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.

13. לוחמי המרכבות האדירים שיגרו חיצים מסוגים שונים (קַרְנִי, נָאלִיקַה ונָאראצ׳ַה), אך בני פָּאנְדוּ לא פגעו באייל שם, אף שראו אותו מקרוב.

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

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