महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-114, verse-89

ततो द्रौणिं चतुःषष्ट्या विव्याध कुपितोऽर्जुनः ।
शिलीमुखैर्महाराज मा गास्तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥८९॥

89. tato drauṇiṁ catuḥṣaṣṭyā vivyādha kupito'rjunaḥ ,
śilīmukhairmahārāja mā gāstiṣṭheti cābravīt.

89. tataḥ drauṇiṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā vivyādha kupitaḥ arjunaḥ
śilīmukhaiḥ mahārāja mā gāḥ tiṣṭha iti ca abravīt

89. mahārāja tataḥ kupitaḥ arjunaḥ catuḥṣaṣṭyā śilīmukhaiḥ
drauṇiṃ vivyādha ca "mā gāḥ tiṣṭha" iti abravīt

89. O great king, then, enraged Arjuna struck Drona's son with sixty-four arrows, and said, "Do not flee! Stay!"

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• द्रौणिं (drauṇiṁ) - Drona's son, Aśvatthāmā

• चतुःषष्ट्या (catuḥṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty-four arrows (with sixty-four)

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - he pierced, he struck

• कुपितः (kupitaḥ) - enraged, angered

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• शिलीमुखैः (śilīmukhaiḥ) - with sharp-pointed arrows (lit. 'bee-faced') (with arrows)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

• गाः (gāḥ) - do not go, do not flee (go!, flee!)

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand, stay, stop

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• च (ca) - and

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

द्रौणिं (drauṇiṁ) - Drona's son, Aśvatthāmā

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of drauṇi

drauṇi - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā)

चतुःषष्ट्या (catuḥṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty-four arrows (with sixty-four)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of catuḥṣaṣṭi

catuḥṣaṣṭi - sixty-four

Compound type : Dvigu (catur+ṣaṣṭi)

• catur – four
  numeral
• ṣaṣṭi – sixty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Refers to sixty-four arrows.

विव्याध (vivyādha) - he pierced, he struck

(verb)

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

Perfect

Perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vyadh (class 4)

कुपितः (kupitaḥ) - enraged, angered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kupita

kupita - enraged, angry

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kup' (to be angry)

Root: kup (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Arjuna.

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pandava prince)

शिलीमुखैः (śilīmukhaiḥ) - with sharp-pointed arrows (lit. 'bee-faced') (with arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śilīmukha

śilīmukha - arrow (lit. 'bee-faced')

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śilī+mukha)

• śilī – bee
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great
  adjective
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

गाः (gāḥ) - do not go, do not flee (go!, flee!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Aorist

Aorist 2nd person singular, injunctive use with mā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Injunctive form used with mā for prohibition.

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand, stay, stop

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Imperative

Imperative 2nd person singular active

Root: sthā (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular active

Root: brū (class 2)