महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-57, verse-10

शल्यस्य च महाघोरानस्यतः शतशः शरान् ।
निवार्यार्जुनदायादो जघान समरे हयान् ॥१०॥

10. śalyasya ca mahāghorānasyataḥ śataśaḥ śarān ,
nivāryārjunadāyādo jaghāna samare hayān.

10. śalyasya ca mahā-ghorān asyataḥ śataśaḥ śarān
nivārya arjuna-dāyādaḥ jaghāna samare hayān

10. ca śalyasya śataśaḥ asyataḥ mahā-ghorān śarān nivārya,
arjuna-dāyādaḥ samare hayān jaghāna

10. And after repelling the hundreds of extremely dreadful arrows being shot by Shalya, Arjuna's heir (Abhimanyu) struck down the horses in battle.

10. ויורש אַרְג׳וּנַה הדף את חיצי שַׁלְיַה האיומים, שנורו במאות, והרג בקרב את סוסיו.

Words meanings summery:

• शल्यस्य (śalyasya) - of Shalya

• च (ca) - and, also

• महा-घोरान् (mahā-ghorān) - very dreadful, terrible

• अस्यतः (asyataḥ) - (while Shalya was) shooting (shooting, discharging)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• निवार्य (nivārya) - having prevented, having warded off, after repelling

• अर्जुन-दायादः (arjuna-dāyādaḥ) - Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna (Arjuna's heir, descendant of Arjuna)

• जघान (jaghāna) - he killed, he struck down

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

• हयान् (hayān) - horses

Words meanings and morphology

शल्यस्य (śalyasya) - of Shalya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Shalya (proper noun), spear, dart

Note: Refers to the source of the arrows.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महा-घोरान् (mahā-ghorān) - very dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahā-ghora

mahā-ghora - very terrible, extremely dreadful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, very
  adjective
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, frightful
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'śarān'.

अस्यतः (asyataḥ) - (while Shalya was) shooting (shooting, discharging)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of asyat

asyat - shooting, throwing, discharging

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √as (to throw, to shoot) + suffix śatṛ.

Root: √as (class 4)

Note: Describes Shalya's action.

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

(indeclinable)

Derived from śata (hundred) with suffix śas.

Note: Qualifies 'śarān'.

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Note: Object of the participle 'asyataḥ' and verb 'nivārya' (implied).

निवार्य (nivārya) - having prevented, having warded off, after repelling

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (lyap)

Derived from root √vṛ (to cover, to restrain) with prefix ni- + suffix lyap (after a prefix).

Prefix: ni

Root: √vṛ (class 5)

अर्जुन-दायादः (arjuna-dāyādaḥ) - Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna (Arjuna's heir, descendant of Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna-dāyāda

arjuna-dāyāda - heir of Arjuna, son of Arjuna

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (arjuna+dāyāda)

• arjuna – Arjuna (proper name), white, silver
  proper noun (masculine)
• dāyāda – heir, inheritor, descendant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'jaghāna'.

जघान (jaghāna) - he killed, he struck down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √han

Perfect (Liṭ)

Third person singular active perfect of √han.

Root: √han (class 2)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

हयान् (hayān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

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