महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-73, verse-29

ततो योधाञ्जघानाशु तेषां स दश चाष्ट च ।
महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैरायसैर्निशितैः शरैः ॥२९॥

29. tato yodhāñjaghānāśu teṣāṁ sa daśa cāṣṭa ca ,
mahendravajrapratimairāyasairniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ.

29. tataḥ yodhān jaghāna āśu teṣām sa daśa ca aṣṭa ca
mahendravajrapratimaiḥ āyasaiḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

29. tataḥ sa teṣām daśa ca aṣṭa ca yodhān
mahendravajrapratimaiḥ āyasaiḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ āśu jaghāna

29. Then he quickly struck down eighteen of those warriors with sharpened iron arrows resembling Indra's thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from that)

• योधान् (yodhān) - warriors

• जघान (jaghāna) - struck down (killed, struck, smote)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (warriors) (of them, their)

• स (sa) - he (Arjuna, implied) (he, that)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अष्ट (aṣṭa) - eight

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैः (mahendravajrapratimaiḥ) - resembling the thunderbolt (vajra) of great Indra (Mahendra) (resembling Indra's thunderbolt)

• आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - made of iron (made of iron, iron-like)

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharpened (sharpened, keen, whetted)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

Root: tad

योधान् (yodhān) - warriors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

derived from root yudh

Root: yudh

जघान (jaghāna) - struck down (killed, struck, smote)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of han

Perfect active third singular

Intensive reduplication of han to form perfect tense

Root: han (class 2)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

adverbial usage of adjective

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (warriors) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the warriors mentioned earlier.

स (sa) - he (Arjuna, implied) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the subject of the action, likely Arjuna in this context.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a conjunction.

अष्ट (aṣṭa) - eight

(numeral)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a conjunction.

महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैः (mahendravajrapratimaiḥ) - resembling the thunderbolt (vajra) of great Indra (Mahendra) (resembling Indra's thunderbolt)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahendravajrapratima

mahendravajrapratima - resembling Indra's thunderbolt

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+indra+vajra+pratima)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• indra – Indra (chief of the devas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (neuter)
• pratima – resembling, like, image
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Agrees with śaraiḥ

आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - made of iron (made of iron, iron-like)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āyasa

āyasa - made of iron, iron, metallic

derived from ayas (iron)

Note: Agrees with śaraiḥ

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharpened (sharpened, keen, whetted)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, whetted, keen

Past Passive Participle

Formed from ni-√śo (to sharpen)

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Agrees with śaraiḥ

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Root: śṛ

Note: Instrument of striking.