महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-2

स हि तेषां महेष्वासो गतिरासीदनीकजित् ।
आदित्यानां यथा विष्णुस्तथैव प्रतिभाति मे ॥२॥

2. sa hi teṣāṁ maheṣvāso gatirāsīdanīkajit ,
ādityānāṁ yathā viṣṇustathaiva pratibhāti me.

2. sa hi teṣām maheṣvāsaḥ gatiḥ āsīt anīkajit
ādityānām yathā viṣṇuḥ tathā eva pratibhāti me

2. Indeed, he was their mighty archer, their refuge, and a conqueror of armies. He appears to me just like Viṣṇu among the Ādityas.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - mighty archer, great bowman

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge, resort (refuge, path, resort, movement, going)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was

• अनीकजित् (anīkajit) - conqueror of armies

• आदित्यानाम् (ādityānām) - of the Ādityas

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu (a deity)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly, only

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, shines, manifests, occurs to

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my, by me)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - mighty archer, great bowman

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - a great archer, mighty bowman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+iṣu+āsa)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• āsa – thrower, shooter (often used in compounds)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: as (class 4)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge, resort (refuge, path, resort, movement, going)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, refuge, destination

Root: gam (class 1)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

अनीकजित् (anīkajit) - conqueror of armies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anīkajit

anīkajit - conqueror of armies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anīka+jit)

• anīka – army, host
  noun (neuter)
• jit – victorious, conqueror
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root ji with kvin suffix
  Root: ji (class 1)

आदित्यानाम् (ādityānām) - of the Ādityas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of āditya

āditya - son of Aditi, a class of gods (e.g., Sūrya, Viṣṇu)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu (a deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a major Hindu deity, preserver of the universe)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly, only

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, shines, manifests, occurs to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, my, by me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me