महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-111, verse-12

तानिषूनिषुभिः कर्णो वारयित्वा महामृधे ।
कवचं भीमसेनस्य पातयामास सायकैः ॥१२॥

12. tāniṣūniṣubhiḥ karṇo vārayitvā mahāmṛdhe ,
kavacaṁ bhīmasenasya pātayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ.

12. tān iṣūn iṣubhiḥ karṇaḥ vārayitvā mahāmṛdhe
kavacam bhīmasenasya pātayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

12. mahāmṛdhe karṇaḥ iṣubhiḥ tān iṣūn vārayitvā
bhīmasenasya kavacam sāyakaiḥ pātayāmāsa

12. In that great battle, Karṇa, having warded off those arrows with his own arrows, then struck down Bhīmasena's armor with his (Karṇa's) arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those (arrows previously sent by Pāṇḍava) (those)

• इषून् (iṣūn) - arrows (sent by the Pāṇḍava) (arrows)

• इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with his own arrows (used for warding off) (with arrows)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa (Karṇa (proper noun))

• वारयित्वा (vārayitvā) - having intercepted and blocked (the arrows) (having warded off, having averted, having prevented)

• महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle (in the great battle/fight)

• कवचम् (kavacam) - the armor (armor, coat of mail)

• भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena (a Pāṇḍava brother) (of Bhīmasena)

• पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - struck down, causing it to fall off (caused to fall, struck down, felled)

• सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with his (Karṇa's) arrows (with arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those (arrows previously sent by Pāṇḍava) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Modifies 'iṣūn'.

इषून् (iṣūn) - arrows (sent by the Pāṇḍava) (arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of iṣu

iṣu - arrow

Note: Direct object of 'vārayitvā'.

इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with his own arrows (used for warding off) (with arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of iṣu

iṣu - arrow

Note: Instrument by which Karṇa warded off arrows.

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa (Karṇa (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (proper name), ear

Note: Subject of 'vārayitvā' and 'pātayāmāsa'.

वारयित्वा (vārayitvā) - having intercepted and blocked (the arrows) (having warded off, having averted, having prevented)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From causative of root √vṛ (to cover, restrain) + ktvā (absolutive suffix).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies the action of Karṇa.

महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle (in the great battle/fight)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mahāmṛdh

mahāmṛdh - great battle, great fight

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mṛdh)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• mṛdh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mṛdh (class 1)

Note: Indicates the location of the action.

कवचम् (kavacam) - the armor (armor, coat of mail)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kavaca

kavaca - armor, cuirass, coat of mail

Note: Direct object of 'pātayāmāsa'.

भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena (a Pāṇḍava brother) (of Bhīmasena)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (proper name)

Note: Indicates possession ('Bhīmasena's armor').

पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - struck down, causing it to fall off (caused to fall, struck down, felled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pātayāmāsa

periphrastic perfect (causative)

From causative of root √pat (to fall) + periphrastic perfect with āmāsa.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence, action performed by Karṇa.

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with his (Karṇa's) arrows (with arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, missile

From root √si (to bind, cast) + suffix -āka.

Root: si (class 4)

Note: Instrument by which Karṇa struck down the armor.