महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-219, verse-26

शतेनैकं च विव्याध शतं चैकेन पत्रिणा ।
व्यसवस्तेऽपतन्नग्नौ साक्षात्कालहता इव ॥२६॥

26. śatenaikaṁ ca vivyādha śataṁ caikena patriṇā ,
vyasavaste'patannagnau sākṣātkālahatā iva.

26. śatena ekam ca vivyādha śatam ca ekena patriṇā
vyasavaḥ te apatan agnau sākṣāt kālahatāḥ iva

26. He pierced one (foe) with a hundred arrows and a hundred (foes) with a single arrow. Those lifeless beings fell into the fire as if directly struck by Death (kāla).

Words meanings summery:

• शतेन (śatena) - with a hundred arrows (by a hundred, with a hundred)

• एकम् (ekam) - one foe (one, a single one)

• च (ca) - and, also

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred foes (a hundred)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, with one

• पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - by an arrow, with an arrow

• व्यसवः (vyasavaḥ) - those lifeless ones (the foes) (breathless, lifeless, dead)

• ते (te) - those

• अपतन् (apatan) - fell

• अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire, into the fire

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, visibly, in person

• कालहताः (kālahatāḥ) - struck by Death (kāla), killed by time

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

शतेन (śatena) - with a hundred arrows (by a hundred, with a hundred)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred

एकम् (ekam) - one foe (one, a single one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vyadh

Perfect Active

Root √vyadh (4th class) in Perfect tense, 3rd person singular active. Reduplicated form.

Prefix: vi

Root: √vyadh (class 4)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred foes (a hundred)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एकेन (ekena) - by one, with one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Agrees with patriṇā.

पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - by an arrow, with an arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of patrin

patrin - winged, having wings, an arrow, bird

व्यसवः (vyasavaḥ) - those lifeless ones (the foes) (breathless, lifeless, dead)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyasu

vyasu - breathless, lifeless, dead

Compound of 'vi' (without) and 'asu' (breath/life force).

Compound type : avyayibhāva (vi+asu)

• vi – without, apart, away
  indeclinable
• asu – breath, life-force, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the pierced foes.

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with vyasavaḥ.

अपतन् (apatan) - fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √pat

Imperfect Active

Root √pat (1st class) in Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural active. Augmented form.

Prefix: a

Root: √pat (class 1)

अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire, into the fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the god of fire

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, visibly, in person

(indeclinable)

कालहताः (kālahatāḥ) - struck by Death (kāla), killed by time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālahata

kālahata - struck by time/death, killed by fate

Past Passive Participle

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'slain by Death'. From kāla (time/death) + hata (slain, P.P.P. of √han).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+hata)

• kāla – time, death, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• hata – struck, slain, killed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of root √han (to strike, to kill).
  Root: √han (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)