महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-114, verse-59

नाशयन्तीव मे प्राणान्यमदूता इवाहिताः ।
गदापरिघसंस्पर्शा नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः ॥५९॥

59. nāśayantīva me prāṇānyamadūtā ivāhitāḥ ,
gadāparighasaṁsparśā neme bāṇāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ.

59. nāśayanti iva me prāṇān yamadūtāḥ iva āhitāḥ
gadā-parigha-saṃsparśāḥ na ime bāṇāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ

59. āhitāḥ yamadūtāḥ iva,
(yeṣāṃ) gadā-parigha-saṃsparśāḥ (te ime bāṇāḥ) me prāṇān nāśayanti iva.
ime śikhaṇḍinaḥ bāṇāḥ na.

59. These arrows are not Śikhaṇḍin’s. They seem to destroy my vital airs (prāṇa) like hostile messengers of Yama, with a touch like maces and iron bars.

Words meanings summery:

• नाशयन्ति (nāśayanti) - they destroy, they cause to perish

• इव (iva) - like, as

• मे (me) - my, of me

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital airs, life-breaths, lives

• यमदूताः (yamadūtāḥ) - messengers of Yama (the god of death)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• आहिताः (āhitāḥ) - hostile ones, enemies (placed, arranged; hostile, inimical)

• गदा-परिघ-संस्पर्शाः (gadā-parigha-saṁsparśāḥ) - whose touch is like maces and iron bars

• न (na) - not

• इमे (ime) - these

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• शिखण्डिनः (śikhaṇḍinaḥ) - of Śikhaṇḍin

Words meanings and morphology

नाशयन्ति (nāśayanti) - they destroy, they cause to perish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of nāśay

Causative

Causative form of root naś (to perish).

Root: naś (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital airs, life-breaths, lives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

यमदूताः (yamadūtāḥ) - messengers of Yama (the god of death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yamadūta

yamadūta - messenger of Yama

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (yama+dūta)

• yama – Yama (god of death), restraint
  proper noun (masculine)
• dūta – messenger, envoy
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

आहिताः (āhitāḥ) - hostile ones, enemies (placed, arranged; hostile, inimical)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āhita

āhita - placed, set, deposited; hostile, inimical

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place, put) with prefix ā- and kta (PPP) suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

गदा-परिघ-संस्पर्शाः (gadā-parigha-saṁsparśāḥ) - whose touch is like maces and iron bars

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gadā-parigha-saṃsparśa

gadā-parigha-saṁsparśa - having the touch of maces and iron bars

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (gadā+parigha+saṃsparśa)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• parigha – iron bar, bolt, club
  noun (masculine)
• saṃsparśa – touch, contact
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

शिखण्डिनः (śikhaṇḍinaḥ) - of Śikhaṇḍin

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍin (a warrior in the Mahābhārata)