महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-48

अपि तत्पूरयां चक्रे धनुर्धरवरो युधि ।
यत्तद्विनिहते भीष्मे कौरवाणामपावृतम् ॥४८॥

48. api tatpūrayāṁ cakre dhanurdharavaro yudhi ,
yattadvinihate bhīṣme kauravāṇāmapāvṛtam.

48. api tat pūrayām cakre dhanurdhara-varaḥ yudhi
yat tat vinihate bhīṣme kauravāṇām apāvṛtam

48. dhanurdhara-varaḥ api yudhi tat apāvṛtam yat
tat bhīṣme vinihate kauravāṇām pūrayām cakre

48. The best of archers (Karna) also filled that gap in battle which had been opened for the Kauravas when Bhishma was slain.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तत् (tat) - refers to the 'gap' or 'unprotected situation' (that, it)

• पूरयाम् (pūrayām) - filling, causing to fill

• चक्रे (cakre) - he caused (to be filled) (he did, he made, he performed)

• धनुर्धर-वरः (dhanurdhara-varaḥ) - refers to Karna (best of archers)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

• यत् (yat) - refers to the unprotected situation/gap (which, what)

• तत् (tat) - refers to the unprotected situation/gap (that, it)

• विनिहते (vinihate) - when Bhishma was slain (when slain, having been killed, in the slain)

• भीष्मे (bhīṣme) - Bhishma

• कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

• अपावृतम् (apāvṛtam) - a gap or weak point in the battle formation (uncovered, unprotected, opened, exposed)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - refers to the 'gap' or 'unprotected situation' (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it; he, she

पूरयाम् (pūrayām) - filling, causing to fill

(indeclinable)

secondary conjugation (causative)

form of the root pūr 'to fill', used in periphrastic perfect constructions (pūrayām cakre)

Root: pūr (class 10)

Note: Used in a periphrastic perfect construction with 'cakre'.

चक्रे (cakre) - he caused (to be filled) (he did, he made, he performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

perfect

perfect active, 3rd person singular, middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

धनुर्धर-वरः (dhanurdhara-varaḥ) - refers to Karna (best of archers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanurdhara-vara

dhanurdhara-vara - best of archers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhanurdhara+vara)

• dhanurdhara – bow-bearer, archer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vara – best, excellent, choicest
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root vṛ 'to choose'
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war, fight

यत् (yat) - refers to the unprotected situation/gap (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what; whoever, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun.

तत् (tat) - refers to the unprotected situation/gap (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it; he, she

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

विनिहते (vinihate) - when Bhishma was slain (when slain, having been killed, in the slain)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinihata

vinihata - slain, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root han with prefixes vi and ni

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

भीष्मे (bhīṣme) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kaurava clan

patronymic from Kuru

अपावृतम् (apāvṛtam) - a gap or weak point in the battle formation (uncovered, unprotected, opened, exposed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apāvṛta

apāvṛta - uncovered, unprotected, opened, exposed

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root vṛ with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'tat' (the gap).