महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-104, verse-18

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तस्य कर्णो महेष्वासः सायकांश्चतुरोऽक्षिपत् ।
असंप्राप्तांस्तु तान्भीमः सायकैर्नतपर्वभिः ।
चिच्छेद बहुधा राजन्दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् ॥१८॥

18. tasya karṇo maheṣvāsaḥ sāyakāṁścaturo'kṣipat ,
asaṁprāptāṁstu tānbhīmaḥ sāyakairnataparvabhiḥ ,
ciccheda bahudhā rājandarśayanpāṇilāghavam.

18. tasya karṇaḥ mahāiṣvāsaḥ sāyakān
caturaḥ akṣipat asaṃprāptān tu tān
bhīmaḥ sāyakaiḥ nataparvabhiḥ ciccheda
bahudhā rājan darśayan pāṇilāghavam

18. rājan tasya mahāiṣvāsaḥ karṇaḥ caturaḥ sāyakān akṣipat.
tu bhīmaḥ tān asaṃprāptān nataparvabhiḥ sāyakaiḥ bahudhā pāṇilāghavam darśayan ciccheda.

18. O King, Karṇa, the great archer, shot four arrows at him. But Bhīma, before they arrived, repeatedly cut those arrows into many pieces with his well-jointed arrows, thus displaying his dexterity of hand.

Words meanings summery:

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तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Bhīma from previous verse) (his, of him, of that)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

महाइष्वासः (mahāiṣvāsaḥ) - great archer (great archer, having a great bow)

सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows (arrows (accusative))

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

अक्षिपत् (akṣipat) - shot (shot, threw, discharged)

असंप्राप्तान् (asaṁprāptān) - before they arrived, not yet reached (unarrived, not reached, not obtained)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

तान् (tān) - those (arrows) (those (masculine plural accusative))

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with (his) arrows (with arrows)

नतपर्वभिः (nataparvabhiḥ) - with well-jointed (arrows) (with bent joints/knots (of arrows), with well-jointed)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (into pieces) (cut, split, broke)

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, repeatedly (in many ways, manifold, repeatedly)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

दर्शयन् (darśayan) - showing, displaying (showing, displaying, causing to see)

पाणिलाघवम् (pāṇilāghavam) - dexterity of hand (lightness of hand, dexterity of hand, quickness of hand)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Bhīma from previous verse) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he

Genitive singular (masculine/neuter).

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear, Karṇa (proper name)

महाइष्वासः (mahāiṣvāsaḥ) - great archer (great archer, having a great bow)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - a great archer, having a great bow

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'iṣvāsa' (bow, archer). Sandhi: 'mahā + iṣvāsa' -> 'maheṣvāsa'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+iṣvāsa)

mahā – great, large, mighty
adjective
iṣvāsa – bow, archer
noun (masculine)
From 'iṣu' (arrow) and 'as' (to throw, to shoot), with 'ghañ' suffix, or from 'iṣu' + 'āsa' (seat, place where arrows are). 'iṣvāsa' typically means 'bow'. Here 'maheṣvāsa' refers to the archer.

सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows (arrows (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, dart

From root 'si' (to bind, to shoot) + 'aka' suffix.

Root: si (class 4)

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

अक्षिपत् (akṣipat) - shot (shot, threw, discharged)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of kṣip

Imperfect, 3rd Person Singular, Parasmaipada

Augment 'a' for imperfect. Root 'kṣip' (class 6 or 1).

Root: kṣip (class 6)

असंप्राप्तान् (asaṁprāptān) - before they arrived, not yet reached (unarrived, not reached, not obtained)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asaṃprāpta

asaṁprāpta - unarrived, not obtained, not reached

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative compound 'a' + 'sam' + 'pra' + root 'āp' (to obtain, reach) + 'kta' suffix for PPP.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+samprāpta)

a – not, un-
indeclinable
samprāpta – reached, obtained, arrived
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From 'sam' + 'pra' + root 'āp'.
Prefixes: sam+pra
Root: āp (class 5)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those (arrows) (those (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Accusative plural masculine.

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, dreadful, Bhīma (proper name)

Root: bhī (class 3)

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with (his) arrows (with arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, dart

From root 'si' (to bind, to shoot) + 'aka' suffix.

Root: si (class 4)

नतपर्वभिः (nataparvabhiḥ) - with well-jointed (arrows) (with bent joints/knots (of arrows), with well-jointed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nataparvan

nataparvan - having bent joints/knots (of an arrow shaft), well-jointed, with depressed nodes

Compound of 'nata' (bent, depressed) and 'parvan' (joint, knot). 'nata' is PPP of 'nam' (to bend).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nata+parvan)

nata – bent, bowed, depressed
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root 'nam' (to bend).
Root: nam (class 1)
parvan – knot, joint, section, limb
noun (neuter)

Note: Used to describe the quality of arrows.

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (into pieces) (cut, split, broke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of chid

Perfect, 3rd Person Singular, Parasmaipada

Reduplicated root 'chid' (class 7) for perfect tense.

Root: chid (class 7)

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, repeatedly (in many ways, manifold, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

From 'bahu' (many) + suffix 'dhā' (meaning 'in many parts/ways').

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

(noun)