महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-169, verse-2

गाण्डीवमुक्ता विशिखाः सम्यगस्त्रप्रचोदिताः ।
अच्छिन्दन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि यत्र यत्र स्म तेऽभवन् ॥२॥

2. gāṇḍīvamuktā viśikhāḥ samyagastrapracoditāḥ ,
acchindannuttamāṅgāni yatra yatra sma te'bhavan.

2. gāṇḍīva-muktāḥ viśikhāḥ samyak astra-pracoditāḥ
acchindan uttamāṅgāni yatra yatra sma te abhavan

2. The arrows released from the Gāṇḍīva, properly impelled by the power of mystic missiles, cut off the heads of the demons wherever they were found.

Words meanings summery:

• गाण्डीव-मुक्ताः (gāṇḍīva-muktāḥ) - released from the Gāṇḍīva (bow)

• विशिखाः (viśikhāḥ) - arrows

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, thoroughly

• अस्त्र-प्रचोदिताः (astra-pracoditāḥ) - impelled by mystic weapons/missiles

• अच्छिन्दन् (acchindan) - they cut off, they pierced, they split

• उत्तमाङ्गानि (uttamāṅgāni) - heads, best limbs

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever (repetition emphasizes 'wherever')

• स्म (sma) - a particle used with a present tense verb to indicate past action

• ते (te) - those, they

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they were, they existed

Words meanings and morphology

गाण्डीव-मुक्ताः (gāṇḍīva-muktāḥ) - released from the Gāṇḍīva (bow)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gāṇḍīvamukta

gāṇḍīvamukta - released from Gāṇḍīva

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gāṇḍīva+mukta)

• gāṇḍīva – Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's divine bow)
  proper noun (neuter)
• mukta – released, freed, discharged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release).
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'viśikhāḥ'.

विशिखाः (viśikhāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśikha

viśikha - arrow, dart

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, thoroughly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'samyac'.

अस्त्र-प्रचोदिताः (astra-pracoditāḥ) - impelled by mystic weapons/missiles

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of astrapracodita

astrapracodita - impelled by weapons or divine missiles

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (astra+pracodita)

• astra – weapon, missile, projectile
  noun (neuter)
• pracodita – impelled, urged, sent forth, propelled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra + root cud (to urge, impel).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'viśikhāḥ'.

अच्छिन्दन् (acchindan) - they cut off, they pierced, they split

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

उत्तमाङ्गानि (uttamāṅgāni) - heads, best limbs

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of uttamāṅga

uttamāṅga - head (as the highest limb), excellent limb

Compound type : karmadhāraya (uttama+aṅga)

• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body part, component
  noun (neuter)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever (repetition emphasizes 'wherever')

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - a particle used with a present tense verb to indicate past action

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभवन् (abhavan) - they were, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)