महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-273, verse-21

तस्यासून्पावकस्पर्शैः सौमित्रिः पत्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ।
यथा निरहरद्वीरस्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥२१॥

21. tasyāsūnpāvakasparśaiḥ saumitriḥ patribhistribhiḥ ,
yathā niraharadvīrastanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu.

21. tasya asūn pāvakasparśaiḥ saumitriḥ patribhiḥ
tribhiḥ yathā niraharat vīraḥ tat me nigadataḥ śṛṇu

21. Listen to me as I narrate how the hero Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) took his life with three arrows that had a fiery impact.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of him (referring to Indrajit, the antagonist) (his, of him, of that)

• असून् (asūn) - lives, vital breaths

• पावकस्पर्शैः (pāvakasparśaiḥ) - with fire-like touches, with fiery impacts

• सौमित्रिः (saumitriḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitri, son of Sumitrā)

• पत्रिभिः (patribhiḥ) - with winged ones, with arrows

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three, with three

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

• निरहरत् (niraharat) - he took away, he removed, he destroyed

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero (Lakṣmaṇa) (hero, brave man)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• मे (me) - to me, from me

• निगदतः (nigadataḥ) - of one narrating, of one speaking

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of him (referring to Indrajit, the antagonist) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

असून् (asūn) - lives, vital breaths

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asu

asu - life, vital breath

पावकस्पर्शैः (pāvakasparśaiḥ) - with fire-like touches, with fiery impacts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāvakasparśa

pāvakasparśa - fire-like touch, fiery impact

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāvaka+sparśa)

• pāvaka – fire, purifying
  noun (masculine)
• sparśa – touch, contact, impact
  noun (masculine)

सौमित्रिः (saumitriḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitri, son of Sumitrā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitrā

Patronymic from Sumitrā

पत्रिभिः (patribhiḥ) - with winged ones, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patrin

patrin - winged, having feathers, an arrow

Derived from `patra` (wing, feather) with suffix `-in`.

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three, with three

(numeral)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

निरहरत् (niraharat) - he took away, he removed, he destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of hṛ

Prefix: nir

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero (Lakṣmaṇa) (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, mighty

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me, from me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

निगदतः (nigadataḥ) - of one narrating, of one speaking

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nigadat

nigadat - narrating, speaking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `gad` with prefix `ni` and suffix `-at` (śatṛ).

Prefix: ni

Root: gad (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying an implied noun (e.g., 'me', 'mama nigadataḥ')

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)