महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-167, verse-6

तानहं विविधैर्बाणैर्वेगवद्भिरजिह्मगैः ।
गाण्डीवमुक्तैरभ्यघ्नमेकैकं दशभिर्मृधे ।
ते कृता विमुखाः सर्वे मत्प्रयुक्तैः शिलाशितैः ॥६॥

6. tānahaṁ vividhairbāṇairvegavadbhirajihmagaiḥ ,
gāṇḍīvamuktairabhyaghnamekaikaṁ daśabhirmṛdhe ,
te kṛtā vimukhāḥ sarve matprayuktaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ.

6. tān aham vividhaiḥ bāṇaiḥ vegavadbhiḥ
ajihmagaiḥ gāṇḍīvamuktaiḥ abhyaghnam
ekaikam daśabhiḥ mṛdhe te kṛtāḥ
vimukhāḥ sarve matprayuktaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

6. In battle, I struck each one of them with ten various, swift, and unerring arrows released from my bow Gaṇḍīva. All of them were repelled by my arrows, which were sharpened on stone.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - the Nivātakavachas (them, those)

• अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (the speaker) (I)

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, by manifold

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• वेगवद्भिः (vegavadbhiḥ) - by swift arrows (by swift ones, by potent ones)

• अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - by straight-flying arrows (by straight-moving ones, by unerring ones)

• गाण्डीवमुक्तैः (gāṇḍīvamuktaiḥ) - by arrows released from Gaṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow) (by those released from Gaṇḍīva)

• अभ्यघ्नम् (abhyaghnam) - I struck, I killed

• एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, one by one

• दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

• मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle, in the fight

• ते (te) - the Nivātakavachas (they, those)

• कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made, done, caused to be

• विमुखाः (vimukhāḥ) - turned away, averted, disheartened

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• मत्प्रयुक्तैः (matprayuktaiḥ) - by my (Arjuna's) arrows (by those discharged by me, by my released)

• शिलाशितैः (śilāśitaiḥ) - by arrows sharpened on stone (by stone-sharpened (ones))

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - the Nivātakavachas (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, by manifold

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with `bāṇaiḥ`.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

वेगवद्भिः (vegavadbhiḥ) - by swift arrows (by swift ones, by potent ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vegavat

vegavat - swift, quick, potent

Possessive suffix -vat

Note: Agrees with `bāṇaiḥ`.

अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - by straight-flying arrows (by straight-moving ones, by unerring ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ajihmaga

ajihmaga - going straight, unerring

Compound type : tatpurusha (ajihma+ga)

• ajihma – not crooked, straight
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative prefix 'a' + jihma 'crooked'
  Prefix: a
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root gam 'to go' with suffix -a
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `bāṇaiḥ`.

गाण्डीवमुक्तैः (gāṇḍīvamuktaiḥ) - by arrows released from Gaṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow) (by those released from Gaṇḍīva)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gāṇḍīvamukta

gāṇḍīvamukta - released from Gaṇḍīva

Compound type : tatpurusha (gāṇḍīva+mukta)

• gāṇḍīva – the name of Arjuna's bow
  proper noun (neuter)
• mukta – released, freed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of muc 'to release'
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `bāṇaiḥ`.

अभ्यघ्नम् (abhyaghnam) - I struck, I killed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of abhihan

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, one by one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one

Repetition of eka for distributive sense

Note: Adverbial accusative, 'one by one' or 'each'.

दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

(numeral)

Note: Used with plural nouns.

मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛdh

mṛdh - battle, combat

Root: mṛdh (class 4)

ते (te) - the Nivātakavachas (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made, done, caused to be

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛta

kṛta - made, done

Past Passive Participle

PPP of kṛ 'to do, to make'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `te`.

विमुखाः (vimukhāḥ) - turned away, averted, disheartened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimukha

vimukha - turned away, with averted face, disheartened

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+mukha)

• vi – away, apart
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `te`.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Agrees with `te`.

मत्प्रयुक्तैः (matprayuktaiḥ) - by my (Arjuna's) arrows (by those discharged by me, by my released)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of matprayukta

matprayukta - discharged by me

Compound type : tatpurusha (mat+prayukta)

• mat – by me, from me
  pronoun
  Ablative singular of `aham` (I), used here as a possessive or agent in a compound
• prayukta – discharged, used, employed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of pra-yuj 'to discharge, to employ'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with the implied 'arrows'.

शिलाशितैः (śilāśitaiḥ) - by arrows sharpened on stone (by stone-sharpened (ones))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śilāśita

śilāśita - sharpened on stone

Compound type : tatpurusha (śilā+śita)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• śita – sharpened, keen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of śo 'to sharpen'
  Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Agrees with the implied 'arrows'.