महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-29, verse-11

ततः परशुमादाय स तं बाहुसहस्रिणम् ।
चिच्छेद सहसा रामो बाहुशाखमिव द्रुमम् ॥११॥

11. tataḥ paraśumādāya sa taṁ bāhusahasriṇam ,
ciccheda sahasā rāmo bāhuśākhamiva drumam.

11. tataḥ paraśum ādāya sa tam bāhusahasriṇam
ciccheda sahasā rāmaḥ bāhuśākham iva drumam

11. tataḥ sa rāmaḥ paraśum ādāya sahasā tam
bāhusahasriṇam bāhuśākham drumam iva ciccheda

11. Then Rama, taking up his axe, suddenly severed that thousand-armed one (bāhusahasrin), just as one would cut down a tree with many branches.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

• परशुम् (paraśum) - axe, battle-axe

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

• स (sa) - he, that

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• बाहुसहस्रिणम् (bāhusahasriṇam) - Kārtavīrya Arjuna, who was famously thousand-armed. (the thousand-armed one)

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed, split

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully, quickly

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• बाहुशाखम् (bāhuśākham) - a tree with arms as branches, whose branches are arms

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्रुमम् (drumam) - tree

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

(indeclinable)

परशुम् (paraśum) - axe, battle-axe

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paraśu

paraśu - axe, battle-axe

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dā (to give, take) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'bāhusahasriṇam'

बाहुसहस्रिणम् (bāhusahasriṇam) - Kārtavīrya Arjuna, who was famously thousand-armed. (the thousand-armed one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhusahasrin

bāhusahasrin - having a thousand arms, thousand-armed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bāhu+sahasra)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed, split

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully, quickly

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name), pleasing, dark

बाहुशाखम् (bāhuśākham) - a tree with arms as branches, whose branches are arms

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhuśākha

bāhuśākha - having arms as branches (like a tree), tree-like in form with branches as arms

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bāhu+śākha)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• śākha – branch (of a tree)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'drumam'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्रुमम् (drumam) - tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, plant