महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-113, verse-7

यथा हि शैशिरः कालो गवां मर्माणि कृन्तति ।
तथा पाण्डुसुतानां वै भीष्मो मर्माण्यकृन्तत ॥७॥

7. yathā hi śaiśiraḥ kālo gavāṁ marmāṇi kṛntati ,
tathā pāṇḍusutānāṁ vai bhīṣmo marmāṇyakṛntata.

7. yathā hi śaiśiraḥ kālaḥ gavāṃ marmāṇi kṛntati
tathā pāṇḍusutānāṃ vai bhīṣmaḥ marmāṇi akṛntata

7. hi yathā śaiśiraḥ kālaḥ gavāṃ marmāṇi kṛntati
tathā vai bhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍusutānāṃ marmāṇi akṛntata

7. Indeed, just as the winter season severely affects the vital organs of cattle, so too did Bhīṣma wound the vulnerable points of the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• शैशिरः (śaiśiraḥ) - wintry, related to winter

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, period

• गवां (gavāṁ) - of cows, of cattle

• मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts, vulnerable points, hidden joints

• कृन्तति (kṛntati) - cuts, wounds, severs

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• पाण्डुसुतानां (pāṇḍusutānāṁ) - of the Pāṇḍavas (of the sons of Pāṇḍu)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (the great warrior and general) (Bhīṣma)

• मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts, vulnerable points, hidden joints

• अकृन्तत (akṛntata) - cut, wounded, severed

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

शैशिरः (śaiśiraḥ) - wintry, related to winter

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaiśira

śaiśira - wintry, belonging to winter

Derived from śiśira (winter)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, period

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

गवां (gavāṁ) - of cows, of cattle

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle

Note: The genitive plural of go is gavām.

मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts, vulnerable points, hidden joints

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of marman

marman - vital spot, vulnerable point

Note: Nominative plural is also marmāṇi.

कृन्तति (kṛntati) - cuts, wounds, severs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛnt

present active

6th class verb

Root: kṛt (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

पाण्डुसुतानां (pāṇḍusutānāṁ) - of the Pāṇḍavas (of the sons of Pāṇḍu)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍusuta

pāṇḍusuta - son of Pāṇḍu

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍu+suta)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from su (to beget)
  Root: su (class 5)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (the great warrior and general) (Bhīṣma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma

मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts, vulnerable points, hidden joints

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of marman

marman - vital spot, vulnerable point

Note: Nominative plural is also marmāṇi.

अकृन्तत (akṛntata) - cut, wounded, severed

(verb)

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

imperfect active

Imperfect past tense, 3rd person singular, root kṛt (6th class)

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: The aorist-like formation is actually imperfect (laṅ).