महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-109, verse-33

ते चापि रथिनां श्रेष्ठा भीमाय निशिताञ्शरान् ।
प्रेषयामासुरव्यग्राः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥३३॥

33. te cāpi rathināṁ śreṣṭhā bhīmāya niśitāñśarān ,
preṣayāmāsuravyagrāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

33. te ca api rathinām śreṣṭhāḥ bhīmāya niśitān śarān
preṣayāmāsuḥ avyagrāḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

33. ca te rathinām śreṣṭhāḥ avyagrāḥ bhīmāya niśitān
śarān śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ preṣayāmāsuḥ

33. And those foremost charioteers, without agitation, dispatched hundreds and thousands of sharp arrows towards Bhima.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (charioteers) (they, those)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• रथिनाम् (rathinām) - of charioteers

• श्रेष्ठाः (śreṣṭhāḥ) - foremost (of charioteers) (best, foremost)

• भीमाय (bhīmāya) - towards Bhima (to Bhima, for Bhima)

• निशितान् (niśitān) - sharp (arrows) (sharp, whetted)

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• प्रेषयामासुः (preṣayāmāsuḥ) - they dispatched (they sent forth, they dispatched)

• अव्यग्राः (avyagrāḥ) - without agitation (unagitated, undisturbed, calm)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds (of arrows) (by hundreds, in hundreds)

• अथ (atha) - and (then, moreover, and)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands (of arrows) (by thousands, in thousands)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (charioteers) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

रथिनाम् (rathinām) - of charioteers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rathin

rathin - charioteer; owner of a chariot

श्रेष्ठाः (śreṣṭhāḥ) - foremost (of charioteers) (best, foremost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, foremost, excellent

superlative of 'praśasya' (praise-worthy)

Note: agrees with 'te'

भीमाय (bhīmāya) - towards Bhima (to Bhima, for Bhima)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhima; terrible, formidable

निशितान् (niśitān) - sharp (arrows) (sharp, whetted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharp, whetted, sharpened

Past Passive Participle

from root 'śo' (to sharpen) + 'ni' upasarga

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: agrees with 'śarān'

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

प्रेषयामासुः (preṣayāmāsuḥ) - they dispatched (they sent forth, they dispatched)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of preṣ

periphrastic perfect active

from root 'iṣ' (to send) + 'pra' upasarga; periphrastic perfect formation 'āsa' + personal endings

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अव्यग्राः (avyagrāḥ) - without agitation (unagitated, undisturbed, calm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avyagra

avyagra - unagitated, calm, undistracted

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+vyagra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyagra – agitated, distracted, busy
  adjective (masculine)
  from 'vi' (upasarga) + root 'aj' (to drive, agitate) or 'agra' (foremost, figuratively fixed intently)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: aj (class 1)

Note: agrees with 'te'

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds (of arrows) (by hundreds, in hundreds)

(indeclinable)

from 'śata' (hundred) + '-śas' suffix

Note: adverbial use to indicate quantity

अथ (atha) - and (then, moreover, and)

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands (of arrows) (by thousands, in thousands)

(indeclinable)

from 'sahasra' (thousand) + '-śas' suffix

Note: adverbial use to indicate quantity