महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-104, verse-38

दशमेऽहनि संप्राप्ते रथानीकं शिखण्डिनः ।
अदहन्निशितैर्बाणैः कृष्णवर्त्मेव काननम् ॥३८॥

38. daśame'hani saṁprāpte rathānīkaṁ śikhaṇḍinaḥ ,
adahanniśitairbāṇaiḥ kṛṣṇavartmeva kānanam.

38. daśame ahani samprāpte rathānīkam śikhaṇḍinaḥ
adahan niśitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ kṛṣṇavartmā iva kānanam

38. daśame ahani samprāpte śikhaṇḍinaḥ rathānīkam
niśitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ adahan kṛṣṇavartmā iva kānanam

38. Upon the arrival of the tenth day, [Bhishma's warriors] burned Shikhandin's chariot division with sharp arrows, just as fire (kṛṣṇavartman) consumes a forest.

Words meanings summery:

• दशमे (daśame) - on the tenth (day) (on the tenth)

• अहनि (ahani) - on the day

• सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - upon the arrival (of the day) (having arrived, having been reached, upon the arrival)

• रथानीकम् (rathānīkam) - chariot division, chariot army

• शिखण्डिनः (śikhaṇḍinaḥ) - of Shikhandin

• अदहन् (adahan) - they burned, they consumed

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, with sharpened

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• कृष्णवर्त्मा (kṛṣṇavartmā) - fire (lit. 'having a black path')

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

Words meanings and morphology

दशमे (daśame) - on the tenth (day) (on the tenth)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of daśama

daśama - tenth

Note: Agrees with 'ahani'.

अहनि (ahani) - on the day

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - upon the arrival (of the day) (having arrived, having been reached, upon the arrival)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - arrived, obtained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'āp' with prefixes 'sam-' and 'pra-'

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 0)

Note: Agrees with 'ahani'.

रथानीकम् (rathānīkam) - chariot division, chariot army

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rathānīka

rathānīka - chariot division, chariot army

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ratha+anīka)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host, division (of an army)
  noun (neuter)

शिखण्डिनः (śikhaṇḍinaḥ) - of Shikhandin

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandin (a character in the Mahabharata)

अदहन् (adahan) - they burned, they consumed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dah

Root: dah (class 0)

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, with sharpened

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, acute

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śā' (to sharpen) with prefix 'ni-'

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 0)

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

कृष्णवर्त्मा (kṛṣṇavartmā) - fire (lit. 'having a black path')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇavartman

kṛṣṇavartman - fire (lit. 'whose path is black' due to smoke/ash)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛṣṇa+vartman)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark; 'Kṛṣṇa'
  adjective (masculine)
• vartman – path, road, track, course
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, wood