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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-168, verse-2

तदहं वज्रसंकाशैः शरैरिन्द्रास्त्रचोदितैः ।
अचूर्णयं वेगवद्भिः शतधैकैकमाहवे ॥२॥
2. tadahaṁ vajrasaṁkāśaiḥ śarairindrāstracoditaiḥ ,
acūrṇayaṁ vegavadbhiḥ śatadhaikaikamāhave.
2. tat aham vajrasaṃkāśaiḥ śaraiḥ indrāstracoditaiḥ
acūrṇayam vegavadbhiḥ śatadhā ekaikam āhave
2. I, in battle, crushed each of those (stones), which were like thunderbolts and propelled by Indra's weapon, into a hundred pieces with swift arrows.

Words meanings summery:

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  • तत् (tat) - referring to the previously mentioned stone-rain or its individual stones (that, it)
  • अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (speaker) (I)
  • वज्रसंकाशैः (vajrasaṁkāśaiḥ) - resembling thunderbolts, thunderbolt-like
  • शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
  • इन्द्रास्त्रचोदितैः (indrāstracoditaiḥ) - propelled by Indra's weapon
  • अचूर्णयम् (acūrṇayam) - I powdered, I crushed, I pulverized
  • वेगवद्भिः (vegavadbhiḥ) - with swift arrows (with swift ones, with powerful ones)
  • शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces (in a hundred ways, into a hundred pieces)
  • एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each (stone) (each one, one by one)
  • आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - referring to the previously mentioned stone-rain or its individual stones (that, it)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)
Note: Can function as an object or a topic marker; here implying 'those' (stones).
अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (speaker) (I)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)
Note: Subject of acūrṇayam.
वज्रसंकाशैः (vajrasaṁkāśaiḥ) - resembling thunderbolts, thunderbolt-like
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of vajrasaṃkāśa
vajrasaṁkāśa - resembling thunderbolts, thunderbolt-like
Compound of vajra (thunderbolt) and saṃkāśa (resembling).
Compound type : tatpurusha (vajra+saṃkāśa)
  • vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
    noun (masculine)
  • saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Past passive participle of saṃ-√kāś.
    Prefix: sam
    Root: kāś (class 1)
Note: Modifies śaraiḥ.
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow
Root: śṛ (class 9)
Note: Instrument by which Arjuna pulverized the stones.
इन्द्रास्त्रचोदितैः (indrāstracoditaiḥ) - propelled by Indra's weapon
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of indrāstracodita
indrāstracodita - propelled/incited by Indra's weapon
Past Passive Participle (compound with P.P.P.)
Compound of Indrāstra (Indra's weapon) and codita (propelled, incited - PPP of √cud).
Compound type : tatpurusha (Indrāstra+codita)
  • Indrāstra – Indra's weapon
    noun (neuter)
    Compound of Indra (name of a deity) and astra (weapon).
  • codita – propelled, incited, urged
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Past passive participle of √cud (to urge, incite).
    Root: cud (class 1)
Note: Modifies śaraiḥ.
अचूर्णयम् (acūrṇayam) - I powdered, I crushed, I pulverized
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of cūrṇ
Imperfect Active
From √cūrṇ (to pulverize), 1st person singular.
Root: cūrṇ (class 10)
वेगवद्भिः (vegavadbhiḥ) - with swift arrows (with swift ones, with powerful ones)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of vegavat
vegavat - swift, speedy, powerful, energetic
Possessive suffix -vat from vega (speed).
Note: Modifies śaraiḥ.
शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces (in a hundred ways, into a hundred pieces)
(indeclinable)
Formed with the suffix -dhā (meaning 'in ... ways' or 'into ... parts').
Note: Modifies acūrṇayam.
एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each (stone) (each one, one by one)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ekaika
ekaika - each one, one by one
Reduplicated form of eka (one).
Compound type : avyayibhava (eka+eka)
  • eka – one, single
    numeral (neuter)
Note: Direct object of acūrṇayam, referring to each of the stones.
आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of āhava
āhava - battle, combat, war
From ā-√hu (to call, invoke, offer).
Prefix: ā
Root: hu (class 3)