महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-57, verse-9

रुक्मदण्डां महाशक्तिं प्रेषितां सौमदत्तिना ।
शितेनोरगसंकाशां पत्रिणा विजहार ताम् ॥९॥

9. rukmadaṇḍāṁ mahāśaktiṁ preṣitāṁ saumadattinā ,
śitenoragasaṁkāśāṁ patriṇā vijahāra tām.

9. rukma-daṇḍām mahā-śaktim preṣitām saumadattinā
śitena uraga-saṃkāśām patriṇā vijahāra tām

9. saumadattinā preṣitām rukma-daṇḍām uraga-saṃkāśām
tām mahā-śaktim śitena patriṇā vijahāra

9. He countered that great spear, which had a golden staff and resembled a snake, sent by Bhurishravas, with a sharp arrow.

Words meanings summery:

• रुक्म-दण्डाम् (rukma-daṇḍām) - gold-staffed, having a golden staff

• महा-शक्तिम् (mahā-śaktim) - great spear, powerful weapon

• प्रेषिताम् (preṣitām) - sent, dispatched

• सौमदत्तिना (saumadattinā) - by Bhurishravas, son of Somadatta (by the son of Somadatta)

• शितेन (śitena) - by a sharp, by a sharpened

• उरग-संकाशाम् (uraga-saṁkāśām) - snake-like, resembling a snake

• पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - by the arrow, by the feathered one

• विजहार (vijahāra) - he took away, he dispelled, he destroyed, he countered

• ताम् (tām) - that, her

Words meanings and morphology

रुक्म-दण्डाम् (rukma-daṇḍām) - gold-staffed, having a golden staff

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rukma-daṇḍā

rukma-daṇḍā - having a golden staff

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rukma+daṇḍa)

• rukma – gold
  noun (neuter)
• daṇḍa – staff, stick, rod
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'mahā-śaktim'.

महा-शक्तिम् (mahā-śaktim) - great spear, powerful weapon

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahā-śakti

mahā-śakti - great power, great spear, great weapon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+śakti)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• śakti – power, strength, spear, weapon
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of the verb 'vijahāra'.

प्रेषिताम् (preṣitām) - sent, dispatched

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of preṣita

preṣita - sent, dispatched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √iṣ (to send) with prefix pra- and ī- (elongation) + suffix kta (ta).

Prefix: pra

Root: √iṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'mahā-śaktim'.

सौमदत्तिना (saumadattinā) - by Bhurishravas, son of Somadatta (by the son of Somadatta)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saumadatti

saumadatti - son of Somadatta, descendant of Somadatta

Patronymic derivation from 'Somadatta'.

Note: Agent of the action 'preṣitām'.

शितेन (śitena) - by a sharp, by a sharpened

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śita

śita - sharp, sharpened, honed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śo (to sharpen) + suffix kta (ta).

Root: √śo (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'patriṇā'.

उरग-संकाशाम् (uraga-saṁkāśām) - snake-like, resembling a snake

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uraga-saṃkāśā

uraga-saṁkāśā - resembling a snake, snake-like

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uraga+saṃkāśa)

• uraga – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  From uras (chest) + ga (going), 'one who moves on its chest'.
  Root: √gam (class 1)
• saṃkāśa – resemblance, likeness, appearance
  noun
  Prefix: sam

Note: Qualifies 'mahā-śaktim'.

पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - by the arrow, by the feathered one

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of patrin

patrin - feathered, having feathers, arrow

Derived from patra (feather, leaf) + suffix in.

Note: Instrument of the action 'vijahāra'.

विजहार (vijahāra) - he took away, he dispelled, he destroyed, he countered

(verb)

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

Perfect (Liṭ)

Third person singular active perfect of √hṛ with prefix vi-. vi-jahāra.

Prefix: vi

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that, her

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'mahā-śaktim'.