महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-12

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा गदां केशी चिक्षेपेन्द्रवधाय वै ।
तामापतन्तीं चिच्छेद मध्ये वज्रेण वासवः ॥१२॥

12. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
evamuktvā gadāṁ keśī cikṣependravadhāya vai ,
tāmāpatantīṁ ciccheda madhye vajreṇa vāsavaḥ.

12. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam uktvā gadām keśī cikṣepa indra-vadhāya
vai tām āpatantīm ciccheda madhye vajreṇa vāsavaḥ

12. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, Keśī indeed hurled the mace to slay Indra. Vāsava (Indra) then cut that incoming mace in the middle with his thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having said, having spoken)

• गदाम् (gadām) - the mace (mace)

• केशी (keśī) - the Asura Keśī (Keśī (name of an Asura))

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - hurled (threw, hurled)

• इन्द्र-वधाय (indra-vadhāya) - for the slaying of Indra (for the killing of Indra)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• ताम् (tām) - that (mace) (that (feminine accusative singular))

• आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - that which was falling (the mace) (falling, approaching (feminine accusative singular))

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (cut, split)

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle (in the middle, in the midst)

• वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - with his thunderbolt (with the thunderbolt)

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Vāsava (name of Indra))

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

√vac + -ktvā suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

गदाम् (gadām) - the mace (mace)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

केशी (keśī) - the Asura Keśī (Keśī (name of an Asura))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keśin

keśin - hairy, having long hair; name of an Asura

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - hurled (threw, hurled)

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √kṣip

Root: kṣip (class 6)

इन्द्र-वधाय (indra-vadhāya) - for the slaying of Indra (for the killing of Indra)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of indra-vadha

indra-vadha - killing of Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indra+vadha)

• indra – Indra (name of the chief of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaying, murder
  noun (masculine)
  from √vadh
  Root: vadh (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (mace) (that (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - that which was falling (the mace) (falling, approaching (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpatat

āpatat - falling, descending, approaching

Present active participle

√pat with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (cut, split)

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle (in the middle, in the midst)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - with his thunderbolt (with the thunderbolt)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt, diamond

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Vāsava (name of Indra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra, chief of the gods