महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-6

एतं हि पुरुषव्याघ्रं धनुष्मन्तं महाबलम् ।
दृष्ट्वा विप्रद्रुतं सैन्यं मदीयं मार्गणाहतम् ॥६॥

6. etaṁ hi puruṣavyāghraṁ dhanuṣmantaṁ mahābalam ,
dṛṣṭvā vipradrutaṁ sainyaṁ madīyaṁ mārgaṇāhatam.

6. etam hi puruṣavyāghram dhanuṣmantam mahābalam
dṛṣṭvā vipradrutam sainyam madīyam mārgaṇāhatam

6. hi etam puruṣavyāghram dhanuṣmantam mahābalam
dṛṣṭvā mārgaṇāhatam madīyam sainyam vipradrutam

6. Indeed, upon seeing this tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra), (Bhīṣma), who is armed with a bow and possesses great strength, my army, struck by his arrows, has fled in disarray.

Words meanings summery:

• एतम् (etam) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (this one, him)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (tiger among men, foremost of men)

• धनुष्मन्तम् (dhanuṣmantam) - armed with a bow, archer

• महाबलम् (mahābalam) - of great strength, very powerful

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, upon seeing

• विप्रद्रुतम् (vipradrutam) - fled, dispersed, scattered

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

• मदीयम् (madīyam) - my, mine

• मार्गणाहतम् (mārgaṇāhatam) - struck by arrows, wounded by missiles

Words meanings and morphology

एतम् (etam) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (this one, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - Refers to Bhīṣma. (tiger among men, foremost of men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, eminent man, best of men

Compound type : upamita-samāsa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

धनुष्मन्तम् (dhanuṣmantam) - armed with a bow, archer

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanuṣmat

dhanuṣmat - possessing a bow, armed with a bow

Possessive suffix matup from dhanuṣ (bow)

महाबलम् (mahābalam) - of great strength, very powerful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, powerful, mighty

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, upon seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

formed from root dṛś with suffix tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विप्रद्रुतम् (vipradrutam) - fled, dispersed, scattered

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipradruta

vipradruta - fled, dispersed, scattered, put to flight

Past Passive Participle

derived from root dru (to run) with prefixes vi and pra, and suffix kta

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: dru (class 1)

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, military force, host

from senā (army)

मदीयम् (madīyam) - my, mine

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madīya

madīya - my, mine, belonging to me

Possessive adjective from mad (I)

मार्गणाहतम् (mārgaṇāhatam) - struck by arrows, wounded by missiles

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mārgaṇāhata

mārgaṇāhata - struck by arrows, wounded by missiles

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mārgaṇa+āhata)

• mārgaṇa – arrow, missile, search
  noun (neuter)
  from root mṛg (to hunt) or mārg (to seek)
• āhata – struck, wounded, beaten
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root han (to strike, to kill) with prefix ā and suffix kta
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)