महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-31, verse-3

एतान्निकृत्य धृतिमान्बाणसंघैरतन्द्रितः ।
जेतुं परानुत्सहते प्रशान्तात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ॥३॥

3. etānnikṛtya dhṛtimānbāṇasaṁghairatandritaḥ ,
jetuṁ parānutsahate praśāntātmā jitendriyaḥ.

3. etān nikṛtya dhṛtimān bāṇasaṅghaiḥ atandritaḥ
jetum parān utsahate praśāntātmā jitendriyaḥ

3. praśāntātmā jitendriyaḥ dhṛtimān atandritaḥ
bāṇasaṅghaiḥ etān nikṛtya parān jetum utsahate

3. A resolute and diligent person, whose self (ātman) is tranquil and senses (indriya) are controlled, endeavors to defeat his enemies by striking them down with volleys of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• एतान् (etān) - these enemies (implied by 'parān') (these)

• निकृत्य (nikṛtya) - having struck down (the enemies) (having cut down, having destroyed, having broken)

• धृतिमान् (dhṛtimān) - a person endowed with firmness and resolve (resolute, patient, firm)

• बाणसङ्घैः (bāṇasaṅghaiḥ) - by a concentrated shower of arrows (by groups of arrows, by volleys of arrows)

• अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - untiring, diligent, alert

• जेतुम् (jetum) - to defeat (the enemies) (to conquer, to win, to defeat)

• परान् (parān) - enemies (others, enemies)

• उत्सहते (utsahate) - he strives, he exerts himself, he endeavors

• प्रशान्तात्मा (praśāntātmā) - one whose self is tranquil, of tranquil mind

• जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered his senses

Words meanings and morphology

एतान् (etān) - these enemies (implied by 'parān') (these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to the enemies mentioned later.

निकृत्य (nikṛtya) - having struck down (the enemies) (having cut down, having destroyed, having broken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root kṛt with prefix ni, forming an absolutive suffix -ya.

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

धृतिमान् (dhṛtimān) - a person endowed with firmness and resolve (resolute, patient, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtimat

dhṛtimat - resolute, patient, firm

Possessive suffix -mat added to dhṛti (firmness).

Note: Nominative singular masculine form of dhṛtimat.

बाणसङ्घैः (bāṇasaṅghaiḥ) - by a concentrated shower of arrows (by groups of arrows, by volleys of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇasaṅgha

bāṇasaṅgha - host of arrows, volley of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+saṅgha)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• saṅgha – group, host, multitude
  noun (masculine)

अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - untiring, diligent, alert

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atandrita

atandrita - untiring, diligent, alert

Past Passive Participle

Negated form of tandrita (tired), derived from root tand (to be weary).

Prefix: a

Root: tand (class 1)

जेतुम् (jetum) - to defeat (the enemies) (to conquer, to win, to defeat)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Derived from root ji (to conquer) with infinitive suffix -tum.

Root: ji (class 1)

परान् (parān) - enemies (others, enemies)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, enemy, supreme

उत्सहते (utsahate) - he strives, he exerts himself, he endeavors

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of utsah

From root sah with prefix ut.

Prefix: ut

Root: sah (class 1)

प्रशान्तात्मा (praśāntātmā) - one whose self is tranquil, of tranquil mind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praśāntātman

praśāntātman - one whose self is tranquil, tranquil-minded

Bahuvrihi compound: praśānta (very calm) + ātman (self).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (praśānta+ātman)

• praśānta – very calm, tranquil, quiet
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śam (to be calm) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: śam (class 4)
• ātman – self, soul, mind, essence
  noun (masculine)

जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered his senses

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has conquered his senses

Bahuvrihi compound: jita (conquered) + indriya (sense).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, won
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ji (to conquer).
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, sense faculty
  noun (neuter)