महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-295, verse-13

कर्णिनालीकनाराचानुत्सृजन्तो महारथाः ।
नाविध्यन्पाण्डवास्तत्र पश्यन्तो मृगमन्तिकात् ॥१३॥

13. karṇinālīkanārācānutsṛjanto mahārathāḥ ,
nāvidhyanpāṇḍavāstatra paśyanto mṛgamantikāt.

13. karṇinālīkanārācān utsṛjantaḥ mahārathāḥ na
avidhyan pāṇḍavāḥ tatra paśyantaḥ mṛgam antikāt

13. Even while shooting barbed, reed-shafted, and iron arrows, the great charioteers, the Pandavas, could not strike the deer, even though they saw it up close.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्णिनालीकनाराचान् (karṇinālīkanārācān) - barbed arrows, reed-shaft arrows, iron arrows (various types of arrows)

• उत्सृजन्तः (utsṛjantaḥ) - releasing, shooting, discharging

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - referring to the Pandavas (great charioteers, mighty warriors)

• न (na) - not, no

• अविध्यन् (avidhyan) - they struck, they pierced

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (sons of Pandu)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that situation, there (in the forest) (there, then, in that place)

• पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing, looking

• मृगम् (mṛgam) - the deer

• अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - from near, from a close distance

Words meanings and morphology

कर्णिनालीकनाराचान् (karṇinālīkanārācān) - barbed arrows, reed-shaft arrows, iron arrows (various types of arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of karṇinālīkanārāca

karṇinālīkanārāca - barbed arrow, reed-shaft arrow, iron arrow (a collective term for various arrow types)

Dvandva compound of three types of arrows.

Compound type : dvandva (karṇin+nālīka+nārāca)

• karṇin – having ears, (here) barbed (arrow)
  noun (masculine)
  From karṇa (ear, barb) with the suffix -in.
• nālīka – (an arrow with) a reed shaft, a particular kind of arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from nāla (reed, tube).
• nārāca – iron arrow, metallic arrow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the participle 'utsṛjantaḥ'.

उत्सृजन्तः (utsṛjantaḥ) - releasing, shooting, discharging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utsṛjant

utsṛjant - releasing, abandoning, emitting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √sṛj (to create, to throw, to abandon) with prefix ut-.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'mahārathāḥ' and 'pāṇḍavāḥ'.

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - referring to the Pandavas (great charioteers, mighty warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - great charioteer, mighty warrior (one capable of fighting 10,000 warriors)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
  Feminine form of mahat, often used as a prefix.
• ratha – chariot, warrior
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram

Note: Subject of the sentence.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

अविध्यन् (avidhyan) - they struck, they pierced

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Past Imperfect (laṅ) of vidh

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. Derived from root √vyadh (to pierce, strike), which undergoes metathesis and strengthening.

Root: vyadh (class 4)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (sons of Pandu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, son of Pandu, the Pandavas

From Paṇḍu (name of a king) with a suffix indicating progeny.

Note: Subject of the verb 'avidhyan'.

तत्र (tatra) - in that situation, there (in the forest) (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) with the suffix traL.

पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing, looking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paśyant

paśyant - seeing, beholding, looking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √dṛś (to see), which changes to paśya- in the present stem.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇḍavāḥ'.

मृगम् (mṛgam) - the deer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, beast

Root: mṛj

Note: Object of the participle 'paśyantaḥ'.

अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - from near, from a close distance

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially in the ablative case.

Root: anta