महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-104, verse-39

तं शिखण्डी त्रिभिर्बाणैरभ्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ।
आशीविषमिव क्रुद्धं कालसृष्टमिवान्तकम् ॥३९॥

39. taṁ śikhaṇḍī tribhirbāṇairabhyavidhyatstanāntare ,
āśīviṣamiva kruddhaṁ kālasṛṣṭamivāntakam.

39. tam śikhaṇḍī tribhiḥ bāṇaiḥ abhyavidhyat stana-antare
āśīviṣam iva kruddham kāla-sṛṣṭam iva antakam

39. śikhaṇḍī tribhiḥ bāṇaiḥ stana-antare tam abhyavidhyat
āśīviṣam iva kruddham kāla-sṛṣṭam iva antakam

39. Shikhandin pierced him [Bhishma] in the chest with three arrows, [Bhishma who was] like a furious venomous snake, like Death (antaka) created by Time (kāla).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Bhishma) (him, that)

• शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandin

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• अभ्यविध्यत् (abhyavidhyat) - he pierced, he struck

• स्तन-अन्तरे (stana-antare) - in the chest, in the region between the breasts

• आशीविषम् (āśīviṣam) - venomous snake

• इव (iva) - like, as

• क्रुद्धम् (kruddham) - furious, enraged

• काल-सृष्टम् (kāla-sṛṣṭam) - created by Time

• इव (iva) - like, as

• अन्तकम् (antakam) - Death (personified) (Death, the destroyer)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Bhishma) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandin

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandin (a character in the Mahabharata)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

अभ्यविध्यत् (abhyavidhyat) - he pierced, he struck

(verb)

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

Prefix: abhi

Root: vidh (class 0)

स्तन-अन्तरे (stana-antare) - in the chest, in the region between the breasts

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of stanāntara

stanāntara - chest, region between the breasts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (stana+antara)

• stana – breast, udder
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interior, middle, interval, region
  noun (neuter)

आशीविषम् (āśīviṣam) - venomous snake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - venomous snake (lit. 'whose poison is in its fangs/blessings')

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धम् (kruddham) - furious, enraged

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'krudh'

Root: krudh (class 0)

काल-सृष्टम् (kāla-sṛṣṭam) - created by Time

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kālasṛṣṭa

kālasṛṣṭa - created by Time

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (kāla+sṛṣṭa)

• kāla – time, destiny, Death
  noun (masculine)
• sṛṣṭa – created, produced, emitted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'sṛj'
  Root: sṛj (class 0)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

अन्तकम् (antakam) - Death (personified) (Death, the destroyer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - Death, ender, destroyer, Yama