महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-180, verse-20

स मे तस्मिन्रणे पूर्वं प्राहरत्कङ्कपत्रिभिः ।
षष्ट्या शतैश्च नवभिः शराणामग्निवर्चसाम् ॥२०॥

20. sa me tasminraṇe pūrvaṁ prāharatkaṅkapatribhiḥ ,
ṣaṣṭyā śataiśca navabhiḥ śarāṇāmagnivarcasām.

20. saḥ me tasmin raṇe pūrvam prāharat kaṅkapatribhiḥ
| ṣaṣṭyā śataiḥ ca navabhiḥ śarāṇām agnivarcasām

20. tasmin raṇe saḥ pūrvam me navabhiḥ ṣaṣṭyā śataiḥ
ca agnivarcasām kaṅkapatribhiḥ śarāṇām prāharat

20. In that battle, he first struck me with nine hundred and sixty arrows, which were feathered with kanka (heron) feathers and shone with the brilliance of fire.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)

• मे (me) - to me (Bhishma) (to me, for me, my)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (specific) battle (in that, on that)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously, formerly

• प्राहरत् (prāharat) - struck, attacked

• कङ्कपत्रिभिः (kaṅkapatribhiḥ) - with arrows whose feathers are of the kanka bird (with kanka-feathered (arrows))

• षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty

• शतैः (śataiḥ) - with hundreds

• च (ca) - and, also

• नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine

• शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

• अग्निवर्चसाम् (agnivarcasām) - describing the arrows (of fire-like splendor, brilliant as fire)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

मे (me) - to me (Bhishma) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (specific) battle (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: modifies 'raṇe'

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, fight, war, conflict

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously, formerly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of the accusative singular neuter of the adjective

प्राहरत् (prāharat) - struck, attacked

(verb)

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

root hṛ (to carry, seize) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

कङ्कपत्रिभिः (kaṅkapatribhiḥ) - with arrows whose feathers are of the kanka bird (with kanka-feathered (arrows))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kaṅkapatrin

kaṅkapatrin - feathered with kanka feathers

compound with suffix -in (possessive)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kaṅka+patrin)

• kaṅka – a kind of heron, vulture
  noun (masculine)
• patrin – feathered, winged, having leaves
  adjective (masculine)
  from patra (feather) + -in suffix

Note: qualifies implicit 'śaraiḥ'

षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ṣaṣṭi

ṣaṣṭi - sixty

feminine i-stem numeral

शतैः (śataiḥ) - with hundreds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of nava

nava - nine

numeral adjective

Note: modifies 'śataiḥ' (hundreds)

शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

अग्निवर्चसाम् (agnivarcasām) - describing the arrows (of fire-like splendor, brilliant as fire)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of agnivarcas

agnivarcas - having the brilliance of fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (agni+varcas)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• varcas – brilliance, splendor, luster, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: qualifies 'śarāṇām'