महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-17

प्रातिष्ठत महाबाहुः प्रगृहीतशरासनः ।
वधाय धार्तराष्ट्राणां निःश्वस्योर्ध्वमुदीक्ष्य च ॥१७॥

17. prātiṣṭhata mahābāhuḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ ,
vadhāya dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ niḥśvasyordhvamudīkṣya ca.

17. prātiṣṭhata mahābāhuḥ pragṛhīta-śarāsanaḥ vadhāya
dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām niḥśvasya ūrdhvam udīkṣya ca

17. The mighty-armed one (Arjuna), with his bow taken up, set forth for the destruction of the Dhārtarāṣṭras, having first sighed and looked upwards.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रातिष्ठत (prātiṣṭhata) - he set out, he started, he proceeded

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - Arjuna (the mighty-armed one)

• प्रगृहीत-शरासनः (pragṛhīta-śarāsanaḥ) - with his bow taken up, having taken up his bow

• वधाय (vadhāya) - for the slaying, for the destruction

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the Kauravas (of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having sighed

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards

• उदीक्ष्य (udīkṣya) - having looked up, having gazed upwards

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

प्रातिष्ठत (prātiṣṭhata) - he set out, he started, he proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (past) (laṅ) of √sthā

Prefixes: pra+ati

Root: √sthā (class 1)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - Arjuna (the mighty-armed one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with great arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm, hand
  noun (masculine)

प्रगृहीत-शरासनः (pragṛhīta-śarāsanaḥ) - with his bow taken up, having taken up his bow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pragṛhīta-śarāsana

pragṛhīta-śarāsana - one who has taken up a bow

A Bahuvrīhi compound meaning 'one by whom a bow has been taken up'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pragṛhīta+śarāsana)

• pragṛhīta – taken up, grasped, seized
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root √grah (to seize, take) with the prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: √grah (class 9)
• śarāsana – bow (literally 'arrow-seat')
  noun (neuter)
  From 'śara' (arrow) and 'āsana' (seat, instrument).

वधाय (vadhāya) - for the slaying, for the destruction

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - slaying, killing, destruction

धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the Kauravas (of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - a descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Patronymic derivation from Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having sighed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root √śvas (to breathe, sigh) with the prefix 'nis'.

Prefix: nis

Root: √śvas (class 2)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards

(indeclinable)

उदीक्ष्य (udīkṣya) - having looked up, having gazed upwards

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root √īkṣ (to see, behold) with the prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: √īkṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)