महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-27, verse-8

यः स बाणधनुष्पाणिर्योधयामास भार्गवम् ।
बहून्यहानि कौरव्यः कुरुक्षेत्रे महामृधे ॥८॥

8. yaḥ sa bāṇadhanuṣpāṇiryodhayāmāsa bhārgavam ,
bahūnyahāni kauravyaḥ kurukṣetre mahāmṛdhe.

8. yaḥ saḥ bāṇadhanuṣpāṇiḥ yodhayāmāsa bhārgavam
bahūni ahāni kauravyaḥ kurukṣetre mahāmṛdhe

8. kauravya yaḥ saḥ bāṇadhanuṣpāṇiḥ kurukṣetre
mahāmṛdhe bahūni ahāni bhārgavam yodhayāmāsa

8. O Kauravya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), he (Bhishma) who, holding a bow and arrows, fought with Bhargava (Paraśurāma) for many days in the great battle of Kurukṣetra.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• बाणधनुष्पाणिः (bāṇadhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - having arrows and a bow in hand

• योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - caused to fight, fought with

• भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - Paraśurāma (son of Bhṛgu)

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many, much

• अहानि (ahāni) - days

• कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (son of Kuru's line) (descendant of Kuru)

• कुरुक्षेत्रे (kurukṣetre) - in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra (in Kurukṣetra)

• महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to Bhishma.

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yaḥ'.

बाणधनुष्पाणिः (bāṇadhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - having arrows and a bow in hand

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāṇadhanuṣpāṇi

bāṇadhanuṣpāṇi - having arrows and a bow in hand

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāṇa+dhanuṣ+pāṇi)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• dhanuṣ – bow
  noun (neuter)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - caused to fight, fought with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of yudh

Periphrastic Perfect (Causative)

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice, causative stem ('yodhaya').

Root: yudh (class 4)

भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - Paraśurāma (son of Bhṛgu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu, name of Paraśurāma

Patronymic from Bhṛgu.

बहूनि (bahūni) - many, much

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Modifies 'ahāni'.

अहानि (ahāni) - days

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of ahan

ahan - day

Note: Indicates duration.

कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (son of Kuru's line) (descendant of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - descendant of Kuru

Patronymic from Kuru.

Note: Vocative implied by context, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

कुरुक्षेत्रे (kurukṣetre) - in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra (in Kurukṣetra)

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kurukṣetra

kurukṣetra - the field of the Kurus, a famous battlefield

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+kṣetra)

• kuru – name of an ancient king, ancestor of the Kauravas
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṣetra – field, ground, region
  noun (neuter)

महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mahāmṛdh

mahāmṛdh - great battle, great conflict

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mṛdh)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• mṛdh – battle, combat, conflict
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mṛdh