महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-113, verse-25

शतानीकं च समरे हत्वा भीष्मः प्रतापवान् ।
सहस्राणि महाराज राज्ञां भल्लैर्न्यपातयत् ॥२५॥

25. śatānīkaṁ ca samare hatvā bhīṣmaḥ pratāpavān ,
sahasrāṇi mahārāja rājñāṁ bhallairnyapātayat.

25. śatānīkam ca samare hatvā bhīṣmaḥ pratāpavān
sahasrāṇi mahārāja rājñām bhallaiḥ nyapātayat

25. mahārāja,
pratāpavān bhīṣmaḥ samare śatānīkam ca hatvā rājñām sahasrāṇi bhallaiḥ nyapātayat

25. O great king, having killed Śatānīka in battle, the powerful Bhīṣma struck down thousands of kings with his arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• शतानीकम् (śatānīkam) - Śatānīka

• च (ca) - and

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having slain)

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (proper name)

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful (powerful, glorious, mighty)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

• भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with his arrows (with broad-headed arrows, with spears)

• न्यपातयत् (nyapātayat) - struck down (he struck down, he felled)

Words meanings and morphology

शतानीकम् (śatānīkam) - Śatānīka

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatānīka

śatānīka - Śatānīka (name of a warrior)

Note: Object of `hatvā`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Locative of place.

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having slain)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root han 'to strike, kill' + tvā suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a powerful warrior in Mahabharata)

Literally 'terrible'.

Root: bhī (class 3)

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful (powerful, glorious, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - mighty, powerful, glorious, splendid

From pratāpa (power, majesty) + matup suffix.

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `bhīṣmaḥ`.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Object of `nyapātayat` (thousands of kings).

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Feminine stem of mahat.
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  `n`-ending noun.
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

`n`-ending noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Dependent on `sahasrāṇi`.

भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with his arrows (with broad-headed arrows, with spears)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhalla

bhalla - broad-headed arrow, spear, dart

Root: bhall (class 1)

न्यपातयत् (nyapātayat) - struck down (he struck down, he felled)

(verb)

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

Causal stem

From root pat 'to fall' with prefix ni, in causal form.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The 'n' in nyapātayat is due to sandhi of `ni` + `apatayat`.