महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-180, verse-28

नव चापि पृषत्कानां शतानि नतपर्वणाम् ।
प्राहिण्वं कङ्कपत्राणां जामदग्न्यरथं प्रति ॥२८॥

28. nava cāpi pṛṣatkānāṁ śatāni nataparvaṇām ,
prāhiṇvaṁ kaṅkapatrāṇāṁ jāmadagnyarathaṁ prati.

28. nava ca api pṛṣatkānām śatāni nataparvaṇām
prāhiṇvam kaṅkapatrāṇām jāmadagnyaratham prati

28. ca api nataparvaṇām kaṅkapatrāṇām nava śatāni
pṛṣatkānām jāmadagnyaratham prati prāhiṇvam

28. And I also dispatched nine hundred arrows with bent shafts and heron feathers towards the chariot of Jamadagni's son (Paraśurāma).

Words meanings summery:

• नव (nava) - nine

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• पृषत्कानाम् (pṛṣatkānām) - of arrows

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - describes arrows with bent shafts (of those with bent joints/knots)

• प्राहिण्वम् (prāhiṇvam) - I dispatched, I sent forth

• कङ्कपत्राणाम् (kaṅkapatrāṇām) - describes arrows fletched with heron feathers (of those having heron feathers)

• जामदग्न्यरथम् (jāmadagnyaratham) - the chariot of Paraśurāma, son of Jamadagni (chariot of Jamadagni's son)

• प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, in respect of)

Words meanings and morphology

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'śatāni' and 'pṛṣatkānām'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

पृषत्कानाम् (pṛṣatkānām) - of arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pṛṣatka

pṛṣatka - arrow, dart

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

Note: Can also be nominative plural. Here, direct object of 'prāhiṇvam'.

नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - describes arrows with bent shafts (of those with bent joints/knots)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nataparvan

nataparvan - having bent joints/knots (especially of arrows)

Bahuvrīhi compound: nata (bent) + parvan (joint/knot).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nata+parvan)

• nata – bent, bowed, humbled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √nam (to bend, bow).
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – joint, knot (of a reed or bamboo), division, festival
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'pṛṣatkānām'.

प्राहिण्वम् (prāhiṇvam) - I dispatched, I sent forth

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pra-hi

Imperfect Active 1st Person Singular

From √hi (class 5) with prefix 'pra', in the imperfect tense, active voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 5)

कङ्कपत्राणाम् (kaṅkapatrāṇām) - describes arrows fletched with heron feathers (of those having heron feathers)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaṅkapatra

kaṅkapatra - having heron feathers (describes arrows)

Bahuvrīhi compound: kaṅka (heron) + patra (feather).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kaṅka+patra)

• kaṅka – heron, a kind of crane
  noun (masculine)
• patra – feather, wing, leaf
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'pṛṣatkānām'.

जामदग्न्यरथम् (jāmadagnyaratham) - the chariot of Paraśurāma, son of Jamadagni (chariot of Jamadagni's son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāmadagnyaratha

jāmadagnyaratha - chariot of Jamadagni's son

Tatpuruṣa compound: Jāmadagnya (son of Jamadagni) + ratha (chariot).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāmadagnya+ratha)

• jāmadagnya – descendant of Jamadagni, son of Jamadagni (Paraśurāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Taddhita derivative from Jamadagni.
• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Direct object of 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, in respect of)

(indeclinable)

Postposition governing the accusative case.