महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-27

स भीष्मं पञ्चविंशत्या कृपं च नवभिः शरैः ।
द्रोणं षष्ट्या नरव्याघ्रो विकर्णं च त्रिभिः शरैः ॥२७॥

27. sa bhīṣmaṁ pañcaviṁśatyā kṛpaṁ ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ,
droṇaṁ ṣaṣṭyā naravyāghro vikarṇaṁ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ.

27. saḥ bhīṣmam pañcaviṃśatyā kṛpam ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
droṇam ṣaṣṭyā naravyāghraḥ vikarṇam ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

27. saḥ naravyāghraḥ bhīṣmam pañcaviṃśatyā
(śaraiḥ) ca kṛpam navabhiḥ śaraiḥ (ca) droṇam
ṣaṣṭyā (śaraiḥ) ca vikarṇam tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
(pratyavidhyat - implied from next verse)

27. That best among men (Arjuna) pierced Bhishma with twenty-five arrows, Kripa with nine arrows, Drona with sixty, and Vikarna with three arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - the Pandava (Arjuna) from the preceding verse (he, that)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma, the grandsire of the Kauravas and Pandavas (Bhishma)

• पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṁśatyā) - with twenty-five arrows (implied) (by twenty-five, with twenty-five)

• कृपम् (kṛpam) - Kripa, the royal preceptor (Kripa)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - by nine, with nine

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona, the preceptor of the Kuru princes (Drona)

• षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty arrows (implied) (by sixty, with sixty)

• नरव्याघ्रः (naravyāghraḥ) - Arjuna, who is compared to a tiger among men for his prowess (tiger among men, best among men)

• विकर्णम् (vikarṇam) - Vikarna, a son of Dhritarashtra (Vikarna)

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three, with three

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - the Pandava (Arjuna) from the preceding verse (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma, the grandsire of the Kauravas and Pandavas (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, dreadful, Bhishma

Root: bhī (class 3)

पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṁśatyā) - with twenty-five arrows (implied) (by twenty-five, with twenty-five)

(numeral)

Note: Refers to the count of arrows.

कृपम् (kṛpam) - Kripa, the royal preceptor (Kripa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛpa

kṛpa - Kripa

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - by nine, with nine

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'śaraiḥ'.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 9)

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona, the preceptor of the Kuru princes (Drona)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona

Root: dru (class 1)

षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty arrows (implied) (by sixty, with sixty)

(numeral)

Note: Refers to the count of arrows.

नरव्याघ्रः (naravyāghraḥ) - Arjuna, who is compared to a tiger among men for his prowess (tiger among men, best among men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, best among men

Compound type : upamāna-pūrvapada karmadhāraya (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ghrā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

विकर्णम् (vikarṇam) - Vikarna, a son of Dhritarashtra (Vikarna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikarṇa

vikarṇa - without ears, having large ears, Vikarna

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three, with three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'śaraiḥ'.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 9)