महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-109, verse-29

ते भीमसेनस्य भुजं सव्यं निर्भिद्य पत्रिणः ।
प्राविशन्मेदिनीं भीमाः क्रौञ्चं पत्ररथा इव ॥२९॥

29. te bhīmasenasya bhujaṁ savyaṁ nirbhidya patriṇaḥ ,
prāviśanmedinīṁ bhīmāḥ krauñcaṁ patrarathā iva.

29. te bhīmasenasya bhujam savyam nirbhidya patriṇaḥ
prāviśan medinīm bhīmāḥ krauñcam patrarathāḥ iva

29. te bhīmāḥ patriṇaḥ bhīmasenasya savyam bhujam nirbhidya medinīm prāviśan,
patrarathāḥ krauñcam iva

29. Those terrible, winged arrows, having pierced Bhīmasena's left arm, entered the earth, just as birds enter Mount Krauñca.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (arrows, referring to the `nārāca` from the previous verse) (those, they)

• भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena

• भुजम् (bhujam) - arm

• सव्यम् (savyam) - left, left-hand

• निर्भिद्य (nirbhidya) - having pierced, having broken through

• पत्रिणः (patriṇaḥ) - (winged) arrows (winged, feathered)

• प्राविशन् (prāviśan) - entered

• मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth, ground

• भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

• क्रौञ्चम् (krauñcam) - Mount Krauñca (a mythical mountain)

• पत्ररथाः (patrarathāḥ) - birds (lit. having wings as chariots)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (arrows, referring to the `nārāca` from the previous verse) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

भुजम् (bhujam) - arm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhuja

bhuja - arm, hand, curve

सव्यम् (savyam) - left, left-hand

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of savya

savya - left, left-hand, reverse, perverse

निर्भिद्य (nirbhidya) - having pierced, having broken through

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the prefix `nis` and the root `bhid` (to break, pierce), with the suffix `ya` for absolutives with prefixes.

Prefix: nis

Root: bhid (class 7)

पत्रिणः (patriṇaḥ) - (winged) arrows (winged, feathered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patrin

patrin - winged, feathered, furnished with leaves/feathers/wings

Derived from `patra` (wing, feather) with suffix `-in`.

प्राविशन् (prāviśan) - entered

(verb)

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

Past Imperfect

Past Imperfect 3rd plural active. From prefix `pra` and root `viś` (to enter).

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, ground, soil

Note: Object of 'prāviśan'.

भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce

Root: bhī (class 3)

क्रौञ्चम् (krauñcam) - Mount Krauñca (a mythical mountain)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krauñca

krauñca - Krauñca (name of a mountain or a species of heron/curlew)

पत्ररथाः (patrarathāḥ) - birds (lit. having wings as chariots)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patraratha

patraratha - bird (literally 'having wings as a vehicle')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (patra+ratha)

• patra – wing, leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
• ratha – chariot, vehicle
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)