saroṣān) - who were enraged (enraged, with anger)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saroṣa

saroṣa - enraged, angry, furious

bahuvrihi compound 'with anger'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+roṣa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating 'with'
• roṣa – anger, rage, wrath
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agreeing with khecarān.

दृश्य (dṛśya) - after seeing (having seen, having perceived)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root dṛś + ya suffix, used as an absolutive in epic literature, functioning similarly to dṛṣṭvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functioning as an absolutive.

खेचरान् (khecarān) - the Garudas and serpents (who were attacking from the sky) (sky-dwellers, those moving in the sky)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of khecara

khecara - sky-goer, aerial being, bird, demon, Vidyādhara

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+cara)

• kha – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, a goer
  adjective (masculine)
  from root car
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of dṛśya and cakarta.

विवशाः (vivaśāḥ) - rendered powerless (helpless, powerless, dependent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vivaśa

vivaśa - powerless, helpless, dependent

negative compound of vi + vaśa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vi+vaśa)

• vi – without
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vaśa – control, power, will
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agreeing with implied subject of āpatan (the Garudas and serpents).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आपतन् (āpatan) - they plummeted (they fell down)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of āpat

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

दीप्तं (dīptaṁ) - intensely burning (blazing, burning, shining)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dīpta

dīpta - blazing, burning, shining, illuminated

past passive participle

root dīp + kta प्रत्यय

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Acting as an adjective to pāvakam.

देहाभावाय (dehābhāvāya) - leading to the annihilation of their physical forms (for the non-existence of bodies, for destruction of bodies)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dehābhāva

dehābhāva - non-existence of the body, destruction of the body

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+abhāva)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• abhāva – non-existence, annihilation, absence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Expressing purpose.

पावकम् (pāvakam) - into the fire (fire, purifier)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, Agni

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of motion (fell into).

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