महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-111, verse-22

शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य पाण्डवं च धनंजयम् ।
भीष्मस्य पातने यत्नं परमं ते समास्थिताः ॥२२॥

22. śikhaṇḍinaṁ puraskṛtya pāṇḍavaṁ ca dhanaṁjayam ,
bhīṣmasya pātane yatnaṁ paramaṁ te samāsthitāḥ.

22. śikhaṇḍinam puraskṛtya pāṇḍavam ca dhanañjayam
bhīṣmasya pātane yatnam paramam te samāsthitāḥ

22. te śikhaṇḍinam ca pāṇḍavam dhanañjayam puraskṛtya
bhīṣmasya pātane paramam yatnam samāsthitāḥ

22. Placing Shikhandin and the Pāṇḍava Arjuna (Dhananjaya) at the forefront, they made the supreme effort for Bhishma's fall.

Words meanings summery:

• शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandin

• पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, making a leader

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Referring to Arjuna, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers. (Pandava, son of Pāṇḍu)

• च (ca) - and, also

• धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Refers to Arjuna, the skilled archer and warrior. (Dhananjaya (epithet of Arjuna))

• भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma

• पातने (pātane) - In the act of causing Bhishma's fall or defeat. (in the falling, in the felling, in the defeat)

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavour

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, greatest, highest

• ते (te) - Refers to the Pāṇḍavas and their allies. (they)

• समास्थिताः (samāsthitāḥ) - they undertook, they resolved, they stood ready

Words meanings and morphology

शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandin

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandin (a character in the Mahabharata)

पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, making a leader

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root kṛ with the upasarga puras and the suffix -tya.

Prefix: puras

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Referring to Arjuna, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers. (Pandava, son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Refers to Arjuna, the skilled archer and warrior. (Dhananjaya (epithet of Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - conqueror of wealth (epithet of Arjuna)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquest, winning
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ji (class 1)

भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a prominent character in the Mahabharata)

पातने (pātane) - In the act of causing Bhishma's fall or defeat. (in the falling, in the felling, in the defeat)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pātana

pātana - causing to fall, felling, overthrowing, defeat, falling

Root: pat (class 1)

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavour

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavour, attempt

Root: yat (class 1)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, greatest, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, best, ultimate

ते (te) - Refers to the Pāṇḍavas and their allies. (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समास्थिताः (samāsthitāḥ) - they undertook, they resolved, they stood ready

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāsthita

samāsthita - stationed, placed, undertaken, resolved upon

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā with upasargas sam and ā + kta (ta) suffix. Used as a finite verb here.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)