महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-153, verse-27

अष्टपञ्चाशतं रात्र्यः शयानस्याद्य मे गताः ।
शरेषु निशिताग्रेषु यथा वर्षशतं तथा ॥२७॥

27. aṣṭapañcāśataṁ rātryaḥ śayānasyādya me gatāḥ ,
śareṣu niśitāgreṣu yathā varṣaśataṁ tathā.

27. aṣṭapañcāśatam rātryaḥ śayānasya adya me gatāḥ
śareṣu niśitāgreṣu yathā varṣaśatam tathā

27. me śayānasya adya aṣṭapañcāśatam rātryaḥ gatāḥ
niśitāgreṣu śareṣu yathā varṣaśatam tathā

27. Today, fifty-eight nights have passed for me as I lie upon these sharply pointed arrows; it feels as long as a hundred years.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टपञ्चाशतम् (aṣṭapañcāśatam) - fifty-eight

• रात्र्यः (rātryaḥ) - nights

• शयानस्य (śayānasya) - of me, Bhishma, who is lying on the bed of arrows (of one lying down)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, passed, elapsed

• शरेषु (śareṣu) - on arrows, among arrows

• निशिताग्रेषु (niśitāgreṣu) - on the sharp-pointed arrows (having sharp points, on sharp-pointed ones)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• वर्षशतम् (varṣaśatam) - a hundred years

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टपञ्चाशतम् (aṣṭapañcāśatam) - fifty-eight

(numeral)

Note: Used here as an adjective in neuter singular or as an indeclinable numeral.

रात्र्यः (rātryaḥ) - nights

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rātri

rātri - night

शयानस्य (śayānasya) - of me, Bhishma, who is lying on the bed of arrows (of one lying down)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śayāna

śayāna - lying down, resting

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root śī (to lie down), with śānac suffix.

Root: śī (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, myself

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, passed, elapsed

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived, passed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with kta suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rātryaḥ'.

शरेषु (śareṣu) - on arrows, among arrows

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

निशिताग्रेषु (niśitāgreṣu) - on the sharp-pointed arrows (having sharp points, on sharp-pointed ones)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of niśitāgra

niśitāgra - sharp-pointed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (niśita+agra)

• niśita – sharpened, sharp, whetted
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śo/śi (to sharpen) with ni- prefix.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: śo (class 4)
• agra – point, tip, front, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'śareṣu'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

वर्षशतम् (varṣaśatam) - a hundred years

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - a hundred years

Compound type : tatpurusha (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)