महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-43

न्यहनत्तावकांश्चापि सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः ।
निशितैर्बहुभिर्बाणैस्तेऽद्रवन्त भयार्दिताः ॥४३॥

43. nyahanattāvakāṁścāpi sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ ,
niśitairbahubhirbāṇaiste'dravanta bhayārditāḥ.

43. ni ahanat tāvakān ca api sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ
niśitaiḥ bahubhiḥ bāṇaiḥ te adravanta bhayārditāḥ

43. satyavikramaḥ sātyakiḥ ca api niśitaiḥ bahubhiḥ
bāṇaiḥ tāvakān ni ahanat te bhayārditāḥ adravanta

43. Sātyaki, whose valor was true, also slew your warriors with many sharp arrows, and they, tormented by fear, fled.

Words meanings summery:

• नि (ni) - down, into

• अहनत् (ahanat) - killed, struck down

• तावकान् (tāvakān) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) warriors (your (men), your side)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki

• सत्यविक्रमः (satyavikramaḥ) - whose valor is true, truly valorous

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whetted

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• ते (te) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) warriors (they)

• अद्रवन्त (adravanta) - they fled

• भयार्दिताः (bhayārditāḥ) - tormented by fear, distressed by fear

Words meanings and morphology

नि (ni) - down, into

(indeclinable)

Preverb (upasarga)

Note: Combined with 'ahanat' to form 'nyahanat' (by sandhi).

अहनत् (ahanat) - killed, struck down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of han

Imperfect active, 3rd person singular

Root: han (class 2)

तावकान् (tāvakān) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) warriors (your (men), your side)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - your, belonging to you, your people

Derivative of 'tva' (you)

Note: Object of 'ahanat'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sātyaki

sātyaki - name of a Yadava warrior, Krishna's charioteer

Note: Subject of 'ahanat'.

सत्यविक्रमः (satyavikramaḥ) - whose valor is true, truly valorous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyavikrama

satyavikrama - whose valor is true, truly valorous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (satya+vikrama)

• satya – true, real, truth
  adjective
• vikrama – valor, prowess, might
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'sātyakiḥ'.

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharp, whetted, keen

Past Passive Participle

from root śo (to sharpen) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Instrument of 'ahanat'.

ते (te) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) warriors (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'tāvakān' (your warriors).

अद्रवन्त (adravanta) - they fled

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dru

Imperfect active, 3rd person plural

Root: dru (class 1)

भयार्दिताः (bhayārditāḥ) - tormented by fear, distressed by fear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhayārdita

bhayārdita - tormented by fear, distressed by fear

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhaya+ardita)

• bhaya – fear
  noun (neuter)
• ardita – tormented, afflicted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ard (to pain, afflict)
  Root: ard (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'te'.