महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-23, verse-1

वासुदेव उवाच ।
ततोऽहं भरतश्रेष्ठ प्रगृह्य रुचिरं धनुः ।
शरैरपातयं सौभाच्छिरांसि विबुधद्विषाम् ॥१॥

1. vāsudeva uvāca ,
tato'haṁ bharataśreṣṭha pragṛhya ruciraṁ dhanuḥ ,
śarairapātayaṁ saubhācchirāṁsi vibudhadviṣām.

1. vāsudevaḥ uvāca tataḥ aham bharataśreṣṭha pragṛhya ruciram
dhanuḥ śaraiḥ apātayam saubhāt śirāṃsi vibudhadviṣām

1. Vāsudeva said: "Then, O best of the Bharatas, I, taking up my beautiful bow, cut off the heads of the demons (vibudhadviṣām) from the Saubha (air-chariot) with my arrows."

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (Lord Krishna) (Vāsudeva (name of Krishna))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from that, therefore)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas (O best of Bharatas)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken up (having taken, having seized, having held)

• रुचिरम् (ruciram) - beautiful (beautiful, brilliant, pleasing)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• अपातयम् (apātayam) - I cut off (I caused to fall, I cut down, I felled)

• सौभात् (saubhāt) - from the Saubha (air-chariot) (from the Saubha)

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

• विबुधद्विषाम् (vibudhadviṣām) - of the demons (of the enemies of the gods (demons))

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (Lord Krishna) (Vāsudeva (name of Krishna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas (O best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – Bharata (name of an ancient king, or his descendant; a member of the Bharata dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken up (having taken, having seized, having held)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from pra- (prefix) + √grah (to seize, take) + -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

रुचिरम् (ruciram) - beautiful (beautiful, brilliant, pleasing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rucira

rucira - beautiful, brilliant, pleasing, charming, delightful

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, water

अपातयम् (apātayam) - I cut off (I caused to fall, I cut down, I felled)

(verb)

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

imperfect past causative

1st person singular, active voice. Causative stem pāta

Root: pat (class 1)

सौभात् (saubhāt) - from the Saubha (air-chariot) (from the Saubha)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saubha

saubha - relating to Subha, the city of Śālva, a flying city/chariot (often associated with Śālva)

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak, summit

विबुधद्विषाम् (vibudhadviṣām) - of the demons (of the enemies of the gods (demons))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vibudhadviṣ

vibudhadviṣ - enemy of the gods, demon, Asura

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vibudha+dviṣ)

• vibudha – god, deity, wise man
  noun (masculine)
• dviṣ – enemy, foe, hater; to hate
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dviṣ (class 2)