महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-114, verse-42

स तेनाभिहतः संख्ये भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः ।
नाकम्पत महाराज क्षितिकम्पे यथाचलः ॥४२॥

42. sa tenābhihataḥ saṁkhye bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ,
nākampata mahārāja kṣitikampe yathācalaḥ.

42. saḥ tena abhihataḥ saṃkhye bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ
na akampata mahārāja kṣitikampē yathā acalaḥ

42. mahārāja saṃkhye tena abhihataḥ kurupitāmahaḥ
bhīṣmaḥ kṣitikampē acalaḥ yathā na akampata

42. O great king, Bhīṣma, the grandfather of the Kurus, though struck by that (attack) in battle, did not waver, just like a mountain during an earthquake.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तेन (tena) - by that, by him

• अभिहतः (abhihataḥ) - struck, hit, attacked

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in war, in enumeration)

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a proper name), terrible, formidable

• कुरुपितामहः (kurupitāmahaḥ) - grandfather of the Kurus

• न (na) - not

• अकम्पत (akampata) - did not waver (trembled, shook, wavered)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• क्षितिकम्पे (kṣitikampē) - in an earthquake, during an earth tremor

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• अचलः (acalaḥ) - a mountain (unmoving, immovable, mountain)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तेन (tena) - by that, by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Arjuna's attack or arrows.

अभिहतः (abhihataḥ) - struck, hit, attacked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhihata

abhihata - struck, hit, attacked

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root han (to strike) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in war, in enumeration)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkhya

saṁkhya - battle, war, enumeration

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a proper name), terrible, formidable

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

कुरुपितामहः (kurupitāmahaḥ) - grandfather of the Kurus

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurupitāmaha

kurupitāmaha - grandfather of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+pitāmaha)

• kuru – Kuru (name of a dynasty/people)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather, ancestor, Brahma
  noun (masculine)

Note: Apposition to Bhīṣma.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb.

अकम्पत (akampata) - did not waver (trembled, shook, wavered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of kamp

Imperfect

Third person singular, Ātmanepada, imperfect tense

Root: kamp (class 1)

Note: The main verb.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Vocative singular

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

क्षितिकम्पे (kṣitikampē) - in an earthquake, during an earth tremor

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣitikampa

kṣitikampa - earthquake, earth tremor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣiti+kampa)

• kṣiti – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• kampa – trembling, shaking
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kamp (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

अचलः (acalaḥ) - a mountain (unmoving, immovable, mountain)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - unmoving, immovable, mountain

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negating prefix
• cala – moving, shaking, mobile
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Completes the simile.