महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-94, verse-29

तेषामक्षीणि कर्णांश्च नस्तकांश्चैव मायया ।
निमित्तवेधी स मुनिरिषीकाभिः समर्पयत् ॥२९॥

29. teṣāmakṣīṇi karṇāṁśca nastakāṁścaiva māyayā ,
nimittavedhī sa muniriṣīkābhiḥ samarpayat.

29. teṣām akṣīṇi karṇān ca nastakān ca eva māyayā
nimittavedhī sa muniḥ iṣīkābhiḥ samarpayat

29. That sage, skilled in hitting targets, pierced their eyes, ears, and noses with reed-arrows, by means of his supernatural power (māyā).

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of Vasiṣṭha's sons or their allies (of them, their)

• अक्षीणि (akṣīṇi) - eyes

• कर्णान् (karṇān) - ears

• च (ca) - and

• नस्तकान् (nastakān) - noses

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• मायया (māyayā) - by illusion, by supernatural power

• निमित्तवेधी (nimittavedhī) - describing the sage's skill (target-piercer, accurate marksman)

• स (sa) - referring to Viśvāmitra (he, that)

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - Viśvāmitra (sage, ascetic)

• इषीकाभिः (iṣīkābhiḥ) - referring to the aiṣīka-astra taking the form of reeds (with reeds, with reed-arrows)

• समर्पयत् (samarpayat) - he struck them with the arrows (he caused to reach, he delivered, he aimed)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of Vasiṣṭha's sons or their allies (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अक्षीणि (akṣīṇi) - eyes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of akṣi

akṣi - eye

Note: Object of samarpayat.

कर्णान् (karṇān) - ears

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of karṇa

karṇa - ear

Note: Object of samarpayat.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नस्तकान् (nastakān) - noses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nastaka

nastaka - nose

Note: Object of samarpayat.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

मायया (māyayā) - by illusion, by supernatural power

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, supernatural power, trick, artifice

निमित्तवेधी (nimittavedhī) - describing the sage's skill (target-piercer, accurate marksman)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimittavedhin

nimittavedhin - one who hits the mark, accurate marksman

Compound of nimitta and vedhin

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (nimitta+vedhin)

• nimitta – mark, target, cause, omen
  noun (neuter)
• vedhin – piercing, hitting, striking
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from √vyadh
  Root: vyadh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'muniḥ'.

स (sa) - referring to Viśvāmitra (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject.

मुनिः (muniḥ) - Viśvāmitra (sage, ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

Note: Subject.

इषीकाभिः (iṣīkābhiḥ) - referring to the aiṣīka-astra taking the form of reeds (with reeds, with reed-arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of iṣīkā

iṣīkā - reed, grass stalk, arrow (made of reed)

Note: Instrument of action.

समर्पयत् (samarpayat) - he struck them with the arrows (he caused to reach, he delivered, he aimed)

(verb)

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

Causative of √ṛ with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Causative form.