महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-181, verse-8

तानहं निशितैर्भल्लैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
अच्छिदं सहसा राजन्नन्तरिक्षे पुनः पुनः ॥८॥

8. tānahaṁ niśitairbhallaiḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ,
acchidaṁ sahasā rājannantarikṣe punaḥ punaḥ.

8. tān aham niśitaiḥ bhallaiḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ
acchidam sahasā rājan antarikṣe punaḥ punaḥ

8. rājan aham niśitaiḥ bhallaiḥ tān śataśaḥ atha
sahasraśaḥ antarikṣe sahasā punaḥ punaḥ acchidam

8. O king, I swiftly cut down those arrows by hundreds and thousands, again and again in the sky, using my sharp shafts.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those arrows (referring to `patatriṇaḥ` from previous verse) (those, them)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharpened, with keen

• भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows (referring to the speaker's arrows) (with arrows, with spears)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• अथ (atha) - then, and, moreover

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• अच्छिदम् (acchidam) - I cut, I severed, I broke

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, by force, vehemently

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the atmosphere, in space, in the sky

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those arrows (referring to `patatriṇaḥ` from previous verse) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the arrows sent by Parashurama.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharpened, with keen

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, whetted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `śā` (to sharpen) with prefix `ni` and suffix `kta`.

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `bhallaiḥ`.

भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows (referring to the speaker's arrows) (with arrows, with spears)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhalla

bhalla - arrow, spear

Root: bhall (class 1)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Derived from `śata` (hundred) with the suffix `śaḥ` (distributive/adverbial).

अथ (atha) - then, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from `sahasra` (thousand) with the suffix `śaḥ`.

अच्छिदम् (acchidam) - I cut, I severed, I broke

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (Laṅ) of chid

Imperfect

`a` augment for imperfect, 1st person singular.

Root: chid (class 7)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, by force, vehemently

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from `sahas` (power, strength).

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

`n`-stem noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the atmosphere, in space, in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - atmosphere, sky, mid-region

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated `punaḥ punaḥ` means 'again and again'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated `punaḥ punaḥ` means 'again and again'.