महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-114, verse-11

तस्य ते निशितान्बाणान्संनिवार्य महारथाः ।
दशभिर्दशभिर्भीष्ममर्दयामासुरोजसा ॥११॥

11. tasya te niśitānbāṇānsaṁnivārya mahārathāḥ ,
daśabhirdaśabhirbhīṣmamardayāmāsurojasā.

11. tasya te niśitān bāṇān saṃnivārya mahārathāḥ
daśabhiḥ daśabhiḥ bhīṣmam mardayām āsuḥ ojasā

11. te mahārathāḥ tasya niśitān bāṇān saṃnivārya
ojasā daśabhiḥ daśabhiḥ bhīṣmam mardayām āsuḥ

11. Having completely parried his sharpened arrows, those great charioteers, with their might, oppressed Bhishma with tens of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the archer of the previous verse) (his, of him)

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

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

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• संनिवार्य (saṁnivārya) - having completely parried (the arrows) (having completely warded off, having fully parried)

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers (the subjects attacking Bhishma) (great charioteers)

• दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with tens (of arrows each), repeatedly with ten (arrows) (by tens, with ten)

• दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with tens (of arrows each), repeatedly with ten (arrows) (by tens, with ten)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (the target of the attack) (Bhishma)

• मर्दयाम् (mardayām) - causing oppression (oppressing, crushing)

• आसुः (āsuḥ) - (they) did / they caused (oppression) (they were, they became)

• ओजसा (ojasā) - with their might/prowess (by strength, by power, with might)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the archer of the previous verse) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the archer from the previous verse.

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the sentence, refers to 'mahārathāḥ'.

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

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, whetted, keen

Past Passive Participle

From root śā (to sharpen) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'bāṇān'.

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Object of 'saṃnivārya'.

संनिवार्य (saṁnivārya) - having completely parried (the arrows) (having completely warded off, having fully parried)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root vṛ (to ward off) with prefixes sam and ni.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers (the subjects attacking Bhishma) (great charioteers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great charioteer, a warrior who can fight ten thousand warriors

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (in a chariot)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of the main verb 'mardayām āsuḥ'.

दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with tens (of arrows each), repeatedly with ten (arrows) (by tens, with ten)

(numeral)

Note: Used twice for emphasis or distribution.

दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with tens (of arrows each), repeatedly with ten (arrows) (by tens, with ten)

(numeral)

Note: Used twice for emphasis or distribution.

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (the target of the attack) (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper noun), dreadful, terrible

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of 'mardayām āsuḥ'.

मर्दयाम् (mardayām) - causing oppression (oppressing, crushing)

(verb)

singular

intensive aorist

Causative stem from root mṛd. This form is the 'ām' suffix of the intensive aorist, used with auxiliary verbs to form periphrastic perfect.

Root: mṛd (class 9)

Note: Forms part of the periphrastic perfect 'mardayām āsuḥ'.

आसुः (āsuḥ) - (they) did / they caused (oppression) (they were, they became)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada

3rd person plural perfect of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms part of the periphrastic perfect 'mardayām āsuḥ'.

ओजसा (ojasā) - with their might/prowess (by strength, by power, with might)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ojas

ojas - strength, power, vigor, might

s-stem neuter noun.

Root: uj (class 1)

Note: Instrument of the oppression.