महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-73, verse-5

तमनादृत्य ते सर्वे शरैरभ्यहनंस्तदा ।
तमोरजोभ्यां संछन्नांस्तान्किरीटी न्यवारयत् ॥५॥

5. tamanādṛtya te sarve śarairabhyahanaṁstadā ,
tamorajobhyāṁ saṁchannāṁstānkirīṭī nyavārayat.

5. tam anādṛtya te sarve śaraiḥ abhyahanan tadā
tamaḥ-rajobhyām saṃchannān tān kirīṭī nyavārayat

5. te sarve tam anādṛtya tadā śaraiḥ abhyahanan
kirīṭī tamaḥ-rajobhyām saṃchannān tān nyavārayat

5. Disregarding him, they all then struck him with arrows. Arjuna (kirīṭī) stopped those who were shrouded by darkness and passion.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him

• अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - disregarding, disrespecting, not paying attention to

• ते (te) - they

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• अभ्यहनन् (abhyahanan) - struck, attacked

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• तमः-रजोभ्याम् (tamaḥ-rajobhyām) - by darkness and passion

• संछन्नान् (saṁchannān) - covered, enveloped, shrouded

• तान् (tān) - them

• किरीटी (kirīṭī) - Arjuna (the crowned one)

• न्यवारयत् (nyavārayat) - stopped, prevented, warded off

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - disregarding, disrespecting, not paying attention to

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from verb root dṛ 'to regard, respect' with prefix ā and negative prefix an, forming an absolutivum

Prefixes: an+ā

Root: dṛ (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Used as an adjective modifying 'te'.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

अभ्यहनन् (abhyahanan) - struck, attacked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of han

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. Root with prefix abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

तमः-रजोभ्याम् (tamaḥ-rajobhyām) - by darkness and passion

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of tamas-rajas

tamas-rajas - darkness-passion (referring to two of the three guṇas)

Compound type : dvandva (tamas+rajas)

• tamas – darkness, ignorance, inertia (one of the three guṇas)
  noun (neuter)
• rajas – passion, activity, agitation (one of the three guṇas)
  noun (neuter)

संछन्नान् (saṁchannān) - covered, enveloped, shrouded

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃchanna

saṁchanna - covered, veiled, shrouded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root chad 'to cover' with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: chad (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tān'.

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

किरीटी (kirīṭī) - Arjuna (the crowned one)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kirīṭin

kirīṭin - crowned, wearing a diadem; an epithet of Arjuna

Note: An epithet of Arjuna.

न्यवारयत् (nyavārayat) - stopped, prevented, warded off

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛ

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Root with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)